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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, also known as Sweeney Todd is a 1979 musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Hugh Wheeler. It is based on the 1970 play Sweeney Todd by Christopher Bond. The character of Sweeney Todd first appeared in a Victorian penny dreadful titled The String of Pearls.
Leonard Joseph Cariou OC OM (/ ˈ k ær i u /; born September 30, 1939) is a Canadian stage actor, singer and stage director.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.
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical; Len Cariou – Sweeney Todd as Sweeney Todd. Vincent Gardenia – Ballroom as Alfred Rossi; Joel Grey – The Grand Tour as S. L. Jacobowsky; Robert Klein – They're Playing Our Song as Vernon Gersch; Angela Lansbury – Sweeney Todd as Mrs. Lovett
Lansbury's ability to be both broad and subtle, larger than life yet unmistakably human, was indispensable in introducing the world to "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street."
The “Murder, She Wrote” star will be honored for her "insurmountable" contributions to theater, which include the musicals "Mame" and "Sweeney Todd." Angela Lansbury To Receive Special Tony ...
In a Broadway season that might be remembered for a lovely, pared-down minimalism – the intriguing starkness of A Doll’s House with Jessica Chastain, the less-is-more near-concert-style ...
British and American actress Angela Lansbury was known for her prolific work in theatre, film, and television. Lansbury's career spanned nine decades. [ 1 ] She made her film debut in Gaslight (1944), [ 2 ] and followed it up with an appearance in The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945). [ 3 ]
In 1980, Loudon succeeded Angela Lansbury as Mrs. Lovett in Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd. In reviewing her performance for The Christian Science Monitor , David Sterritt said, "Her body sways like a reed in the emotional storms of her own scatter-brained creation, and her off-hand manner becomes still more off-handed when the most explosive ...