The two actors will discuss their roles in the current production of Stephen Sondheim and James Weidman's Assassins at Studio 54. Baker portrays Sara Jane Moore, and Denis O'Hare is Charles Guiteau in the musical that examines the lives of presidential assassins. Studio 54 is located at 254 West 54th Street, and tickets are available by calling (212) 719-1300.
Denis O'Hare won the Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle awards for his performance in Richard Greenberg's Take Me Out. His other theatrical credits include Major Barbara, Cabaret, Racing Demon, Vienna: Lusthaus (revisited), Helen, Ten Unknowns, The Devils and Silence, Cunning, Exile. On screen he has been seen in "New York Undercover," "Law & Order," "100 Centre Street," "St. Maybe," "Heights," "Garden State," "21 Grams" and "The Anniversary Party."
Becky Ann Baker's Broadway credits include Titanic, A Streetcar Named Desire, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas and the City Center Encores! mounting of Wonderful Town. Off-Broadway she appeared in Othello, Two Gentlemen of Verona, The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told, Shanghai Moon and June Moon. Baker's screen credits include "Freaks and Geeks," "Storm of the Century," "Soul Man," "Ruby Ridge," "Frasier," "Stark Trek: Voyager," "Sex and the City," "Law & Order" and "Oz."
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