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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.
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street had its premiere at the Ziegfeld Theater in New York City on 3 December 2007, and was released in the United States on 21 December 2007 and in the United Kingdom on 25 January 2008. The film received critical acclaim, and was praised for the performances of the cast, musical numbers, costume and ...
The scoresheet website JW Pepper wrote "This unforgettable ballad from Sweeney Todd will create a moment of tenderness in your concert". [3] The New York Times wrote (of a regional stage production): "The contrast of lush ballads and menacing circumstances...occurs with 'Pretty Women,' sung by Sweeney and Judge Turpin, and 'Not While I’m ...
Pretty Women (from Sweeney Todd) — The Younger Man, The Husband; Sooner or Later (from Dick Tracy) — The Younger Woman; Bang! (from A Little Night Music) — The Younger Man, The Observer, The Younger Woman; Country House (from Follies) — The Wife, The Husband; Unworthy of Your Love (from Assassins) — The Younger Man, The Younger Woman
Barbra Streisand recorded the song in 1985 for her bestselling The Broadway Album, blended in a medley with Sondheim's "Pretty Women" from Sweeney Todd (1979). Anna Kendrick covered the song in the 2003 film Camp. Alan Cumming has performed the song numerous times, including a 2013 reading. [11]
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street: The Motion Picture Soundtrack is a soundtrack to the film of the same name, released on December 18, 2007.. In a change from the original, Sondheim cut the show's famous opening number, "The Ballad of Sweeney Todd", explaining, "Why have a chorus singing about 'attending the tale of Sweeney Todd' when you could just go ahead and attend it?"
Johanna (from Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street) Green Finch and Linnet Bird (from Sweeney Todd) Pretty Women (from Sweeney Todd) Finishing the Hat (from Sunday in the Park with George) If You Can Find Me, I'm Here (from Evening Primrose) Live, Laugh, Love (from Follies) Live Alone and Like It (from Dick Tracy)
Pretty Women, a song in the 1979 musical Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street "Oh, Pretty Woman", a song by A. C. Williams recorded on Albert King's 1967 album Born Under a Bad Sign, later recorded by several others including Gary Moore; Pretty Girl (disambiguation) Pretty Lady (disambiguation)