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Sweeney Todd


Played at

Eugene O'Neill Theater

Awards

Sweeney Todd was a 2006 Tony Awards® winner

Broadway Musical Revival

Previews  October 3 2005
Opened  November 3 2005
Closed September 3 2006

Run 35 previews & 349 performances

Running Time  2 hrs 35 mins | 1 intermission

Tickets  $36.25 to $101.25

Student Rush as of Jan 2nd $36.25 day of performance tickets available Monday thru Thursday | Box office only | 2 per valid student ID | Limited availability | Subject to change

Standing Room Only $26.25 day of performance tickets available if show is sold out | Box office only

Prices do not include any taxes, service charges or other charges

Advisory  Might not be appropriate for children under 9
Restrictions
  Children under 4 years old not permitted

Performances

Mon

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    2:00P     2:00P 2:00P
  7:00P 8:00P 8:00P 8:00P 8:00P  

 

Producers
Thomas Viertel, Steven Baruch, Marc Routh, Richard Frankel, Ambassadors Theatre Group, Adam Kenwright, Tulchin & Bartner & Bagert

Creative
Christopher Bond original adaptation
Hugh Wheeler book
Stephen Sondheim music & lyrics

Sarah Travis musical arrangements & musical direction
John Doyle costume design, scenic design & director

Richard G Jones lighting design
Dan Moses Schreier sound design

Opening Night Cast    
Patti Lupone Mrs Lovett
tuba, orchestra bells, percussion
 
Michael Cerveris Sweeney Todd
guitar
 
Mark Jacoby Judge Turpin
trumpet, percussion
 
Donna Lynne Champlin Pirelli
piano, accordion, flute
 
Manoel Felciano Tobias
violin, clarinet, piano
 
Alexander Gemignani The Beadle
piano, trumpet
 
John Arbo Jonas Fogg
bass
 
Diana DiMarzio Beggar Woman, Lucy Barker
clarinet
 
Benjamin Magnuson Anthony Hope
cello, piano
 
Lauren Molina Johanna Barker
cello
 

Note Judy Kaye stepped into Mrs Lovett's shoes to spell Ms Lupone for the week of June 20th to 25th

Synopsis

Don't look for the orchestra when you enter the theater for this version of Sweeney Todd. It's the performers that get to blow their own horns (as well as flutes, trumpets and clarinets) while they accompany the demon barber of Fleet Street as he keeps his neighbor Mrs Lovett supplied with the "meat" needed for her pies

Notes

The very first Broadway production of Sweeney Todd was a non-musical version penned by George Dibdin-Pitt. It bowed July 16, 1924 at the now gone Frazee Theater. The 67-performance run was headed by Raffaella Ottiano as Mrs Lovett and Robert Vivian in the title role

The musical version of Sweeney Todd arrived at the Uris Theater February 6, 1989. The 9-time 1979 Tony Award nominated show (with 8 winners) was helmed by Hal Prince and starred Angela Lansbury and Len Cariou

With half the number of cast members as the original production, the 1989 revival by Circle in the Square Theater managed to garner a handful of 1990 Tony Award nominations (for leads Beth Fowler and Bob Gunton, plus director Susan Schulman) and a win as best revival

 

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