ASSASSINS (Encores!, 2017; Stephen Sondheim, John Weidman; Steven Pasquale)

[@Ayden_B]

THANK YOU! A bootleg of this production was how I first got introduced to this great musical, and I've been trying for 5 years (Unsuccessfully until now) to find a copy of it. Considering the news today, I felt it appropriate to revisit this show

[@rabbitfishtv]

Wow, the Ballad Singer is tremendous. Not only a great voice, but great intelligence and clarity to each line.

[@MovieFan1912]

This show (and its subject matter) has been on my mind given recent events. I can’t help but revisit this.

[@thomasbradley4505]

There was a local production in the 90s where, at the very end, after the gunshot, the stage went dark, above the stage was a silhouette of Kennedy’s coffin being pulled by horses with John John saluting it (like the famous photo. It was gut wrenching

[@pollyoconner9730]

Saw Donmar warehouse theatre London , Sam Mendes production in 1990s. The best just amazing and truely moving and brilliantly acted. My fav musical .

[@Pww642]

I don't know, I think the play works so much better when the balladeer transforms into Oswald. It really packs a gut punch.

[@zolfjustice]

Yeah, Duncan as the balladeer is fantastic in this but thematically i think him turning into oswald is way stronger.

[@annorabelle]

It definitely does.

[@davidsigalow7349]

We saw Shuler Hensley (Czolgosz) as the Frankenstein Monster ("Young Frankenstein") and Marcellus ("The Music Man")/ Alex Brightman ("Zangara") also starred on Broadway in the title role as "Beetlejuice."

[@TylerHarff]

Im so glad I stumbled upon this. I have been in an Assassins obsession for while so having this production be recorded is a godsend. God I loved everything about this production. From the staging to the performers god this was so good.

[@yoavidal]

This bootleg will thrive today duo to the latest news! Wish Steve was here to add a number discussing the news.

[@BH96780]

Thanks for uploading

[@nathaniellee5277]

WHATTTTTTT I SPENT FOREVER LOOKING FOR THIS THING THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU

[@pegasusbs6237]

Your timing is immaculate

[@ErikChampney]

@@pegasusbs6237 and admittedly, a little creepy!

[@TheMasterPooper]

Remasters are often released with bonus content

[@pegasusbs6237]

​@@TheMasterPooperso true😭😭 Cannot wait for the song, I really wish Sondheim was still with us I can imagine a song like Ballad of Booth where you can genuinely feel & understand each perspective, maybe even with it being more a grey area on whether the person was in the "right". Also 😭 def could be a quartet after what happened last week

[@cjsmith1402]

Thank you for posting this on July 4 🙏🙏

[@tsotry1842]

hey so um! funny timing

[@ErikChampney]

@@tsotry1842 I posted it on the 4th of July. Creepy stuff.

[@fallingcrane1986]

@@ErikChampneyCreepy indeed, not to mention the little (creepy in hindsight) twist in this production at the 1:45:26 finale mark. Gives me goosebumps today, even though it’s completely, utterly unrelated to how the showrunners maybe thought audiences would react to it.

[@ErikChampney]

@@fallingcrane1986 I’ve had this footage for years. It wasn’t a planned upload either. Suddenly, it was July 4th and it felt like I needed to share it. And boy oh boy, that moment you tagged packs a punch and is so unexpected.

[@kbye2321]

1:38:39 - Start of final reprise of “Hail to the Chief”

[@notrorehhh]

Unworthy Of Your Love 59:02

[@mastersprogram]

Surprised nobody’s really going Gaga for Alex brightman being here

[@beejfqjuice]

I'm screenshottin everytime I see him on screen..

[@Ayden_B]

@@mastersprogram he was actually the reason I first watched this bootleg was back in 2019, when I was deep into my Beetlejuice phase. I saw a video of his “How I Saved Roosevelt” and tracked down the full thing

[@vynarellano3686]

Does anyone know the full cast including the ensemble? Bc the guy at 24:56 looks like Andrew Durand from shucked

[@ErikChampney]

@@vynarellano3686 it is Andrew Durand. All the credits are in the description.

[@vynarellano3686]

Thanks! I must've missed the ensemble listing! :)

[@thetophatoctopus2292]

Why are people laughing THIS IS ASSASSIN'S ITS DARK AS HECK

[@TheMrSquib]

Cuz it has some funny moments

[@thetophatoctopus2292]

@TheMrSquib Yeah. I mean, like I laugh at parts like "you're shooting your lunch," but like through, the whole opening number is just weird.

[@TheMrSquib]

​@@thetophatoctopus2292 True, could also be due to the awkwardness or how bizarre it seems

[@TheMrSquib]

Also, nice octopus pfp, gotta love them

[@thetophatoctopus2292]

@@TheMrSquib thanks

[@adamc728]

that ending...

[@Pww642]

The proprietor has a pretty weak voice....

[@lorcan7733]

agreed, he doesn't give the role the proper oomf

[@swallsskylar]

33:55

[@AdamWoodAMW]

Somebody please pick up the damn chair.

[@windowtrimmer8211]

Unique, brilliant show, but I have a complaint. Sorry-but many productions elect to use the actual Zapruder film which I simply do not want to watch under any circumstances, or in any context. At least Encores used stills. But still…

[@vinylcomets]

Yeah I get the idea they were going for, but I think it’s in real poor taste to use real footage of a man dying.

[@annorabelle]

I feel like Zapruder himself would be appalled to be honest.