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Apr 13, 2020 · This shift can be traced to the revelatory 2005 Broadway revival of Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler ’s 1979 masterwork, “ Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street ” — a Grand...
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street is a 1979 musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Hugh Wheeler. It is based on the 1970 play Sweeney Todd by Christopher Bond. The character of Sweeney Todd first appeared in a Victorian penny dreadful titled The String of Pearls.
2005 1h 36m Crime Drama List Reviews 69% Audience Score 2,500+ Ratings A barber (Ray Winstone) and a young pie-maker (Essie Davis) forge a complex and murderous partnership in 18th-century London.
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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street is a 2007 musical slasher film directed by Tim Burton from a screenplay by John Logan, based on the stage musical of the same name by Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler, which in turn is based on the 1970 play Sweeney Todd by Christopher Bond.
Feb 13, 2007 · The 2005 revival of Stephen Sondheim's 1979 Grand Guignol masterpiece Sweeney Todd illustrates what happens when you have a director with genuine vision. The show has been completely reivented, yet at the same time its dark core has been masterfully unveiled, not betrayed.
Nov 4, 2005 · Few shows have been as regularly reworked on musical, opera and concert stages as “Sweeney Todd,” from elaborate Industrial Age epic to pared-down chamber piece.