Stephen Sondheim's Assassins stirred up controversy at the time of its inception in 1991. With a book by John Weidman, it centres around the assassins who killed presidents of the United States – no doubt a contentious subject. But through a chorus of voices, it marks a questioning of the disillusionment associated with patriotic idealism;... Read more.
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 09:28PM on October 3, 2017