Assassins

C    30 July - 16 August @ 19.55    Through The Window

Everybody who studies and loves musical theatre knows Assassins, Sondheim's neglected (in the UK at least) masterpiece. Maybe its anonymity has to do with the fact that the narrative is about the American psyche rather than the story of an individual or inter-personal relationships.

Whatever, it's difficult to give such a cerebral work much humanity, and it's a bit much to pick holes in the production values of any Fringe show, when we know that turn around/set up time is a matter of minutes.

Through The Window make a decent fist of it - no, better than that - they're a young team and the singing is terrific. There's one young guy with a great pop tenor voice. And these are great songs.