Sweeney Todd
The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Barrow Street Theatre
Previews Began: February 14, 2017
Opening Night: March 1, 2017
Closing Night: August 26, 2018
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
Matt Doyle Anthony Hope
Alex Finke Johanna
Siobhan McCarthy Mrs. Lovett
Betsy Morgan Adolfo Pirelli
Beggar Woman
Brad Oscar Beadle Bamford
Jeremy Secomb Sweeney Todd
Duncan Smith Judge Turpin
Joseph Taylor Tobias Ragg
Understudies: Colin Anderson (Beadle Bamford/Anthony Hope/Tobias Ragg), David Michael Garry (Sweeney Todd/Judge Turpin), Liz Pearce (Mrs. Nellie Lovett), Monet Sabel (Beggar Woman/Adolfo Pirelli/Johanna)
REPLACEMENTS
Stacie Bono Adolfo Pirelli
Beggar Woman
4/11/2017 – 7/19/2018
Jake Boyd Anthony Hope
8/29/2017 – 2/25/2018
Carolee Carmello Mrs. Lovett
4/11/2017 – 2/25/2018
Jamie Jackson Judge Turpin
8/29/2017 – 2/25/2018
Erin LeCroy Johanna
8/29/2017 – 2/25/2018
Matt Leisy Beadle Bamford
8/21/2018 – 8/26/2018
Michael James Leslie Judge Turpin
2/27/2018 – 8/26/2018
Norm Lewis Sweeney Todd
4/11/2017 – 8/13/2017
John-Michael Lyles Tobias Ragg
8/29/2017 – 2/25/2018
Hugh Panaro Sweeney Todd
8/29/2017 – 2/25/2018
Zachary Noah Piser Tobias Ragg
2/27/2018 – 7/29/2018
John Rapson Beadle Bamford
8/29/2017 – 8/19/2018
Thom Sesma Sweeney Todd
2/27/2018 – 8/26/2018
Billy Harrigan Tighe Anthony Hope
2/27/2018 – 7/29/2018
Sally Ann Triplett Mrs. Lovett
2/27/2018 – 8/26/2018
DeLaney Westfall Johanna
2/27/2018 – 8/26/2018
