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Shows · Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street · Production, 2005

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, 2005

Opened 2005

Closed September 3, 2006

349 performances

Revival

Broadway

Of the productions that opened in the 2000s, this had the 67th longest run.

Other stagings of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street 3 more

1979
Uris TheatreBroadway Original, directed by Harold Prince
557 performances
2000
ProductionLondon
2023
Lunt-Fontanne TheatreBroadway Revival, directed by Thomas Kail
464 performances

Who was in it9 named

Benjamin Magnuson as Anthony Hope
Lauren Molina as Johanna Barker
Mark Jacoby as Judge Turpin
Diana DiMarzio as The Beggar Woman
Donna Lynne Champlin as Adolfo Pirelli

Creative team

Director
John Doyle

Around this production

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (often referred to simply as Sweeney Todd) is a 1979 musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, 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. Sweeney Todd opened on Broadway in 1979 and in the West End in 1980. It won the Tony Award for Best Musical and Olivier Award for Best New Musical. It has been revived in many productions and inspired a film adaptation. The original logo for the musical is a modified version of an advertising image from the 19th century, with the sign replaced by a straight…

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