Show Plot Assassins

Based on an original idea by Charles Gilbert

Authors: Book by : John Weidman, Lyrics by: Stephen Sondheim, Music by: Stephen Sondheim

Assassins is a darkly comedic, historical musical by Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman that explores the dark underside of the American Dream. It portrays the intertwined lives of nine individuals who assassinated or attempted to assassinate Presidents of the United States, centering on the shared delusion that violence would validate their existence.