John Doyle's Tony Award-winning re-imagining of Sweeney
Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street began its National Tour,
with a pre-tour engagement at San
Francisco's American Conservatory Theatre (ACT) on August 30, opening ACT's 41st
season on September 4 with performances through September 30. The production, nominated for 2006 Tony
Award for Best Revival of a Musical, won Tony Awards for Doyle (Best
Direction of a musical) and orchestrator and music supervisor Sarah Travis (Best
orchestrations).
Alongside David Hess, who will play Sweeney, Broadway legend
Judy Kaye will play the key role of Mrs. Lovett in San Francisco. Hess and Kaye will be joined
onstage by many members of the Tony Award-winning Broadway cast including
Benjamin Magnuson (Anthony), Lauren Molina (Johanna), Diana DiMarzio (Beggar
Woman) and John Arbo (Mr. Fogg); joined by Benjamin Eakeley (Beadle), Keith
Buterbaugh (Judge Turpin), Katrina Yaukey (Pirelli) and Edmund Bagnell (Tobias Ragg).
Performances
through September 30 are Tuesdays – Saturdays at 8PM (except September 11 at 7PM); Wednesdays,
Saturdays & Sundays at 2PM (except no matinee on September 12 & 26).
Tickets are $30-$82 (or $22-$62 previews). Tickets are
available through A.C.T. Ticket Services, 405 Geary Street at Mason, 415-749-2228,
and online at www.act-sf.org. The American Conservatory Theatre is located
at 415 Geary Street, San Francisco.
Click here: National Tour schedule and locations
Photos by DavidAllenStudio.com
Sweeney Todd (David Hess) and Mrs. Lovett (Judy Kaye) conspire to "shave the faces of gentlemen who never thereafter were heard of again"
The cast of Sweeney Todd
Mrs. Lovett (Judy Kaye) retrieves a bucket of blood as Sweeney Todd (David Hess) offers The Beadle (Benjamin Eakeley) the closest shave in London
Mrs. Lovett (Judy Kaye) cleans up after a long day of baking meat pies
The cast of Sweeney Todd
