Cast

Band

Paul Ford (Piano)
Paul Gemignani (Drums, Percussion) Michael Starobin (Synthesizers)

Songs

• "Everybody's Got the Right" - Proprietor, Czolgosz, Hinckley, Guiteau, Zangara, Byck, Fromme, Moore, Booth
• "The Ballad of Booth" - Balladeer, Booth, David Harold
• "How I Saved Roosevelt" - Bystanders, Zangara
• "Gun Song" - Czolgosz, Booth, Guiteau, Moore
• "The Ballad of Czolgosz" - Balladeer, Fairgoers
• "Unworthy of Your Love" - Hinckley, Fromme
• "The Ballad of Guiteau" - Guiteau, Balladeer
• "Another National Anthem" - Czolgosz, Booth, Hinckley, Fromme, Zangara, Guiteau, Moore, Byck, Balladeer
• "November 22, 1963" - Booth, Oswald, Guiteau, Czolgosz, Byck, Hinckley, Fromme, Moore, Zangara
• "Finale: Everybody's Got the Right" - Booth, Czolgosz, Moore, Guiteau, Zangara, Byck, Hinckley, Fromme, Oswald

Recording

Assassins - Original Cast Recording
Produced by Jay David Sacks
Engineered by Paul Goodman and James Nichols
Digitally recorded March 6 and 7, 1991 at BMG's Studio C, New York City
Enhanced orchestrations for this recording by Michael Starobin
Liner notes by Jonathan Schwartz

• Compact Disc, 1991 [RCA 60737-2-RC] [56:57 mins.]
• Cassette, 1991 [RCA 60737-4-RC]

Opened August 20, 1992 at Theatretwo, Gunston Arts Center, Arlington VA
Closed October 3, 1992
Produced by Signature Theatre [Artistic Director: Eric D. Schaeffer;
Managing Director: Donna Lillard; Executive Producer: Ronnie Gunderson]
Direction and Staging by Eric D. Schaeffer
Set Design by Lou Stancari
Costume Design by Debi Tesser
Lighting Design by John Burchett
Hair Design by Wanda Alston
Properties Design by Barbara Hyde
Multi-media Design by Ellen West
Sound Design by Richard West
Technical Director: Steve Daigler
Assistant Director: Dot Neumann
Stage Manager: Ronnie Gunderson
Musical Direction: Jon Kalbfleisch
Orchestrations by Michael Starobin

Cast

Leon Czolgosz - Richard Potter
John Hinckley - Wallace Acton
Charles Guiteau - Sean Baldwin
Giuseppe Zangara - Gregg Glaviano
Samuel Byck - Joe Dodd
Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme - Suzanne Dennis
Sara Jane Moore - Donna Lillard
John Wilkes Booth - Buzz Mauro
Balladeer - Michael Sharp
Emma Goldman - Judy Simmons
Lee Harvey Oswald - David Lee
Proprietor - Jason Fulmer
Boy - Mark Straub or Samuel B. Whittington
Ensemble - David Elias, Gregory Gjurich, Mary Gjurich, Judy Simmons
Swings - David Patrick Felton, Anita Miller

Songs

• "Opening" [Everybody's Got the Right] - The Company
• "The Ballad of Booth" - Balladeer, Booth
• "How I Saved Roosevelt" - Bystanders, Zangara
• "Gun Song" - Czolgosz, Booth, Guiteau, Moore
• "The Ballad of Czolgosz" - Balladeer, Bystanders
• "Unworthy of Your Love" - Hinckley, Fromme
• "The Ballad of Guiteau" - Guiteau, Balladeer
• "Another National Anthem" - Assassins
• "Everybody Has the Right" [Everybody's Got the Right] - Assassins

Cast

The Proprietor - Paul Bentley
Leon Czolgosz - Jack Ellis
John Hinckley - Michael Cantwell
Charles Guiteau - Henry Goodman
Giuseppe Zangara - Paul Harrhy
Samuel Byck - Ciaran Hinds
Lynette (Squeaky) Fromme - Cathryn Bradshaw
Sara Jane Moore - Louise Gold
John Wilkes Booth - David Firth
The Balladeer - Anthony Barclay
David Herold - Kevin Walton
Emma Goldman - Sue Kelvin
Pres. James Garfield - Kevin Walton
James Blaine - Gareth Snook
Pres. Gerald Ford - Paul Bentley
Lee Harvey Oswald - Gareth Snook
Bystanders - Paul Bentley, Michelle Fine, Sue Kelvin, Gareth Snook, and Kevin Walton

[Same as the Original Production except a song is added for this production called "Something Just Broke". It is performed before the Finale]

Lawrence Olivier Awards

• Best Actor in a Musical (Henry Goodman)

Previews began March 26, 2004 at Studio 54
Opened April 22, 2004; closed July 18 2004
Ran for 26 previews and 101 performances
Produced by the Roundabout Theatre Company
[Todd Haimes, Artistic Director;
Ellen Richard, Managing Director;
Julia C. Levy, Executive Director, External Affairs]
Directed by Joe Mantello
Musical Direction by Paul Gemignani
Musical Staging by Jonathan Butterell
Set Design by Robert Brill
Costume Design by Susan Hilferty
Lighting Design by Jules Fisher & Peggy Eisenhauer
Sound Design by Dan Moses Schrier
Orchestrations by Michael Starobin
Orchestra Conducted by Nicholas Archer

Cast

Proprietor - Marc Kudisch [replaced by John Schiappa]
Leon Czolgosz - James Barbour
John Hinckley - Alexander Gemignani
Charles Guiteau - Denis O'Hare
Giuseppe Zangara - Jeffrey Kuhn
Samuel Byck - Mario Cantone
Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme - Mary Catherine Garrison
Sara Jane Moore - Becky Ann Baker
John Wilkes Booth - Michael Cerveris
Balladeer - Neil Patrick Harris
David Herold - Brandon Wardell
Emma Goldman - Anne L. Nathan
James Blaine - James Clow
President James Garfield - Merwin Foard
Billy - Eamon Foley
President Gerald Ford - James Clow
Lee Harvey Oswald - Neil Patrick Harris
Ensemble - James Clow, Merwin Foard, Eamon Foley,
Kendra Kassebaum, Anne L. Nathan, and Brandon Wardell
Swings - Ken Krugman, Sally Wilfert and Chris Peluso

Songs

• "Everybody's Got the Right" - Proprietor, Czolgosz, Guiteau, Fromme, Byck, Booth, Zangara, Hinckley, Moore
• "The Ballad of Booth" - Balladeer and Booth
• "How I Saved Roosevelt" - Zangara and Ensemble
• "Gun Song" - Czolgosz, Booth, Guiteau, Moore
• "The Ballad of Czolgosz" - Balladeer and Ensemble
• "Unworthy of Your Love" - Hinckley and Fromme
• "The Ballad of Guiteau" - Guiteau and Balladeer
• "Another National Anthem" - Proprietor, Czolgosz, Booth, Hinckley, Fromme, Zangara, Moore, Guiteau, Byck, Balladeer
• "Something Just Broke" - Ensemble
• "Everybody's Got the Right" (reprise) - Moore, Byck, Czolgosz, Zangara, Fromme, Hinckley, Oswald, Guiteau, Booth

Recording

Assassins - Broadway Cast Recording
Recorded June 7, 2004
Produced by Tommy Krasker
Executive Producer: Philip A. Chaffin
Engineered and Mixed by Tom Lazarus
Assistant Engineers: Jimmy Briggs and Bryan Russell
Music Preparation by Katherine L. Edmonds and Emily Grishman
Liner Notes by John Weidman and Sean Patrick Flahaven Back