Assassins (Theater 2020) NYC Reviews and Tickets

78%

(37 Reviews)

Positive

86%

Mixed

14%

Negative

Members say

Great singing, Entertaining, Relevant, Thought-provoking, Clever

About the Show

Theater 2020 presents Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman’s musical about the people who have attempted to kill or successfully assassinated U.S. Presidents.

Member Reviews (37)

See it if you loved the original or some subsequent production, or you love all Sondheim.

Don't see it if you want some insight into political (or any other kind of) violence. Read more

Clever, Entertaining, Great staging

See it if you want to see a nice local group that dares to try. Clever use of the theater and in BROOKLYN.. How can one miss Sondheim with a (cont)

Don't see it if you expect a spectacle and are easily upset by U.S. disasters Read more

Clever, Entertaining, Funny, Great singing, Great acting

See it if You want to see something different and support local theater group.

Don't see it if It about assassins who kill or try to kill pass presidents. Do not like musical. Read more

Great writing, Thought-provoking, Timely, Shoestring

See it if you're interested in lyrics & a book that are so good they have the depth of plays (while still a musical); you pay attention to headlines.

Don't see it if you can’t get past an impoverished production. Nonexistent props, anticlimactic sound effects, set is a bench, orchestra is a piano. Read more

Great singing, Great writing, Entertaining, Thought-provoking, Poor staging

See it if you enjoy a musical that features some very strong performances in a small venue.

Don't see it if you want all the splash of Broadway.

Ambitious, Great writing, Frequently slow, Timely, Relevant

See it if You've never seen or aren't familiar with this rarely mounted Sondheim. Bare-boned in all aspects, music & lyrics still cut through.

Don't see it if The subject disturbs. Now as then not a show for everyone, even thought the project was prescient and becomes more relevant as time goes on. Read more

Great singing, Thought-provoking, Slow, Banal, Disappointing

See it if You like Sondheim. You want to watch a historical musical that doesn't give you much of the history.

Don't see it if You would have to pay full price. Read more

Fine performers, Disappointing, Zero production values

See it if the current state of American freedom is on your mind: gun control, mental health and the effect of the office of the POTUS concerns you

Don't see it if the current state of American freedom is on your mind: gun control, mental health and the effect of the office of the POTUS disturbs you

Critic Reviews (1)

"Nothing short of brilliant - especially when presented by Brooklyn Heights' own Theater 2020...Molded into something so beautiful by the cast and crew...The show is undeniably great. It is not only the immense talent of a flawless cast, but just how this rather unnerving plot ensnares its audience to the point of not only massive applause, but that of massive appreciation...Just ridiculously riveting (and a wonderful history lesson to boot)."
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