Sondheim's Assas-Sins - and other wordplay

The Broadway Maven, David Benkof, interprets Broadway

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Shalom!

This week, The Broadway Maven looks at Assassins and Les Misérables:

• On Monday, February 28 at Noon and 7 pm ET, there will be a FREE Zoom class exploring Sondheim’s disturbing musical about the dark side of the American dream. Register here.

• On Thursday, March 3 at Noon and 7 pm ET, there will be a FREE Zoom class on the long-running 1985 show based on Victor Hugo’s mammoth novel. Register here.

• This Weekly Blast:

A) examines the wordplay in several Sondheim show titles;

B) contains a YouTube GEM with a recent Jeopardy! Broadway category;

C) RAVES about the Tina Fey musical Mean Girls; and

D) publishes a letter from one of The Broadway Maven’s northernmost students.