Sweeney Todd (Broadway Revival 2005)
- Previews
- October 3rd, 2005
- Opening
- November 3rd, 2005
- Closing
- September 3rd, 2006
- Status
- Closed
- Overall Rating
- None yet
- Categories
- Drama Musical
Synopsis
Sweeney Todd is based on the 1973 play by Christopher Bond, which was inspired by the apparently true story of a murderous barber in London in the 1790s. The musical (re-set in industrial 19th-century London) concerns a venal judge who has his way with a young woman after he sends her husband, an innocent barber, off to prison in Australia. The judge takes the woman's daughter as his ward and plans to similarly molest her. The barber returns to London and, with the help of pie-maker Mrs. Lovett, seeks to punish the judge and all who come in their way. Need we say that Mrs. Lovett uses a very special ingredient in her meat pies?
Cast
Original 2005 Revival Cast: Michael Cerveris, Patti LuPone, John Arbo, Donna Lynne Champlin, Diana DiMarzio, Manoel Felciano, Alexander Gemignani, Mark Jacoby, Benjamin Magnuson, Lauren Molina
Creative
- Music by: Stephen Sondheim
- Lyrics by: Stephen Sondheim
- Book by: Hugh Wheeler
- Based on a version of "Sweeney Todd" by: Christopher Bond
- Music orchestrations: Sarah Travis
- Direction and Design: John Doyle
- Costume Design: John Doyle
- Scenic Design: John Doyle
- Lighting Design: Richard G. Jones
- Sound Design: Dan Moses Schreier
- Hair and Wig Design: Paul Huntley
