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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Sep 20, 2000
Closed Oct 15, 2000

WHAT IS IT ABOUT?

He cleans them up...and she cooks them up! Marc Geller directs Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street by C.G. Bond (it's the play that the popular Stephen Sondheim musical is based upon). The macabre story follows a half-mad English barber and his partner in crime, an enterprising pie-maker. If you don't already know what's in those pies, be prepared for a stomach-churning experience.

There is an additional Saturday matinee on October 14 at 2pm.

THEATER/VENUE INFORMATION:



Gloria Maddox Theatre
151 W 26th St
New York, NY 10001


WHAT ARE CRITICS SAYING?



If you grew up in England, you might be familiar with a certain legend of a bogeyman called Sweeney Todd, a demented barber who slit the throats of his customers. If you're from anywhere else, you're probably more likely to be familiar with a certain musical about that legendary murderer. Either way, what a lot of people don't know is that, somewhere between the origin of the legend and the groundbreaking musical that bears his name, there came a phenomenal play by Christopher Bond titled Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. That play is currently being presented by the T. Schreiber Studio at the Gloria Maddox Theatre.

Seldom if ever performed in this country, Bond's Swee[...]


Reviewed by Brooke Pierce on Sep 28, 2000

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