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He gained prominence for his portrayal of Sweeney Todd in the original cast of Stephen Sondheim's musical Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1979) alongside Angela Lansbury for which he won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical.
Jul 26, 2015 · Sweeney Todd - Broadway - Len Cariou & Angela Lansbury (full show) 1979. The original Harold Prince production. Stephen Sondheim & Hugh Wheeler's masterpiece, 1979 at the Uris theater on...
Len Cariou won the Tony Award in 1979 for his performance in Sweeney Todd and was nominated for his performances in A Little Night Music and Applause.
May 30, 2016 · In this hitherto unpublished interview from 2013, Cariou talks about his Sweeney Todd experience and shares his feelings about the latest Broadway revival and the film version. Everything Sondheim : How did Sweeney come to you?
Sep 30, 2020 · In honour of Mr Cariou's 81st birthday, September 30, a bootleg of the original production of Sweeney Todd, in which he sings the blood-chilling "Epiphany", in the company of Dame Angela...
Dec 6, 2019 · Stage and screen star Len Cariou—who originated the title role in and earned a Tony Award for Sweeney Todd—returns to the stage this winter in Harry Townsend’s Last Stand, currently at City...
Mar 9, 2023 · The work opened cold on Broadway in 1979 with Len Cariou and Angela Lansbury starring as Sweeney and Mrs. Lovett, respectively, becoming the last successful collaboration between Sondheim and...
Mar 29, 2023 · Josh Groban, Michael Cerveris, Norm Lewis and Len Cariou all agree: It's exhausting playing a murderous sociopath, while dealing with stage blood, a mechanical barber chair and...
Jul 31, 2023 · Angela Lansbury & Len Cariou reprise their original Sweeney Todd roles for Stephen Sondheim's 75th Birthday benefit concert. Some minor flubbing, and Len Cariou does not have the voice he...
Oct 12, 2022 · Cariou played the title character in the macabre “Sweeney Todd,” a London barber who dispatches customers with a razor and turns their bodies over to Lansbury’s Mrs. Lovett, a baker who repurposes them for meat pies. The play won eight Tonys, including best musical and actress and actor.
