Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, by Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler, is a darkly gripping musical thriller that has garnered numerous accolades, including eight Tony Awards. This chilling masterpiece transports you to the underbelly of 19th century London, where a vengeful barber named Sweeney Todd seeks bloody retribution.
Wrongfully imprisoned by the lecherous Judge Turpin, Sweeney returns to London a broken man. He is taken in by the resourceful Mrs. Lovett, who runs a failing pie shop. Fueled by rage and despair, Sweeney transforms his barber's chair into a murder weapon. Mrs. Lovett, ever the pragmatist, hatches a gruesome plan – to use Sweeney's victims as ingredients for her "worst pies in London," turning Sweeney's murderous rampage into a profitable (and darkly comedic) enterprise.
Sweeney Todd is a hauntingly beautiful and unsettling musical.
Year | Category | |
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1979 | Best Musical | Winner |
1990 | Best Revival | |
2006 | Best Revival of a Musical |
Videos
TWELFTH NIGHT by William Shakespeare
Santa Fe Botanical Garden Amphitheater (7/25 - 8/18) | ||
The Niceties
New Mexico Actors Lab (5/8 - 6/16)
PHOTOS
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La traviata
Santa Fe Opera (6/28 - 8/24) | ||
The Righteous
Santa Fe Opera (7/13 - 8/13) | ||
DEATH BY DESIGN
The Adobe Theater (8/30 - 9/22) | ||
TWELFTH NIGHT by William Shakespeare
Santa Fe Botanical Garden Amphitheater (7/25 - 8/18) | ||
THE OUTSIDER
The Adobe Theater (5/31 - 6/23) | ||
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