This special School Edition has been masterfully adapted, working directly with Mr. Sondheim,to retain the dark wit and grand scope of the original work, with a fewlyric and key changes to facilitate high school productions.
The rare instance of a musical thriller, Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler'schilling, suspenseful, heart-pounding masterpiece of murderousbarber-ism and culinary crime tells the infamous tale of the unjustlyexiled barber who returns to 19th century London seeking revengeagainst the lecherous judge who framed him and ravaged his young wife.His thirst for blood soon expands to include his unfortunate customers,and the resourceful proprietress of the pie shop downstairs soon hasthe people of London lining up in droves with her mysterious new meatpie recipe!
Sophisticated, macabre, visceral and uncompromising, SWEENEY TODD SCHOOL EDITION mixes intense drama with howlingly funny moments of dark humor. Audiences find themselves laughing hysterically one moment and gasping in surprise the next.
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Chess: The Musical
Wheaton College - Watson Fine Arts (6/14 - 6/15)
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Flight of the Monarch
Shakespeare & Company (8/3 - 8/25) | ||
Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Pipe Dream
Unicorn Theatre (7/26 - 8/31) | ||
As You Like It
Castle Hill Productions (6/5 - 6/16) | ||
Nüwa in Fairyland
CHUANG Stage (5/23 - 6/1) | ||
Head Over Heels – High School Edition
The Company Theatre (7/11 - 7/13) | ||
Grand Kyiv Ballet Presents The Snow Queen
Emerson Colonial Theatre (11/30 - 11/30) | ||
Proof
Studio Theatre Worcester (6/7 - 6/16) | ||
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