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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Genre
Musical
Rating
R
Released
21 December, 2007
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street is a 1979 musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by Hugh Wheeler. It is based on the 1973 play of the same name by Christopher Bond. 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 since had numerous revivals as well as a film adaptation.

Music Stephen Sondheim
Lyrics Stephen Sondheim
Book Hugh Wheeler
Basis Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, by Christopher Bond
Productions 1979 Broadway, 1980 National tour, 1980 West End, 1989 Broadway revival, 1993 West End revival, 2004 West End revival, 2005 Broadway revival, 2007 Film adaptation, 2009 U.K. & Irish Tour, 2012 West End revival, 2017 Off-Broadway

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Benjamin Barker, a.k.a. Sweeney Todd, uses his barbershop as a place to murder his customers who later are sold in meat pies made by his loving accomplice, Mrs. Lovett. The film is based off of Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler's musical of the same name.

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Helena Bonham Carter, who plays Mrs. Lovett, was pregnant during filming. Johnny Depp, who plays Sweeney Todd, did not work with a vocal coach prior to filming. 

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Sweeney Todd.. Musicals based on secular traditions.. Musicals by Stephen Sondheim.. Drama Desk Award-winning musicals.. Wrongful convictions in fiction.. Laurence Olivier Award-winning musicals.. Sung-through musicals.. Tony Award for Best Musical.. Plays set in the 19th century.. Musicals based on plays.. Uxoricide in fiction.. Plays set in London.. Cannibalism in fiction.. West End musicals.. United States National Recording Registry recordings.

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