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'Assassins' role raises actor's spirits, his mother's concern

Liz Walker relates Obama backers' fears

By Megan Tench
Globe Staff / July 11, 2008

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When the theater troupe Company One called Nik Walker to tell him he had landed a role in "Assassins" - the dark Stephen Sondheim musical about people who have killed or tried to kill American presidents - he ran around his East Village apartment screaming with joy. (Full article: 1000 words)

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