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Assassins review " Sondheim's dark study of aspiring presidential killers by Arifa Akbar

Chichester Festival theatrePolly Findlay's production underlines the way these left-behinds and psychopaths invert the American dream It begins as a presidential convention complete with Mexican waves, spangled stars and mascots. It then turns to murder " specifically, nine attempts at presidential assassination. The surreal carnival of Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman's 1990 musical is replaced by the modern circus…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:37AM on June 12, 2023

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