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3 days ago · High among Stephen Sondheim’s achievements in writing music and lyrics are the diabolical skills on gleeful and gruesome display in “Sweeney Todd,” the blackest humor musical of all.
1 day ago · In 1959, English composer Malcolm Arnold turned it into a ballet choreographed by John Cranko; Stephen Sondheim’s 1979 Broadway production became an award-winning, smash hit adapted for the cinema by Tim Burton in 2007… and the London Metropolitan Police use the words Sweeney Todd as rhyming slang for their Flying Squad division.
4 days ago · The Demon Barber of Fleet Street is back with a vengeance! Oh, sweet vengeance! It is upon us to feast on its decadence and not the pies. Those things are creepy. The Chance Theater's James Michael Mchale-directed Sweeney Todd brings the gloom and the dastardly creep to the penny dreadfuls looking for a masterful take. It's a tour de force on the Sondheim classic! This one is dark, my friends ...
1 day ago · Winston Peacock and Jocelyn A. Brown (Photo by Doug Catiller) Reviewed by Socks Whitmore Chance Theater Through Aug 11. In the midst of a SoCal summer heatwave, spooky season has come early to Chance Theater with Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street — Sondheim & Wheeler’s three-hour murderous masterpiece about a mad barber bent on revenge.
2 days ago · Most recently seen opposite Sutton Foster in the revival of Sweeney Todd, his other Broadway credits include Catch Me If You Can, Next to Normal, Wicked, and Hairspray. Tveit also announced some happy news July 24. Levesque made her Broadway debut as Satine in Moulin Rouge! last year.
Chance Theater’s rendition of ‘Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street‘, is a haunting and expertly crafted musical journey that captivates audiences from start to finish. Directed by James Michael McHale, this production of Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler’s dark classic unfolds with gripping emotion and razor-sharp wit at the Bette Aitken Theater Arts Center.
1 day ago · Stephen Joshua Sondheim (/ ˈ s ɒ n d h aɪ m /; March 22, 1930 – November 26, 2021) was an American composer and lyricist. Regarded as one of the most important figures in 20th-century musical theater, he is credited with reinventing the American musical.
