Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street at Olney Theatre Center

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Olney Theatre Center
2001 Olney-Sandy Spring Rd. Olney

DC Legend E. Faye Bulter (Arena Stage's Oklahoma! among many others) joins Phantom of the Opera alum David Benoit for the murder musical of the century! After 15 years in exile, the barber Sweeney Todd returns to Victorian London seeking revenge against the evil Judge Turpin who separated him from his wife and child. Falling in league with the twisted and hilarious Mrs. Lovett - a restaurateur with a shortage of ingredients for her meat pies - Sweeney embarks on a deliciously chilling rampage to right the wrongs of so many year ago. The award-winning artistic team behind Carousel and How To Succeed... brings this Tony® Award-winning "musical thriller" to life with an exceptional cast and Broadway production values.

Thru - Mar 5, 2017

Price: $33 - $80

Box Office: 301-924-3400

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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Reviews

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DC Theater Arts - Highly Recommended

"...I'm a big fan of the Olney Theatre Center, whose work has been superb. Add Sweeney Todd to the long list of recent Olney Theare Center hits! It's a killer of a production! Sondheim would be proud."

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- Nicole Hertvik

MetroWeekly - Highly Recommended

"...Murder, mayhem and pies made of human flesh — there are few musicals as dark as the one that reigns as Stephen Sondheim’s most popular. A “dark operetta,” this tale of barber turned murderous after having been wronged by a crooked judge, also sounds different from most other musicals and is often performed in opera houses as well as theaters."

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- Doug Rule

DCTheatreScene - Highly Recommended

"...Jason Loewith and his design team have given this Sweeney an impressive and impressionistic 19th century, urban setting, rendering London through gates, a spires and stairs that stretch out beyond the stage. Mrs. Lovett's cozy bake-shop and Todd's walk-up parlor are filled with period detail, courtesy of scenic designer Milagros Ponce de Leon. The orchestra pit area has been transformed into the dank basement bakery where even more heinous deeds take place, bringing the frightful action even closer to the audience. Colin K. Bills provides a properly murky lighting palette, providing a shadowy cover over the dark proceedings.Loewith has also cast this production from top to bottom with talent to spare. The show begins with the strong ensemble urging the audience to "Attend the Tale of Sweeney Todd," the perfect opening to set up the sartorial skullduggery that is to follow, and the man of the hour himself, Sweeney Todd."

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- Jeffrey Walker

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