The rare instance of a musical thriller, Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler’s chilling, suspenseful, heart-pounding masterpiece of murderous barber-ism and culinary crime tells the infamous tale of the unjustly exiled barber who returns to 19th century London seeking revenge against the lecherous judge who framed him and ravaged his young wife. His thirst for blood soon expands to include his unfortunate customers, and the resourceful proprietress of the pie shop downstairs soon has the people of London lining up in droves with her mysterious new meat pie recipe! Sophisticated, macabre, visceral and uncompromising, “Sweeney Todd” nevertheless has a great sense of fun, mixing intense drama with howlingly funny moments of dark humor: audiences find themselves laughing hysterically one moment and gasping in surprise the next. At the show’s core is a challenging score of epic proportion with two tasty tour de force roles in Sweeney and his comic female accomplice Mrs. Lovett.

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Theatre Mirror Review by Tony Annicone

May 17th, 2007 (7:30 p.m.),
May 18th & 19th, 2007 (8:00 p.m.)
May 20th, 2007 (2:00 p.m.)

Margaret L. Jackson Performing Arts Center 

SWEENEY TODD The Demon Barber of Fleet Street A Musical Thriller Music & Lyrics by STEPHEN SONDHEIM Book by HUGH WHEELER From an Adaptation by CHRISTOPHER BOND Originally Directed on Broadway by HAROLD PRINCE Originally Produced on Broadway by Richard Barr, Charles Woodward, Robert Fryer, Mary Lea Johnson, Martin Richards in Association with Dean and Judy Manos Presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by: MTI, 421 West 54th St., New York, NY 10019 Tel.: (212) 541-4684 Fax (212) 397-4684 www.MTIShows.com

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