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SWEENEY TODD
Jun 01 – Jul 07 2017
Pictured: Ben Gonio as Sweeney Todd. Photo by John McLellan.
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SWEENEY TODD
The Demon Barber of Fleet Street – A Musical Thriller
June 1 – July 1, 2017
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Book by Hugh Wheeler
Based on an adaptation by Christopher Bond
1979 Winner of 8 Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Book, Score, and Lyrics
Stephen Sondheim’s bloody masterpiece Sweeney Todd – a worldwide success since its Broadway premiere in 1979 – tells the tale of an unjustly exiled man who, after returning to the city that cast him out, finds refuge in an abandoned attic barbershop. There he forms an unlikely partnership with the woman downstairs, the pie baker Mrs. Lovett, herself an outcast with an axe to grind against the ruling powers. When the two hatch a gutsy plan for revenge, the powerful elite – who have for years swept the powerless under the rug – are soon swallowed up by the same hungry masses they worked to oppress.
“There is more artistic energy, creative personality and plain excitement than in a dozen average musicals. Mr. Sondheim has composed an endlessly inventive, highly expressive score that works indivisibly from his brilliant and abrasive lyrics.” – The New York Times
“Sweeney Todd is above all cracking high class entertainment with a pulsating score and a fascinatingly lurid cast of characters that is at times little more than a singing freak show though it is none the worse for that.” – The Independent
“Must be seen by anyone who cares about the gifts and risks of Broadway at its best.” – Newsweek
Tickets
Adults – $39.50
Seniors – $35 – 65+
Students – $19 – with valid school ID
Run time is approximately 2.5 hours with one intermission.
Water-based haze is used in this production.
Stephen Sondheim’s bloody masterpiece Sweeney Todd, a worldwide success since its Broadway premiere in 1979, tells the tale of an unjustly exiled barber returning to 19th century London to seek 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.
Tickets
Adults – $39.50
Seniors – $35 – 65+
Students – $19 – with valid school ID
Cast
Ben Gonio – Sweeney Todd
Corinna Lapid Munter – Mrs. Lovett
Jeff Church – Judge Turpin
John Han – Tobias Ragg
Emilie Hanson – Johanna Barker
Jimmie Herrod – Beggar Woman
Jon Lee-Vroman – Beadle Bamford
Jordan Iosua Taylor – Anthony Hope
Nick Watson – Adolfo Pirelli
Leslie Wisdom – Jonas Fogg
Creative Team
Mathew Wright – Co-director
Eric Ankrim – Co-director
Matt Hohensee – Music Director
Steven Tran – Associate Music Director
Trina Mills – Choreographer
Tristan Roberson – Lighting Designer
Siri Nelson – Costume Designer
Christopher Mumaw – Scenic Designer
Kevin Heard – Sound Designer
Andrea Spraycar – Props Designer
Crew
Melanie LeDuc -Stage Manager
Emma Crowe – Assistant Stage Manager
Elizabeth Mendenhall – Wardrobe
Andy Rowland – Run Crew
Iris Zacarias – Sound Board Operator
