'X-Men' make a killing
A couple of killers sat by my feet; a few more were scattered among the audience at the Menier Chocolate Factory.
I am referring (luckily) to the bad guys from Assassins: the musical about nine of the 13 people who have taken aim and fired at a U.S. president.
I saw the musical, created by Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman, on Saturday — which happened to be the 51st anniversary of the day John F. Kennedy was shot by Lee Harvey Oswald in Dallas, Texas. Weidman was also at the Chocolate Factory and he lauded director Jamie Lloyd’s sublime, potent production.
‘It’s unlike any I have seen before,’ he enthused, adding that Lloyd had used the Menier’s space brilliantly. The cast is superb, including the nine ‘mutant X-Men’ (as Lloyd has referred to them): Carly Bawden, Stewart Clarke, Mike McShane, Harry Morrison, Andy Nyman, Jamie Parker, David Roberts, Catherine Tate and Aaron Tveit — with Simon Lipkin as the proprietor who aided and abetted the villains.
Menier artistic director David Babani said he hoped Sondheim would be at the official first night on Monday. If not, he’ll catch it later in the run.
Source: Daily Mail UK
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