Sweeney Todd
The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Uris Theatre
Previews Began: February 6, 1979
Opening Night: March 1, 1979
Closing Night: June 29, 1980
Music: Stephen Sondheim
Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim
Book: Hugh Wheeler
Sweeney Todd, whose real name is Benjamin Barker, uses his new alias to resume work in his barber shop above Mrs. Lovett’s struggling pie shop after being wrongfully sentenced to life imprisonment by the corrupt Judge Turpin. After swearing vengeance against the judge that tore his family apart, Todd and Lovett plot a unique plan that helps them both and leads them down a dangerous, thrilling path with deadly consequences.
MUSICAL NUMBERS
ACT ONE
The Ballad of Sweeney Todd……………………Company
No Place Like London…………………….Anthony Hope,
Sweeney Todd,
Beggar Woman
The Barber and His Wife…………………..Sweeney Todd
The Worst Pies In London…………………….Mrs. Lovett
Poor Thing……………………………………..Mrs. Lovett
My Friends……………………Sweeney Todd, Mrs. Lovett
Green Finch and Linnet Bird…………………….Johanna
Ah, Miss…………………Anthony Hope, Beggar Woman
Johanna…………………………………….Anthony Hope
Pirelli’s Miracle Elixir……..Tobias Ragg, Sweeney Todd,
Mrs. Lovett, Company
The Contest…………………………………………..Pirelli
Wait……………………………………………..Mrs. Lovett
Kiss Me………………………….Johanna, Anthony Hope
Ladies in Their Sensitivities……………Beadle Bamford
Quartet……Johanna, Anthony Hope, Beadle Bamford,
Judge Turpin
Pretty Women……………..Sweeney Todd, Judge Turpin
Epiphany…………………………………….Sweeney Todd
A Little Priest………………..Sweeney Todd, Mrs. Lovett
ACT TWO
God, That’s Good!……………..Tobias Ragg, Mrs. Lovett,
Sweeney Todd, Beggar Woman,
Customers
Johanna (Reprise)………Anthony Hope, Sweeney Todd,
Johanna, Beggar Woman
By the Sea………………………………………Mrs. Lovett
Not While I’m Around…………Tobias Ragg, Mrs. Lovett
Parlour Songs……………..Beadle Bamford, Mrs. Lovett
City on Fire…………Johanna, Anthony Hope, Company
Final Scene…………….Anthony Hope, Beggar Woman,
Sweeney Todd, Judge Turpin,
Mrs. Lovett, Johanna, Tobias Ragg
The Ballad of Sweeney Todd (Reprise)………..Company
CAST
OPENING NIGHT
Len Cariou Sweeney Todd
Angela Lansbury Mrs. Lovett
Victor Garber Anthony Hope
Ken Jennings Tobias Ragg
Merle Louise Beggar Woman
Edmund Lyndeck Judge Turpin
Sarah Rice Johanna
Joaquin Romaguera Adolfo Pirelli
Jack Eric Williams Beadle Bamford
Duane Bodin Member of the Company
Walter Charles Member of the Company
Carole Doscher Member of the Company
Nancy Eaton Member of the Company
Mary-Pat Green Member of the Company
Cris Groenendaal Member of the Company
Skip Harris Member of the Company
Marthe Ihde Member of the Company
Betsy Joslyn Member of the Company
Nancy Killmer Member of the Company
Frank Kopyc Member of the Company
Spain Logue Member of the Company
Craig Lucas Member of the Company
Pamela McLernon Member of the Company
Duane Morris Member of the Company
Robert Ousley Jonas Fogg
Member of The Company
Richard Warren Pugh Member of the Company
Maggie Task Member of the Company
Swings: Robert Hendersen, Heather B. Withers
REPLACEMENTS
George Hearn Sweeney Todd
3/4/1980 – 6/29/1980
Dorothy Loudon Mrs. Lovett
3/4/1980 – 6/29/1980
Nancy Callman Member of the Company
Cris Groenendaal Anthony Hope
Betsy Joslyn Johanna
Michael Kalinyen Member of the Company
Kevin Marcum Member of the Company
Carolyn Marlow Member of the Company
Candace Rogers Member of the Company
Standby: Denise Lor (Mrs. Lovett), Marge Redmond (Mrs. Lovett)
