SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET at La Mirada Theatre

Attend the dark, witty, and Tony Award-winning tale of love, murder, and revenge set against the backdrop of 19th-century London.  A  tasty, thrilling, theatrical treat has simultaneously shocked, awed, and delighted audiences around the world.  An infamous tale which originally appeared as a Penny Dreadful serial in 1867, SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET follows an unjustly exiled barber (Todd) as he returns to London to seek vengeance against the lecherous judge who framed him and ravaged his young wife.  The road to revenge leads Todd to Mrs. Lovett, the resourceful proprietress of a failing pie shop above which he opens a new barber practice.  Mrs. Lovett's luck sharply shifts when Todd's thirst for blood inspires the integration of an ingredient into her meat pies that has the people of London lining up for more...and the carnage has only just begun!