Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Updated:
18 Jul 2022
Directors:
Terry Hughes
Stephen Sondheim
Stephen Sondheim
Hugh Wheeler
Jimmy B. Frazier
Hal Prince
Bill Klages
Ellen Krass
Christopher Bond
Bonnie Burns
Archer King
Lyndell Quiyou
Franne Lee
Eugene Lee
Christy Ann Newquist
Sheryl Ptak
Phyllis J. Nelson
Ken Laski
Gloria Rivera
Frank Hartenstein
Frank Green
Actors:
Angela Lansbury
George Hearn
Cris Groenendaal
Sara Woods
Edmund Lyndeck
Calvin Remsberg
Betsy Joslyn
Sal Mistretta
Spain Logue
Walter Charles
Michael Kalinyen
Roy Gioconda
Skip Harris
Duane Morris
Patricia Parker
Meredith Rawlins
Stuart Redfield
Candace Rogers
Dee Etta Rowe
Carrie Solomon
Melanie Vaughan
Joseph Warner
Ken Jennings
Joe Boots
Genre:
Western,
War,
Thriller,
TV Movie,
Science Fiction,
Romance,
Mystery,
Music,
Horror,
History,
Fantasy,
Family,
Drama,
Documentary,
Crime,
Comedy,
Animation,
Adventure,
Action
Country:
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Year:
1982
Times are hard in 1846 London and one must make do. Nellie Lovett adds something extra to the meat pies she peddles on Fleet Street. The secret ingredient: freshly murdered victims of her partner in crime, barber Sweeney Todd. Composer/lyricist Stephen Sondheim refashions a macabre tale into a musical masterwork in this dazzling performance of the 1979 Broadway hit originally staged by Harold Prince. In her Tony-winning role, Angela Lansbury plays Nellie. George Hearn turns his stage role of twisted Sweeney into an Emmy-winning triumph. The score coils around itself in every-tightening spirals. The lines ripple with black humor and madness. Enter Sweeney's tonsorial parlor. Attend the tale. Originally shown on cable by The Entertainment Channel, later rebroadcast by Showtime, and finally aired on the PBS series "Great Performances" (season 12, episode 9).
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