Assassins

Two weeks ago, I saw the wonderful musical called "Assassins". I had heard great things about the show in the paper, and by my voice teacher. The day I saw the show, my voice teacher raved about it and I didn't have any homework, so my mom decided to take me on a whim. We didn't even know if we could get tickets or not on the day of, so we went to the theatre an hour early to see if there were any tickets available. Luckily, there were, and we hadn't wasted a drive down to Queen Street.

The show had a very interesting plotline. Basically, it's made up of bunch of little skits of all of the assassins who either killed or tried to kill the presidents of the United States. But it wasn't just how they killed them, it was also their reasons why. It seemed like most of their situations had nothing to even do with the presidents. Anyway, looking in perspective, it seems like the U.S. has had so many assassinations, and they still have never really improved their security from Abe Lincoln to Ronald Reagan. Anyway, overall a highly recommended musical to go see when you have a chance.

After the show, my mom and I rode the bus and chatted with two of the actors. Here's an interview with one of the actors I met, and his views of the show.

http://www.xtra.ca/public/Toronto/Sondheims_Assassins_returns_to_Toronto-9609.aspx

-Alie