I saw the Assassins revival this weekend at Classic Stage, and I was disappointed that I could find almost no posts about it here to reblog, so I had to make my own.
Steven Pasquale is impeccably handsome as John Wilkes Booth.
Will Swenson delightfully chewed up every scene he was in. And Guiteau staring you in the eye as he delivers one of his rants was intense.
Loved Judy Kuhn, as always.
And Ethan Slater was a delightful Balladeer, and then affecting as Lee Harvey Oswald.
The run is completely sold out, but if you get the chance, go.
This improves the scene immeasurably by shifting it from an everyday occurrence in a world where spontaneous musical numbers are a normal, expected thing, to a bunch of guys being totally and unapologetically Like That.
For those of you who haven’t seen them yet, Asolo Rep released these videos from the out-of-town trials of Bonnie & Clyde with Jeremy Jordan and Laura Osnes!
Girl: The boys don’t know about this yet but like, when you guys peel off your skin layers, like when we like shed-
Boy: I want, with all my heart- I feel, in my bones, I feel like this is a joke, but- But then I read the comments. Do you- do you guys shed? D-d-do you shed your skin? Do you do that? Is that- Is that like- What- What-what are the other masks for? What-what are the other face masks-? What does that do? D- Is it once a month? Like a Netflix subscription? Is- is it twice? Do they hit you with two? How does- How does- I have so many goddamn ques- Sweet chalupa Jesus I jus-
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The VD just doesn’t tell you how desperate his voice is
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