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“Mr. Sondheim has composed an endlessly inventive,
highly expressive score that works indivisibly
from his brilliant and abrasive lyrics.”
—The New York Times
“Bloody brilliant.”
—Time Out New York
WINNER OF THE
TONY AWARD
FOR BEST MUSICAL
Lin Manuel Miranda
interviews Stephen Sondheim
in The New York Times
WINNER OF THE
LAURENCE
OLIVIER
AWARD
About the Playwright
10 Famous People
on Stephen Sondheim
The New York Times coverage of
the original Broadway production
WINNER OF THE
DRAMA DESK
AWARD
Sweeney Todd Original
Broadway Cast Recording
Music & lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Book by Hugh Wheeler
Directed by Kent Nicholson
In a barber shop above Mrs. Lovett’s struggling pie shop,
Sweeney Todd plots revenge on the lecherous judge who wronged
him and his family. In the seedy underbelly of 19th-century London,
desperate times lead to diabolical schemes—and strange alliances.
With razor-sharp wit and extraordinary songs like “Pretty Women” and
“Not While I’m Around,” this Tony Award-winning masterpiece was
proclaimed, “more fun than a graveyard on the night of the annual
skeleton’s ball” by The New York Daily News.
Age 14 & up.
Stephen Sondheim on Sweeney Todd
and his process for writing a musical
–New Yorker Festival
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• Musical • Classic • Comedy • Drama
Jan. 19–Feb. 16, 2019 • Segerstrom Stage