Patrick Ryan Sullivan Headlines Sweeney Todd in CO

Broadway's Patrick Ryan Sullivan will portray the title role in Sweeney Todd from July 28th through August 24th at the Creede Repertory Theater, located in Creede, Colorado.  

The production of the Stephen Sondheim-Hugh Wheeler classic--which is currently being performed on Broadway in a hit revival--will be directed by Francis X. Kuhn, with musical direction by Michelle Alexander.  It will also feature Peggy Pharr Wilson as Mrs. Lovett, Joshua Landay as Anthony, Michael Bouchard as Tobias, Jessica Jackson as the Beggar Woman, Candice Bondak as Johanna, Christy Brandt as Pirelli, Martin Buchanan as the Beadle, and Jeff Carey as Jonas Fogg.

The show will feature sets by John David Paul, costumes by Georgianna Londre, lighting by Ryan Wentworth and sound by Tristan Wilson.

On Broadway, Sullivan played the roles of Gaston in Beauty and the Beast and Julian Marsh in the recent revival of 42nd Street.  He was also recently seen Off-Broadway in the musicals Bingo, Meet John Doe, Richard Cory, and Saint Heaven.  He also sings the role of Wyatt Earp on the studio cast recording of Peter Link and Larry Rosler's Sundown.

"'Attend the tale of Sweeney Todd:' With these simple words, begins the twisted account of a once gentle barber twisted into a murderer by his quest for vengeance. At first he seeks only to punish the men who destroyed his life. When his revenge turns to bloodlust, however, London is filled with terror—not to mention new, mysterious and delicious meat pies! Only Mrs. Lovett, the baker downstairs, sees the sunny side of their new enterprise," state Creede Rep notes on the show.