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Dorothys and Roses, 'gays, grays and suburban moms' all joined in on last weekend's celebration of the beloved sitcom at Chicago's Navy Pier.

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer April 8, 2021 Composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim in 2018. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File) White House hopefuls may want to steer clear of Classic Stage Company next week: Not one or even two, but three casts of the dark musical “Assassins” are massing. With a unique fundraising event, the off-Broadway powerhouse is celebrating the Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman show about the men and women who killed or tried to kill the president of the U...

Studio Tenn will host a 30-year reunion of the original cast of Assassins, a Tony Award-winning musical. Patrick Cassidy, Studio Tenns artistic director, was part of the original cast and organized the reunion. The free virtual event is slated for Monday, March 8 at 7 p.m. as part of the “Studio Tenn Talks: Conversations with Patrick Cassidy."  The show premiered Off-Broadway at Playwrights Horizons in December 1990. It closed out the following year after more than 70 performances.  It exp...

Studio Tenn Talks: Conversations with Patrick Cassidy series. The original Off-Broadway cast of Assassins. Martha Swope / The New York Public Library The original cast and creative team of the 1991 Off-Broadway debut of Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman’s Tony-winning Assassins reunite virtually March 8 at 8 PM ET to celebrate the musicals 30th anniversary. The free online event is part of the Studio Tenn Talks: Conversations with Patrick Cassidy seri...