Tonight at 8 p.m. ET, the Off-Broadway Classic Stage Company will present its 2021 benefit, Tell the Story: Celebrating Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman’s Assassins. This free virtual event will include an array of performances and tributes exploring the legacy of the musical, featuring the entire cast of CSC’s upcoming production as well as alumni from the 1990 Off-Broadway premiere and 2004 Broadway revival, culminating in a discussion with creators Sondheim and Weidman, moderated by CSC Artistic Director John Doyle. Hillary Rodham Clinton will also deliver remarks about the show.
Other scheduled participants include Quincy Tyler Bernstine, André De Shields, Raúl Esparza, Ann Harada, Audra McDonald, Mary Beth Peil, George Takei, and Tony Yazbeck as well as CSC cast members Adam Chanler-Berat, Eddie Cooper, Tavi Gevinson, Brad Giovanine, Andy Grotelueschen, Bianca Horn, Judy Kuhn, Whit K. Lee, Rob Morrison, Steven Pasquale, Ethan Slater, Will Swenson, Wesley Taylor, Brandon Uranowitz, and Katrina Yaukey — plus 1990 alums Patrick Cassidy, Victor Garber, Greg Germann, Annie Golden, Lyn Greene, Jonathan Hadary, Eddie Korbich, Terrence Mann, Debra Monk, William Parry, Lee Wilkof, and director Jerry Zaks and 2004 alums Becky Ann Baker, Mario Cantone, Michael Cerveris, Mary Catherine Garrison, Alexander Gemignani, Ken Krugman, Marc Kudisch, Anne L. Nathan, Denis O’Hare, Chris Peluso, Sally Wilfert, and director Joe Mantello.
Registration is required at ClassicStage.org, and the event will be available for viewing until April 19 at 8 p.m. ET. Below is the Broadway revival cast at the 2004 Tony Awards.