The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
A Musical-Thriller

Music and lyrics by STEPHEN SONDHEIM | Book by HUGH WHEELER | Based on the play by CHRISTOPHER BOND | Original Broadway production directed by HAROLD PRINCE | Orchestrations by JONATHAN TUNICK | German adaptation by Wilfried Steiner and Roman Hinze | Original Broadway production by Richard Barr, Charles Woodward, Robert Fryer, Mary Lea Johnson, Martin Richards | in collaboration with Dean and Judy Manos

A grotesque thrill and biting social critique: Welcome to Stephen Sondheim's musical thriller from Broadway, Sweeney Todd! The former barber Benjamin Barker returns to London broken after 15 years in exile. Here, he learns that Judge Turpin unjustly convicted him to take possession of his wife Lucy. Lucy is now believed to be dead, and their daughter is under the care of the judge, who is looking to transform from guardian to husband. Barker devises a murderous plan: as Sweeney Todd, he embarks on a vengeful spree against human evil using his razor. Sweeney finds an accomplice in the pie baker Mrs. Lovett, who revitalizes her ailing business with his victims. After all, the cash register rings when the meat grinder turns. The pair eagerly awaits one particular customer: Judge Turpin...

Awarded numerous Tony Awards, Sondheim's "black operetta" plays with opulent operatic drama and horror effects reminiscent of Psycho. Director Martin G. Berger leads his characters to the depths of a capitalist world order, where they must constantly fight for their place amidst the gilded decadence of the elite and the filth of the precariat.

The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
A Musical-Thriller

Music and lyrics by STEPHEN SONDHEIM | Book by HUGH WHEELER | Based on the play by CHRISTOPHER BOND | Original Broadway production directed by HAROLD PRINCE | Orchestrations by JONATHAN TUNICK | German adaptation by Wilfried Steiner and Roman Hinze | Original Broadway production by Richard Barr, Charles Woodward, Robert Fryer, Mary Lea Johnson, Martin Richards | in collaboration with Dean and Judy Manos

A grotesque thrill and biting social critique: Welcome to Stephen Sondheim's musical thriller from Broadway, Sweeney Todd! The former barber Benjamin Barker returns to London broken after 15 years in exile. Here, he learns that Judge Turpin unjustly convicted him to take possession of his wife Lucy. Lucy is now believed to be dead, and their daughter is under the care of the judge, who is looking to transform from guardian to husband. Barker devises a murderous plan: as Sweeney Todd, he embarks on a vengeful spree against human evil using his razor. Sweeney finds an accomplice in the pie baker Mrs. Lovett, who revitalizes her ailing business with his victims. After all, the cash register rings when the meat grinder turns. The pair eagerly awaits one particular customer: Judge Turpin...

Awarded numerous Tony Awards, Sondheim's "black operetta" plays with opulent operatic drama and horror effects reminiscent of Psycho. Director Martin G. Berger leads his characters to the depths of a capitalist world order, where they must constantly fight for their place amidst the gilded decadence of the elite and the filth of the precariat.