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Sep 12, 1982 · Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street: Directed by Terry Hughes. With Angela Lansbury, George Hearn, Cris Groenendaal, Sara Woods. Barber Sweeney Todd returns to London to uncover the past, along the way meeting pie shop owner Mrs. Nellie Lovett, and begins to start his life of crime.
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- Drama, Horror, Musical
- Terry Hughes
- 1982-09-12
2012 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival. 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 and 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 ...
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1982) Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler's smash hit operetta about a London barber who seeks revenge on the judge who destroyed his life. The original Broadway production filmed live in Los Angeles starring Angela Lansbury and George Hearn. Where to watch: Apple TV, Amazon , DVD , BroadwayHD ...
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Dec 23, 2013 · George Hearn as Sweeney and Angela Lansbury as Mrs. Lovett performing "My Friends" from the 1982 televised production of 'Sweeney Todd' on 'Showtime on Broad...
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- Jo Ann Brock
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1982) is a videotaped live performance of the Broadway show which won Angela Lansbury her fourth Tony Award as best actress in a musical. It was filmed at the end of a ten-month road tour of the show, with George Hearn in the title role playing opposite Lansbury.
- Terry Hughes, Harold Prince
- Michael Kalinyea
Overview. In 1846, Anthony Hope sails into London with the mysterious Sweeney Todd, a once-naive barber whose life and marriage was uprooted by a corrupt justice system. Todd confides in Nellie Lovett, the owner of a local meat pie shop, and the two become partners, as Todd swears revenge on those that have wronged him and decides to take up ...
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street: Directed by Tim Burton. With Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman, Timothy Spall. The legendary tale of a barber who returns from wrongful imprisonment to 1840s London, bent on revenge for the rape and death of his wife, and resumes his trade while forming a sinister partnership with his fellow tenant, Mrs. Lovett.
