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Productions of Assassins, Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman’s controversial musical about historic gunshots, have historically shot themselves in the foot by opening—or trying to—in politically volatile times. The show’s premiere at Playwright??s Horizons was crippled by the climate of the Gulf War, and a recent Roundabout Theatre Company revival was canceled in the wake of the events of Sept. 11. In a Roundabout press release on Sept. 13, the authors announced, “Assassins is a show which asks audiences to think critically about...
...York during the production of “Nursery.” She and three other playwrights (all 18 or younger at the time) were selected from a pool of 1,500 entries to have their one-act plays performed off-Broadway at the Young Playwright??s Festival...