Editing Assassins (musical) (section)

== Cultural impact ==
Sondheim said that he expected backlash from the public due to the content. "There are always people who think that certain subjects are not right for musicals...[w]e're not going to apologize for dealing with such a volatile subject. Nowadays, virtually everything goes," he told ''[[The New York Times]]''.<ref>{{cite news|last=Rothstein|first=Mervyn|title=Sondheim's 'Assassins': Insane Realities of History|url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/98/07/19/specials/sondheim-assassins.html|access-date=July 17, 2013|newspaper=The New York Times|date=January 27, 1991}}</ref>

Historian, commentator, and actress [[Sarah Vowell]] introduced her 2005 analysis of the Lincoln, McKinley, and Garfield murders, ''[[Assassination Vacation]]'', with a journey from New York City into New England to attend a performance of ''Assassins''.

''Assassins'' was featured in episode 6 of [[Netflix|Netflix's]] ''[[The Politician (TV series)|The Politician]]''. In the show, they are performing in a school production of the musical, which parallels events occurring in their own lives. The episode included a cover of "Unworthy of Your Love", sung by [[Ben Platt]] and [[Zoey Deutch]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vulture.com/2019/09/the-politician-season-1-episode-6-recap.html|title=The Politician Recap: Unworthy of Your Love|last=Shoemaker|first=Allison|date=September 29, 2019|website=Vulture|language=en-us|access-date=January 15, 2020}}</ref>