Director John Doyle's thrilling new interpretation of the Stephen Sondheim-Hugh Wheeler musical Sweeney Todd wowed critics and theatergoers in London and New York, and the Broadway production is going strong at the Eugene O'Neill Theater. As you probably know by now even if you haven't seen it, the actors in this show also serve as the orchestra, singing and/or speaking while playing violins, celli, trumpets, triangles, tubas, etc. Another part of Doyle's conceit is that the performers seldom look at each other when delivering spoken or sung dialogue, instead playing straight out to the audience. All of this works brilliantly for Sweeney, set in a milieu far removed from the experience of to[...]