Theater to Stream: âAssassinsâ and âRomeo and Julietâ
Highlights include a virtual production of Adam Rappâs âThe Sound Insideâ and a new reading series by Roundabout Theater Company.
From left, Adam Chanler-Berat, Steven Pasquale and Judy Kuhn rehearsing âAssassinsâ last year.Credit.Ahron R. Foster
April 14, 2021Updated 11:24 a.m. ET
In March of last year, Classic Stage Company announced that its revival of the Stephen Sondheim musical âAssassinsâ was postponed. âThe production was to begin performances on April 2,â the email said. âC.S.C. intends to resume rehearsals and present âAssassinsâ in the coming months.â
Fast forward 13 months, and the company is indeed presenting âAssassins,â or at least a stopgap event until the director, John Doyle, can fully proceed. Still, fans will enjoy âTell the Story: Celebrating Stephen Sondheim and John Weidmanâs âAssassins,â
By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer
April 8, 2021
Composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim in 2018. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)
White House hopefuls may want to steer clear of Classic Stage Company next week: Not one or even two, but three casts of the dark musical “Assassins” are massing.
With a unique fundraising event, the off-Broadway powerhouse is celebrating the Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman show about the men and women who killed or tried to kill the president of the United States.
Cast members of the 1990 world premiere will join virtually with the 2004 Tony-winning revival, as well as the cast of the upcoming Classic Stage Company production for an hourlong filmed program on April 15 that mixes memories and music, exploring the show from the actors’ points of view.
“To hear these different companies of actors three generations of actors, really communicating about the same roles, it’s a pretty unique situation. It’s not something that you get the chance to do very often,” said the company s Tony Award-winning Artistic Director John Doyle.
Other celebrities will include André De Shields, Raúl Esparza, Audra McDonald and George Takei. There will be one person participating with an intimate knowledge of the White House: Hillary Clinton.
Clinton has been a big booster of theater and took in the last Broadway performance of Doyle s “A Color Purple” in 2017. A request was put to her office and Clinton quickly responded that she was on board.
Jeremy Jordan s new concert
Carry On, premiering
May 6 and available on demand through May 27. The concert, filmed with five HD cameras, features musical direction by
Benjamin Rauhala.
Carry On premiered at the venue in 2019 and explores his new life as a father, while unpacking his own complicated childhood experiences. The May 6 debut includes a live chat for fans, as well as a live post-show jam session and Q&A with the artists for VIP ticket buyers. For tickets and more information, click here.
Billy Porter
MCC Theater s
Miscast21 will take place on Sunday, May 16. Miscast, MCC Theater s annual gala celebration, features stars of stage and screen singing songs from roles for which they would never be cast. Tony Award winner
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