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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Title: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (TV Movie 1982)
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| Angela Lansbury | ... | Nellie Lovett | |
| George Hearn | ... | Sweeney Todd | |
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Cris Groenendaal | ... | Anthony Hope |
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Sara Woods | ... | Beggar Woman |
| Edmund Lyndeck | ... | Judge Turpin | |
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Calvin Remsberg | ... | The Beadle |
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Betsy Joslyn | ... | Johanna |
| Sal Mistretta | ... | Pirelli | |
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Spain Logue | ... | Birdseller |
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Walter Charles | ... | Passerby |
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Michael Kalinyen | ... | Jonas Fogg |
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Roy Gioconda | ... | Company |
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Skip Harris | ... | Company |
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Duane Morris | ... | Company |
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Patricia Parker | ... | Company |
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It's 1846. Sweeney Todd (George Hearn) and Anthony Hope (Cris Groenendaal), greeted only by a crazed beggar woman (Sara Woods), sail into London, where Todd implies he has been before, but not in quite some time. Todd heads to his old stomping grounds of Fleet Street, where he runs across the pie shop belonging to Mrs. Nellie Lovett (Dame Angela Lansbury), who professes to make the worst meat pies in London due to the high cost of meat. The upstairs of her building has sat empty since no one wants to rent a space that is considered haunted by its long ago tenant, barber Benjamin Barker, who was falsely accused and ultimately sentenced by the sadistic Judge Turpin (Edmund Lyndeck) and who was shipped away to prison in Botany Bay, Australia, leaving his wife Lucy and infant daughter Johanna alone in the world. Todd comes to an agreement with Mrs. Lovett to rent the upstairs of her building so that he can open his own barber shop. A series of incidents, including one with rival barber ... Written by Huggo
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Man: [singing] Attend the tale of Sweeney Todd. His skin was pale and his eye was odd. He shaved the faces of gentlemen who never thereafter were heard of again. He trod a path that few have trod, Did Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street.
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Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Performed by Angela Lansbury
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The original Broadway production starring Dame Angela Lansbury and Len Cariou opened at the Uris Theater on February 6, 1979, ran for five hundred fifty-seven performances and won the 1979 Tony Awards for the Best Musical, Book, and Score. See more »Goofs
The Beggar Woman's mouth does not quite move in time with her final verses in "Johanna" (Act II). See more »Quotes
[first lines]Man: [singing] Attend the tale of Sweeney Todd. His skin was pale and his eye was odd. He shaved the faces of gentlemen who never thereafter were heard of again. He trod a path that few have trod, Did Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street.
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Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Performed by Angela Lansbury
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12 September 1982 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles County Music Center - 135 N. Grand Avenue, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USACompany Credits
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Last year, I fell in love with the Tim Burton's version of Sweeney Todd so I wanted to check out the other versions of this musical and I found this one at the library. Though I think Burton's is best, probably because I like film a lot better than theater, this is still a great production of the story. I haven't seen any of the other versions but I am trying to get my hands on them.
After seeing Johnny Depp as Todd, it's hard for me to imagine anyone else in the role, but George Hearn does a fantastic job. Angela Lansbury is great, as always and all of the singing is fantastic. I found myself singing along. This is a play you won't want to miss, but try and see it before you see the film version so you won't have a biased view like me.