ASSASSINS- Ballad of Guiteau (Scene #11)

Assassins at ASU. Seth Tucker as Guiteau, Zach Balmer as the Balladeer, Daniel Cardenas as James Garfield, Toby Yatso as the Proprietor

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Music

Tags:

• assassins
• sondheim
• asu
• ballad
• of
• guiteau
• seth
• tucker
• zach
• Balmer
• Toby
• Yatso
• Daniel
• Cardenas

[EvilSpoofAuthor]

I love this preformance!  He is PREFECT for the role! It's that whole "insane" appearence. So few of us can pull it off. I've never acted but I know insane when I see it. It's a kinship thing.^_~

[HighbulpIII]

really hard to listen to due to the guffawing patrons in the background.

[foreversinging91]

You all did a great job with this musical. I'm doing this show next month and you both remind me of our Moore and Guiteau; I've never laughed so hard. Besides the obvious comical moments, this how does have a very sad underside. All of these assasins wanted to make a point and be heard but they felt that the only way people would listen is if they killed someone. I don't condone what they did, but I do feel slightly sorry for them.

[Khemrikhara]

It's such a large stage for just three people doing relatively little...

Also, though Guitau was absolutely brilliant, it's not how I'd think of him... he's more schizophrenic in my mind. =P

Balladeer was too boring, Proprieter is too... cabaret. Not that he's even in this number.

Don't get me wrong, I thought this was great, awesome singing for an amatuer production, actually! I've just been thinking about this show and how to stage it a lot recently, so there's things I would do differently.

[BoomChickie]

@funwiththefunk Luckily that's the balladeer.

[thetruedelicous]

I must disagree with aalleexxbb, the general "silliness" of his performance is a choice. He balences it well with the seriousness he pulls of during the ends of his verses, which add to the "he is crazy" feel, which I enjoy emensly more then people who take the whole thing seriously and miss the overall type of craziness that can be protraid with it.

[aalleexxbb]

Until 7:13 Guiteau just acts silly, not crazy. Playing for laughs and not for the shock of "Wow. Is he serious?" The staging didn't do anything for me. It was OK.. (Too hard to compare to the PERFECT '05 revival.

[funwiththefunk]

the proprieter is annoying ._.

[jeanvljn24601]

The guy who played Guiteau played is so perfect! to pull off funny but to still sense his "craziness" its spectacular!

[Webster5]

Not bad at all. I understand it all, but disagree with a lot of it. I understand the Balladeer=America thing, which you have clearly represented in more of a Yuppie was, but it's just a little off-putting ti the mood and style of the play. In the way you have the Balladeer and the Proprietor, you have the interplay of Patriotism vs. Nationalism, which just isn't present at all.

Also, WAY too much choreography for Guiteau.

[twinklemoviestar]

its fun to see all the different versions of this scene