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SWEENEY TODD

Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Sweeney Todd opened on March 1, 1979 at the Uri Theatre and closed on June 29, 1980. Ran 558 performances.
For this musical, Angela won a Tony Award as the best musical actress of the year.

 

Sweeney Todd - Song list:
The Ballad of Sweeney Todd
No Place Like London
The Barber and His Wife
The Worst Pies in London
Poor Thing
My Friends
Green Finch and Linnet Bird
Ah, Miss
Johanna
Pirelli's Miracle Elixir
The Contest
Wait
Kiss Me
Ladies in Their Sensitivities
Kiss Me / Ladies in Their Sensitivities
Pretty Women
Epiphany
A Little Priest
God, That's Good
Johanna
By the Sea
Wigmaker Sequence
The Letter
Not While I'm Around
Parlor Songs
City on Fire!
Searching
Final Sequence
The Ballad of Sweeney Todd

Music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim.

Directed by Harold Prince.

Opened at the Uri Theatre, New York City, on March 1, 1979.

Cast:
Angela Lansbury as Mrs. Lovett.
Heather B. Withers, Duane Bodin, Len Cariou, Walter Charles, Carol Doscher, Nancy Eaton, Victor Garber, Mary Pat Green, Cris Groenendaal, Skip Harris, Robert Hendersen, Marthe Ihde, Ken Jennings, Betsy Joslyn, Nancy Killmer, Frank Kopyc, Spain Logue, Merle Louise, Craig Lucas, Edmund Lyndeck, Pamela McLernon, Duane Morris, Robert Ousley, Richard Warren Pugh, Sarah Rice, Joaquin Romaguera, Maggie Task, Jack Eric Williams.

Tony Awards won 1979:
Actress: Angela Lansbury
Best Musical
Book:
Hugh WheelerI
Score: Stephen Sondheim
Actor (Musical): Len Cariou
Director: Harold Prince
Scenic Design: Eugene Lee
Costume Design: Franne Lee

 

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