Actor's Express Kicks Off 2016 with Sondheim Masterpiece SWEENEY TODD

Actor's Express will kick of 2016 with an electrifying production of the eight-time Tony Award winner and Sondheim masterpiece Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. Directed by Actor's Express Artistic Director Freddie Ashley (Rent, The Rocky Horror Show, Spring Awakening, Grey Gardens), Atlanta audiences will get a chance to explore one of the greatest American musicals with a modern point of view. The production will star Kevin Harry (Actor's Express' Rent, Murder Ballad and The Rocky Horror Show and Javert in Aurora Theatre's Les Miserables) as Sweeney Todd and Deborah Bowman (Blanche Dubois in Serenbe Playhouse's A Streetcar Named Desire and Velma Kelly in Atlanta Lyric Theatre's Chicago) as Mrs. Lovett.

Performances of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street are Wednesdays through Saturdays at 8 PM, Sundays at 2 PM and select Saturdays at 2 PM and Sundays at 7 PM. Tickets start at $28 and may be purchased online at actors-express.com or by calling 404-607-7469. The Actor's Express production of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street is sponsored by Stephen Michael Brown.

A wronged barber escapes from prison, returning to his native London to exact revenge on the corrupt judge who unjustly imprisoned him and stole his wife and child. When he joins forces with the lonely piemaker Mrs. Lovett, he sets into motion a tale of lust, murder, revenge and some really twisted meat pie recipes. Sondheim's electrifying masterpiece explodes off the AE stage with raw power and some of the best singing you'll hear in Atlanta all year.

Purchase tickets online at actors-express.com or by calling 404.607.7469. Group pricing is available. For info, email tickets@actorsexpress.com.

Photo Credit: BreeAnne Clowdus.