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2. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - Wikipedia

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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.

3. Sweeney Todd - Wikipedia

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   This version of the story was the first to give Todd a slightly more sympathetic motive: he is Benjamin Barker, a barber convicted wrongfully who after 15 years in an Australian penal colony escapes and returns to London using the new name Sweeney Todd, only to find that Judge Turpin, who is responsible for his conviction, has raped his young ...

4. Johanna (character) - Wikipedia

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   In the original version of the tale, the penny dreadful The String of Pearls (1846–7), her name is Johanna Oakley and she is no relation of Todd. [1] In the popular musical adaptation by Stephen Sondheim, inspired by Christopher Bond's play Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1973), she is the daughter of Benjamin Barker and his ...

5. ‘Sweeney Todd’ Review: Josh Groban and Annaleigh ... - AOL

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   The cannibalist startup in “Sweeney Todd” kills two birds: For Sweeney, the ruined barber who holds a grudge as steadily as he does a blade, it means turning enemies into actual mincemeat. For ...

6. Josh Groban realizes an impossible dream: Making a killer ...

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   We both wanted to tell a story of how and why Benjamin Barker became Sweeney Todd." The idea was to do a production at full scale, using Jonathan Tunick's original 26-piece orchestrations.

7. ‘Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street’ Broadway ...

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   In a Broadway season that might be remembered for a lovely, pared-down minimalism ... director Thomas Kail’s Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street will stand out for, among many other ...

8. The String of Pearls - Wikipedia

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   1997: The Tale of Sweeney Todd is a T.V. movie by Showtime, starring Ben Kingsley. It uses the characters Sweeney Todd and Mrs. Lovett and the general premise, but is an original story. 2016: In Salem, Thomas is a Sweeney Todd-like character who is a barber and mortician. He has implied that he uses human meat in his meat pies.

9. Josh Groban, Annaleigh Ashford Set Exits From Broadway Hit ...

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   “Sweeney Todd” stars Josh Groban and Annaleigh Ashford will take their final bows as the Demon Barber of Fleet Street and Mrs. Lovett in 2024. They will be exiting the show on Jan. 14, but the ...