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

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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

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

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

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

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)

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