THE LINCOLN HERALD Vol. 101, No. 4 PUBLICATION/PLAYBACK REVIEW Edited by Steven K. Rogstad, Review Editor LINCOLN & BOOTH: A Historical Musical Written and composed by Richard J. Chiarappa Over the years the Lincoln assassination has been the subject of books and broadsides, poetry and painting. To this rich legacy may now be added something new and unusual: a musical play titled: "Lincoln and Booth." The videotape of this production was recorded live at the Roberts Theater of the Kingswood Oxford School in West Hartford, Connecticut, on September 19-21,1997. The compact disc is the original Hartford cast recording. "Lincoln and Booth" retells the assassination story in an original two-act musical. History's whole gang is assembled for this event. There's Lincoln, Booth, Mrs. Surratt, Dr. Mudd, Atzerodt, Spangler, Nellie Starr, Stanton, Harry Clay Ford, Lt. Doherty, even Peanuts John. Fearing the worst, most historians grimace when the curt...