Assassins
Book by John Weidman
Based on an idea by Charles Gilbert, Jr.
The Notion
"A book musical masquerading as a revue, featuring nine of the thirteen assassins who have attempted to kill the president of the United States."
- Stephen Sondheim in Look, I Made a Hat -
Songs
Songs
Everybody's Got the Right
The Ballad of Booth
How I Saved Roosevelt
Gun Song
The Ballad of Czolgosz
Unworthy of Your Love
The Ballad of Guiteau
Another National Anthem
Family
Something Just Broke*
Everybody's Got the Right (Reprise)
*added for the 1992 original London production
Cut Song
Flag Song
Albums
Video
The following are unofficial video recordings, and as such, they are subject to being taken down at any time. Not all videos are the complete show.
Productions & Casts
Awards
1991 Original Off-Broadway Production
The Will Rogers Follies won the following:
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical
Cy Coleman: Drama Desk Award for Music
Cy Coleman, Betty Comden, Adolph Green, & Mike Berniker: Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album
Other winners:
William Finn: Drama Desk Awards for Music & Lyrics (Falsettoland)
Marsha Norman: Drama Desk Award for Book of a Musical (The Secret Garden)
Scott Ellis: Drama Desk Award for Direction (And the World Goes 'Round & A Little Night Music)
Bruce Adler: Drama Desk Award for Featured Actor (Those Were the Days)
1992 Original London Production
Other winners:
Crazy for You: Olivier Award for Best Musical
Nicholas Hytner: Olivier Award for Direction (Carousel)
Olivier Awards
3 Nominations
1 Win
2004 Broadway Revival
Wicked won the following:
Joe Mantello: Drama Desk Award for Direction
Eugene Lee: Tony & Drama Desk Awards for Scenic/Set Design
Stephen Schwartz & Frank Filipetti: Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album
Other winners:
Wonderful Town: Outer Critics Circle Award for Revival of a Musical
Raúl Esparza: Drama Desk Award for Featured Actor (Taboo)
Tony Awards
7 Nominations
5 Wins
2014 London Revival
Other winners:
Kinky Boots: Evening Standard Award for Best Musical
Robert Icke: Evening Standard Award for Direction (Oresteia)
2021 Off-Broadway Revival
Company won the following:
Drama Desk, Drama League, & Outer Critics Circle Awards for Revival of a Musical
Marianne Elliott: Drama Desk & Drama League Awards for Direction
Patti LuPone: Drama League & Outer Critics Circle Awards for Featured Actress
Matt Doyle: Outer Critics Circle Award for Featured Actor
Other winners:
Twilight: Los Angeles, 1982: Lortel Award for Outstanding Revival
Lee Sunday Evans: Lortel Award for Direction (Oratorio for Living Things)
Jason Michael Webb & David Holcenberg: Drama Desk Award for Orchestration (MJ)
Jason Howland: Outer Critics Circle Award for Orchestration (Paradise Square)
Sutton Foster: Drama League Award for Distinguished Performance (The Music Man)
Bonnie Milligan: Lortel Award for Featured Performer (Kimberly Akimbo)
Nick Powell & Dominic Bilkey: Outer Critics Circle Award for Sound Design (The Lehman Trilogy)
Awards from All Productions
Tony Awards: 5 wins from 7 nominations
Laurence Olivier Awards: 1 win from 3 nominations
Drama Desk Awards: 4 wins from 17 nominations
Drama League Awards: 2 wins from 5 nominations
Evening Standard Awards: 0 wins from 2 nominations
London Critics' Circle Theatre Awards: 1 award
Lucille Lortel Awards: 0 wins from 4 nominations
Outer Critics Circle Awards: 2 wins from 9 nominations
Theatre World Awards: 1 award
Grammy Awards: 0 wins from 2 nominations