Sondheim's 1990 show gets more disturbingly pertinent with every revival "Every now and then the country goes a little wrong": so goes one of the many lyrics from the Stephen Sondheim-John Weidman musical Assassins that makes this 1990 Off Broadway musical (subsequently chosen to open Sam Mendes' Donmar Warehouse in 1992) a piece of theatre very much for our time. Some shows need textual tweaking when they come aroun…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 05:06AM on October 10, 2019