Sweeney Todd
The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Circle in the Square Theatre
Previews Began: August 5, 1989
Opening Night: September 14, 1989
Closing Night: February 25, 1990
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
Wigmaker Sequence……Sweeney Todd, Anthony Hope,
Quintet
Not While I’m Around…………Tobias Ragg, Mrs. Lovett
Parlour Songs……………..Beadle Bamford, Mrs. Lovett
City on Fire………………………………………..Company
The Judge’s Return……….Sweeney Todd, Judge Turpin
Final Scene………………………………………..Company
CAST
OPENING NIGHT
Beth Fowler Mrs. Lovett
Bob Gunton Sweeney Todd
David Barron Judge Turpin
SuEllen Estey Beggar Woman
Tony Gilbert Jonas Fogg
Ted Keegan Bird Seller
Gretchen Kingsley Johanna
Eddie Korbich Tobias Ragg
David E. Mallard Policeman
Michael McCarty Beadle Bamford
Bill Nabel Adolfo Pirelli
Mary Phillips Mrs. Mooney
Sylvia Rhyne Dora
Jim Walton Anthony Hope
Standby: David Chaney (Sweeney Todd), R. F. Daley (Sweeney Todd/Jonas Fogg/Bird Seller), Franc D’Ambrosio (Tobias Ragg/Anthony Hope/Adolfo Pirelli), Tony Gilbert (Judge Turpin), Rebecca Judd (Beggar Woman), Ted Keegan (Anthony Hope), Carol Logan (Johanna, Dora), David E. Mallard (Tobias Ragg), Annie McGreevey (Mrs. Lovett, Beggar Woman), Bill Nabel (Beadle Bamford), Sylvia Rhyne (Beggar Woman/Johanna), David Vosburgh (Beadle Bamford, Adolfo Pirelli)
