Photos by Ross Davidson
November 28-December 7, 2019
MCMANUS STAGE (THE GRAND THEATRE), 471 RICHMOND ST
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Book by Hugh Wheeler
From an Adaptation by Christopher Bond
Musical Theatre Productions is teaming up with Allswell Productions, the Brickenden award-winning company behind Dogfight (2018), to bring SWEENEY TODD: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street to the stage! This musical thriller by Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler will send shivers up your spine as you attend the tale.
The infamous Sweeney Todd, an unjustly exiled barber, returns to 1930's London seeking vengeance against the lecherous judge who framed him and ravaged his young wife. The road to revenge leads Todd to Mrs. Lovett, a resourceful proprietress of a failing pie shop, above which he opens a new barber practice. Mrs. Lovett's luck sharply shifts when Todd's thirst for revenge inspires the integration of an ingredient into her meat pies that has the people of London lining up... and the carnage has only just begun!
Based on an adaptation by Christopher Bond, SWEENEY TODD has become a worldwide phenomenon, winning eight Tony Awards (including Best Musical) for its Broadway premiere! Be sure to find out who truly has the worst pies in London.
artistic team
Producer: Christine Gruenbauer
Director: Hailey Hill
Music Director: Ben Leibovitz
Choreographer: Cassandra Di Felice
Stage Manager: Regine Li
Set Designer: Joe Recchia
Lighting Designer: Steve Allen
Props: Barbara Rand
Costumes: Elona Hart Thielan
Graphic Design: Sarah McNeil
cast
Sweeney Todd - Jeff Holbrough
Mrs Lovett - Melissa Metler
Anthony Hope - AJ MacDonald
Johanna - Nicola Klein
Tobias Ragg - Blake Carey
Judge Turpin - Patrick Hoffer
Beadle Bamford - Ben Kennes
Adolfo Pirelli - Matt Butler
Beggar Woman - Jaclyn Siegel
with
Bradley Amesse, Meg Buchanan-Lunn, Matt DeKort, Kate Deman, Hannah Goldberg Elias, Jeremy Hewitson, Jesslyn Hodgson, Raven Mullan, Simmie Patoka, Dylan Rock, Henry Truong
videoS
MEDIA COVERAGE
TOURISM LONDON, Whitney South - Getting up-close and personal with Sweeney Todd at the McManus - “Swing your razor wide theatre fans, it’s time for a little something different…”
CAST Photography by Sarah McNeil
