The Ballad of Booth (from "Assassins") - Patrick Cassidy & Victor Garber

[@lesterrocks2439]

In my humble opinion, one of the best musicals ever written.

[@riverebec1]

I've just discovered this show and am obsessed. I think it's one of Sondheim's best.

[@allisonlangston6593]

It's BRILLIANT and underrated. I'm obsessed

[@borisgalos6967]

Victor Garber is, by far, the best Booth in all the Assassins performances

[@maudesuzelle]

Agree! :)

[@RAY296]

Utterly insane

[@jjaniero]

and the best Anthony in Sweeney Todd

[@steffenrobinson4139]

For me it’s 2004, but I respect ur opinion

[@steffenrobinson4139]

@Litten Kitten I think every single role is improved, And to say that Michael Cerveris, “the man who won a tony for his performance as booth” is not as good if not better than this is insane to me, Also I’m not a huge fan of there another national anthem it feels weak and not memorable I feel the anger of the assassins in the 2004 please go back and listen to it and you will realize why 2004 won best revival

[@RSZ229]

And Patrick Cassidy is AMAZING!!

[@AdventuresAwait123]

Yes, perfect voice for this awesome piece, there will never be another better. Just a miraculous pairing

[@ИринаКапуш-ь2д]

From the voice of Victor Garber, goosebumps.I never thought that he sing so beautifully. I'm shocked at a what a beautiful voice he bats

[@noochinator]

Roger that-- I knew only his 'Web Therapy' work, which is so great-- his character, Kip Wallice, is the best on the show

[@eb12b9]

He has such an amazing voice! He played Anthony in the original broadway cast of Sweeney Todd, so he’s got a history with Sondheim

[@cathynboone]

Check out the movie "Godspell." He plays Jesus. He has a beautiful tenor voice.

[@Jillbles]

@@cathynboone That was my introduction to him. I watched it in the 90's, & have enjoyed him in everything I could find ever since.

[@The_Totes_Adorbs]

He be bopping it.

[@barbaragookin]

Victor Garber... WOW! What a voice. I never knew. Holy smokes!

[@1957gfc]

You should hear him in "Sweeny Todd"!

[@mckenna8663]

Watch the movie Godspell. That's where I first saw a performance by him. I think he's great!

[@WillScarlet16]

I keep wondering when Victor's career will finally come full circle and he'll get to play Sweeney Todd.

[@Calais2017]

what a great idea!

[@gracekeddy]

god i would looooove to see him play that role. he's made for it

[@stanfordseven4868]

2029 is the 50th anniversary for it…🤔

[@kennethwayne6857]

@@gracekeddy Sadly, it's not likely to happen. Too much time has passed. I finally saw Mr. Garber onstage around 2005-ish in the Encores! production of 'Follies' as Ben Stone. Maybe he was having an off-night, but all the higher notes were slightly flat. Hurts to say that, I've always been a big fan. Still enjoyed it and am grateful to have seen him, but the singing was just not what it used to be.

[@PS-DLMA]

With revival 2023 on Broadway, he could be judge

[@beek.4860]

While I usually prefer Michael Cerveris in this role vocal-wise (purely as a matter of personal preference - they're both brilliant), when it comes to acting Victor Garber really knows how to twist an audience's sympathy in exactly the way Sondheim intended for this piece. He makes you feel for the character and then BAM, smacks you in the face with the reality of who this guy was, spitting out slurs with such malice that it's genuinely uncomfortable to listen to. I don't think any other Booth can play that switch so perfectly and jarringly.

[@sharitataylor6553]

Every time I hear Victor’s voice, I INSTANTLY MELT!!! Even when he’s not singing and just speaking, I melt! Victor was my very first celebrity crush when I watched Godspell! He still is and I would love to meet him one day when the pandemic is over, and I can thank him and tell him how much his talent means to me as a woman with a developmental disability!

[@pollypockets508]

This is so beautiful

[@roxbuchanan6357]

As a type 1 diabetic, like he is, he's my hero too.

[@craftsandstuff3349]

He was beautiful as Jesus.

[@sophiehanssel2017]

I also have a developmental disability and grew up simping on Victor Garber in Godspell

[@tillyboos]

When I played Booth, I emulated Garber's performance COMPLETELY. I loved his portrayal. I've listened to the OOBCR MILLIONS of times (well, that's how it feels) -- and it's DEFINITELY the best cast out of all the Assassins productions for sure.

[@steffenrobinson4139]

I’m sorry I just can’t agree, the Samuel byck, the proprietor, the czolgoz, guiteau, John hinckley, balladeer and booth are much better

[@AndreyRubtsovRU]

You sound like a failure

[@kennethwayne6857]

My first time really watching Patrick Cassidy, who looks eerily like his father Jack. Fantastic voice as well.

[@arthur331000]

Great Acting amongst the music!

[@djkmusic60]

Incredible!! Outstanding, both of them. The best version bar none. Garber's gorgeous tonal quality just blows everything away. Bravo!! Great digital sound to boot.

[@annorabelle]

i can’t stop giggling at the dramatic camera turn. just. “I am here with my mullet to serenade you about John Wilkes Booth”

[@ethantarpley]

What I love about this show is how it’s able to, through music, make us feel sympathy for someone otherwise no one could feel sympathy for. Maybe it’s just me, but through his portrayal in Assassins, I find it hard not to like Booth just a little. I think it does this without giving us an inauthentic portrayal of who he was: we still hear the dirtiness of his character when his racism comes out; but his points aren’t muddled and I get the sense that he had a very genuine passion and belief in his cause.

[@AndreyRubtsovRU]

The show failed though

[@JCOdrjones]

​@@AndreyRubtsovRU did it tho?

[@craftsandstuff3349]

That's how Booth would have talked.

[@riverebec1]

It's not just you who finds themselves empathizing with the assassins. When they sing that everyone has the right to their dreams, they sound so sincere and innocent it makes me forget how they plan on attaining them.

[@msalicekeys]

it find it easier to not like Booth depending on who you are... lol

[@patriciajrs46]

An interesting voice, Patrick. Handsome man, wow.

[@riverebec1]

Extraordinary performances. Stephen Sondheim. Thank you, God, for the loan.

[@Junius]

I LOVE VICTOR GARBER!!!!!

[@theofields6359]

One of the great American performances right here.

[@lynndenault4212]

Patrick has his mother, Shirley Jones', singing chops.

[@northheadnovelties]

He has both his parents chops. His father, Jack Cassidy was a beautiful irish tenor.

[@Rex-gu1bu]

She slept around didn't she?

[@bondfool]

He definitely has Jack Cassidy’s eyes.

[@ИринаКапуш-ь2д]

Bravo Victor Garber

[@tonyyoung3985]

With this kind of casting, I now want to see every comic book supervillain in one cast of this play.

[@bassrooten2217]

Damn you John Wilkes Booth, you paved the way for this insanity

[@veronicamiller3868]

Beautiful voice thank you for sharing it

[@peggynewton3904]

Michael Cerveris is wonderful but honestly no one can touch Victor Garber.

[@Rex-gu1bu]

I am fond of both of them, but yes, how he looks sounds and feels like JWB.

[@steffenrobinson4139]

I think Michael Cerveris is Definitely better

[@midas0787]

The second guy, ain't he Mr. Andrew in Titanic movie? Just realized he is an elite singer!

[@SarahB1863]

He sure is! Victor Garber.

[@midas0787]

@@SarahB1863 I just found out that he is a singer too. I searched for "Diamonds Are Forever", and quite coincidence, I found Mr. Andrew as well. I'm amazed. Really!

[@paulrobins7093]

Wow! I first saw Victor in "Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows". Never knew he was such a good singer too. Very talented man indeed.

[@theofields6359]

Patrick man - perfect voice for this role

[@kmetzz1]

He is amazing

[@lesterrocks2439]

A masterpiece. And performed very well

[@jacob951245457]

This is one of the Cassidy clan, no? He was quite good!!! Just brilliant!

[@SarahB1863]

Yes, he's half-brother to David Cassidy and I think full brother to Shaun.

[@joycemcmurray102]

@@SarahB1863 Yes he is Shaun's full brother.

[@kidmarine7329]

He was superb. Such a talented family.

[@Svenguy]

His Father was Jack Cassidy, the Tony and Grammy award winning Broadway star, and Shirley Jones is his Mother.

[@bassrooten2217]

“Lots of madman have had their say, but only for a day”

[@dfprice61]

Bravo Patrick !

[@anastasiyshkka6977]

I love victor

[@TheSpikesgal]

I saw victor garber in hello dolly! He's wonderful!

[@allisonlangston6593]

I cannot stop watching this video and I want to live inside Patrick's glorious mullet. This song is so extraordinary. Blood in the clover......I cry

[@kidmarine7329]

Goosebumps.

[@christiadivina]

You sound great Patrick!!!!!

[@jennyriveros594]

El más bello de los Cassidy

[@annorabelle]

I love how this and the 2004 cast are distinct but similar. If that makes sense.

[@exmcgee1647]

Wow. Just fucking. Wow

[@ThePinkladies18]

0:05 that’s Shirley Jones’s son Patrick

[@Gloomcookie96]

I just want a NPH Balladeer and Victor Garber Booth. Ultimate cast there.

[@lynndenault4212]

Resembles his dad.

[@nn6404]

This show has the cutting edge politics and insight that Hamilton pretends to have.

[@theofields6359]

😉

[@Alex_blaide]

I reviewed a local production for my school newspaper and called this show “The Anti-Hamilton.”

[@bigjedimullet]

I sincerely hope LMM has an “Assassins” in him, and that he writes it even if it means D!isney backs off of working with him.

[@grimreapergaming1259]

I think this is one of the only times a white guy can say the n world

[@LeN-ix2du]

Is it tho?

[@DeliciousHotShmoze]

With all due respect to NPH, he comes nowhere close to Patrick Cassidy, especially with how he hits “Damn you, Booth!”

[@theofields6359]

No he does not!

[@Gloomcookie96]

I feel like he doesn't hit it enough. That the Balladeer has the dual role of also being a fellow assassin and still has to go through the entire show being damn everybody else, I feel like NPH is able to portray that seriously WTF while also getting to express humanity against the actor he's playing against in the scene. Cassidy is almost laughable. He's like Damn you, Booth like he's saying you silly goose. Doesn't hit that line hard enough.

[@annorabelle]

@@Gloomcookie96it feels almost flippant, here? i think that’s the word i want

[@The_Totes_Adorbs]

owO

[@williamjoshualucas6503]

oh hey it's 2024 and booth just elected a president

[@danpreston9451]

As much as I love NPH, he ain’t Patrick Cassidy

[@shannongeier8155]

Went to a Community Theatre production a few years back. It was well done and the actors were talented, except for Booth who COULD NOT SING. Sorry, you're going to do Assassins with a John Wilkes Booth who is tone deaf??!?!?! Um...no!

[@LeN-ix2du]

Did Victor Garber say the N-word???

[@annorabelle]

Sure did. I have mixed feelings around it being used it the musical. On one hand, it’s a slur and it’s jarring. On the other hand, it’s a slur and it’s jarring. You start to feel the tiniest bit of compassion for him and then he’s all “did you all forget i am a racist asshole? SURPRISE!”

[@thegameranch5935]

@@annorabelle I honestly think that he used all these arguments because "I didn't like he freed the slaves" was pretty bad. him saying the n word just exposed him

[@brianmaiden8333]

Ok no I quit so long

[@dannycunningham4132]

Wilkes was a Yankee...why use that horrible southern accent???

[@awkwardboy]

He was a Southerner at heart.

[@dannycunningham4132]

@@awkwardboy ....I agree....but it was still a horrible accent 😎

[@Indomitable_Alykat]

He was from Maryland. Some Marylanders do have thick Southern accents. I've met a few that sound similar unfortunately, lol. It depends on the area

[@MichaelYoder1961]

Never heard about this musical and now I know why - Stephen was not in his A game here

[@demondollee]

Funnily enough this is the one score of Sondheims that he himself considered perfect. I really recommend listening to the rest of the soundtrack as well as watching the videos about the composition of this show. Genuinely amazing

[@rickardroach9075]

Um, ok. 🤣

[@Daniels2l]

3:37 did he just say that high and mighty nigga lover?

[@stevestop10]

He is, after all, playing John Wilkes Booth

[@Baribrotzer]

He did. And the shocking language is the point. Booth espoused all those high-flown, noble-sounding "Lost Cause" ideals - but when you got down to it, the true motivation behind his motivation was the same shabby, despicable cause as the whole Confederacy: Slavery. And the God-Given Right of a well-born few to wear the white suit, sit on the porch between the big white pillars, sip the mint julep, and listen to the whips cracking in the distance.