Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

March 1-5, 2023

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• Music & lyrics by Stephen Sondheim

• Book by Hugh Wheeler

• Directed by Anne Healey

• Musical Direction by Vicky Nooe

• Conducted by Dr. Clif Evans

• Scenic Design: Leah Mazur

• Lighting Design: Jared Land

• Costume Design: Margaret Monostory

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Sweeney Todd has become a bloody, worldwide success since being awarded eight Tony Awards, including Best Musical, for its Broadway premiere. Stephen Sondheim's and Hugh Wheeler's (A Little Night Music, Pacific Overtures) tasty, thrilling, theatrical treat has simultaneously shocked, awed, and delighted audiences across the world.

An infamous tale, Sweeney Todd, an unjustly exiled barber, returns to nineteenth century London, seeking vengeance against the lecherous judge who framed him and ravaged his young wife. The road to revenge leads Todd to Mrs. Lovett, a resourceful proprietress of a failing pie shop, above which, he opens a new barber practice. Mrs. Lovett's luck sharply shifts when Todd's thirst for blood inspires the integration of an ingredient into her meat pies that has the people of London lining up... and the carnage has only just begun!