About This Show
Tony Award winner Jarrod Emick plays the title role in the Stephen Sondheim-Hugh Wheeler musical Sweeney Todd. Jeff Kingsbury directs, with musical direction by Troy Arnold Fisher.
Based upon the 1973 play by Christopher Bond of the 19th century legend, it “tells the tale” of the former Benjamin Barker, who returns to London from prison where he has spent fifteen years on false charges. When he learns from Mrs. Lovett, whose meat pies are the worst in London, that his wife poisoned herself after being raped by Judge Turpin, and his daughter is the ward of Judge Turpin, he vows revenge. The two become conspirators in a dastardly plot that results in the finest meat pies in London…and a whole bunch of missing persons.
Boasting Sondheim’s most impressive score to date, this grisly, inviting version has the tone and tenor of a black comedy. You won’t be disappointed with the appropriate “Halloween” production!
