Roundabout Theatre Company reunited cast members from its acclaimed, 2004 Tony Award-winning revival of Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman's Assassins on Monday, December 3 for a one-night-only benefit reading of the musical at Studio 54. Joe Mantello, who received a Tony Award for his direction of the production, helmed the script-in-hand concert, which was conducted by Paul Gemignani.
Despite critical acclaim and winning five Tonys in 2004, the cult-classic musical, which had been extended through the fall of that year, closed after only 101 performances. The reunion concert, therefore, was a gift to diehard fans, and theatergoers who were bummed they never got the chance to see the original production.
Alexander Gemignani, Mario Cantone, Neil Patrick Harris, Michael Cerveris, James Barbour, Annaleigh Ashford, and Denis O’Hare basked in the applause following Roundabout Theatre Company’s Assassins benefit concert reading at Studio 54 on Monday, December 3. (© David Gordon)