Perseverance Theatre (PT) presents Sweeney Todd: the Demon Barber of Fleet Street. Benjamin Barker returns to London bent on revenge after serving time for a crime he did not commit. Armed with a sharp, straight razor, he sets up shop as one of the finest barbers in the city, and calls himself Sweeney Todd. When he meets Mrs. Lovett, a local pie maker who will do anything for him, Todd's plan for vengeance becomes a savory pie filling, and the blood starts flowing. With a brilliant score and unforgettable characters, this Tony Award-winning musical is one tasty piece of theatre.
Sweeney Todd features music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Hugh Wheeler. Sweeney Todd runs in the Discovery Theatre at the Alaska Center for the Performing Arts from May 20 - 29, 2016. Tickets are available through the Centertix Box Office, online at http://centertix.net or by calling 907-263-ARTS (2787). There is a Pay-As-You-Can Previews on Thursday May 19 at 7:30 pm. Perseverance regular Shona Osterhout will be directing the Anchorage production, based on original direction by Flordelino Lagundino. Shona is a theatre educator, director and actor, enjoys working with young people to ensure that art plays a role in their lives every day. Last season she directed Perseverance Theatre's Juneau production of Chicago, has worked as an artist-in-residence at many schools in Alaska, and has directed plays with young people and adults in Texas, California, Washington, Idaho, Oregon, Montana, Wyoming and Alaska. Most of her training in theatre education came from working as the resident teaching artist at Seattle Repertory Theatre for many years.
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