Share to Pinterest. When Sondheim first played songs from an early version of the show for Judy Prince (wife of the show's director), she told him: "Oh God I didn't know this was what [Sweeney Todd] was about. [84] The producers originally planned only a single-disk "highlights" version; however, they soon realized that they had recorded more music than could fit on one disk and it was not financially feasible to bring the performers back in to re-record. The concert was again filmed for broadcast on PBS as part of their Live from Lincoln Center[65] series and was first aired on September 26, 2014. Said Sondheim, "Hal's metaphor is that the factory turns out Sweeney Todds. Los Angeles (AP) -- Angela Lansbury and Len Cariou were partners-in-crime on stage in "Sweeney Todd" and crime busters in episodes of TV's "Murder, She Wrote." The actors were also friends and . Share to Facebook. On September 12, 2015, Sweeney Todd opened at the San Francisco Opera with Brian Mulligan as Todd, Stephanie Blythe as Mrs. Lovett, Matthew Grills as Tobias, Heidi Stober as Johanna, Elliot Madore as Anthony and Elizabeth Futral as the Beggar Woman/Lucy. She then attempts to drag the beggar woman's body into the oven, but Todd arrives and, through a shaft of light, sees the lifeless face clearly for the first time: the beggar woman was his wife Lucy. Bryn Terfel, the popular Welsh bass-baritone, performed the title role at Lyric Opera of Chicago in 2002, with Judith Christian, David Cangelosi, Timothy Nolen, Bonaventura Bottone, Celena Shaffer and Nathan Gunn. A young innocent (Selina Boyack) and the dashing inspector (Campbell Scott) who tries to solve the murders . Previews began February 14, 2017, before officially opening night on March 1. Relying heavily on counterpoint and angular harmonies, its compositional style has been compared to Maurice Ravel, Sergei Prokofiev, and Bernard Herrmann. Sweeney Todd is a man bent on personal revenge, the way we all are in one way or another, and it has nothing whatsoever to do with the time he lived in, as far as I'm concerned.[4] However, Sondheim accepted Prince's vision as a different way to do the show, and as an opportunity to do the show on a large scale, knowing that small-scale productions could be done at any time. There is also a woman wearing a blood-stained dress and holding a rolling pin next to the man. The cast features metal band front singers Nina Osegueda (A Sound of Thunder) as Mrs. Lovett, Andrew Lloyd Baughman (Diamond Dead) as Sweeney Todd, Rob Bradley (Aries and Thrillkiller) as Pirelli, and Irene Jericho (Cassandra Syndrome) as Beggar Woman. Movie Info. In Bond's reincarnation of the character, Todd was the victim of a ruthless judge, who exiled him to Australia and raped his young wife, driving her mad. It's nothing to do with Grand Guignol. Broadway Production directed by Harold Prince. The production was eager to disassociate itself with recent West End backlash regarding Stunt Casting and so the tour was cast through an open call audition process. And the one with his foot. Director Lonny Price directed a semi-staged concert production of "Sweeney Todd in Concert on May 46, 2000 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center, New York with the New York Philharmonic. Sweeney Todd: Cris Groenendaal . [48], The Lyric Stage Company of Boston produced a run in September and October 2014 with the company's Artistic Director Spiro Veloudos staging and directing the show. Mrs. Lovett stalls the Beadle with "Parlor Songs" until Todd returns to offer the Beadle his promised "free shave"; Mrs. Lovett loudly plays her harmonium to cover the Beadle's screams above as Todd dispatches him. The play was translated into Hungarian by Tibor Mikls and Gyrgy Dnes. The 24-hour marathon will include some of her most memorable films including Gaslight and The Manchurian Candidate, as well as an airing of the 1982 filmed production of Sweeney Todd. March 04, 2021 Angela Lansbury and George Hearn in Sweeney Todd ( Martha Swope) Sweeney Todd the taped edition of the original production has returned to BroadwayHD as of March 1. "[69] Unlike most previous representations of the story, the musical avoids a simplistic view of devilish crimes. Mrs. Lovett: George Hearn . As Anthony leaves, Pirelli and Tobias enter, and Mrs. Lovett takes Toby downstairs for a pie. Oct. 12, 2022, at 6:14 p.m. Lansbury's 'Sweeney Todd' Co-Star Reflects on 'Great Artist' FILE - Actors Angela Lansbury, left, and Len Cariou, right, who starred in the musical "Sweeney. Lansbury was a remarkable talent, he said, but it was "very easy to be with her., 24/7 coverage of breaking news and live events. Alexander Gemignani also played the title role for the Toronto run of the tour in November 2007. It was performed at the Royal Opera House in London as part of the Royal Opera season (December 2003 January 2004) starring Sir Thomas Allen as Todd, Felicity Palmer as Mrs. Lovett and a supporting cast that included Rosalind Plowright, Robert Tear and Jonathan Veira as Judge Turpin. After 15 years in exile, Sweeney Todd, an unsettling man with a mysterious past, arrives in a dark and gritty London, hungry for vengeance against the judge who destroyed his life. Prince's scenic metaphor for Sweeney Todd was a 19th-century iron foundry moved from Rhode Island and reassembled on the stage, which critic Jack Kroll aptly described as "part cathedral, part factory, part prison, that dwarfed and degraded the swarming denizens of the lower orders. The original production premiered on Broadway at the Uris Theatre on March 1, 1979, and closed on June 29, 1980, after 557 performances and 19 previews. With critical acclaim and audience applause (Sondheim traveled to Barcelona after hearing the success it was having and was delighted with the production), it later moved to Madrid. The production opened originally at the Cottesloe Theatre on June 2, 1993, and later transferred to the Lyttleton Theatre on December 16, 1993, playing in repertory and closing on June 1, 1994. Angela Lansbury and Len Cariou were partners-in-crime on stage in Sweeney Todd and crime busters in episodes of TVs Murder, She Wrote., LOS ANGELES -- Angela Lansbury and Len Cariou were partners-in-crime on stage in "Sweeney Todd" and crime busters in episodes of TV's Murder, She Wrote.". [86], The 2012 London revival was recorded and released on April 2, 2012, in the UK[87] and April 10, 2012, in the United States.[88]. Valtru produced the first Mexican production of Sweeney Todd. Todd's reaction reveals that he is himself Benjamin Barker. [4], Sondheim decided to pair one of the most nightmarish songs (Sweeney Todd's "Epiphany") with the comic-relief of "A Little Priest". FILE - Actors Angela Lansbury, left, and Len Cariou, right, who starred in the musical "Sweeney Todd" appear with their replacements Dorothy Loudon, second left, and George Hearn at a New York restaurant, prior to their final performance on March 3, 1980. As talented and admired as she was, he said, she was never demanding. Todd enters and tries to force her to leave as she again seems to recognize him ("Beggar Woman's Lullaby"). On 2 July 1994, the Royal National Theatre revival production starring Denis Quilley and Julia McKenzie was broadcast by the BBC. First appearing in the Victorian penny dreadful serial The String of Pearls, it is debated if she was based on an actual person or not. When Anthony tells Todd of his plan to ask Johanna to elope with him, Todd, eager to reunite with his daughter, agrees to let them use his barbershop as a safehouse. With Ben Kingsley, Campbell Scott, Joanna Lumley, Selina Boyack. The production employed a minimalistic approach: the cast consisted of a small ensemble of 14 performers, and the orchestra was a seven-piece band. The teleplay by Peter Buckman was adapted from a story by Peter Shaw.It was broadcast in the United States by Showtime on April 19, 1998, and released on videotape in France the following month. Sweeney Todd: [singing] Awful lot of fat. We found out pretty early on that we had to be very careful or it could go over the top pretty easily and become farcical, Cariou said. Book by Hugh Wheeler. The centerpiece of Mimi Lien's shapeshifting scenic design is an . A "Reprise!" [31] This production takes place in a pie shop that has been recreated for the occasion in Shaftesbury Avenue and ran from March 19 to May 16, 2015. The show was a collaboration with West End International Ltd. In 1846,[9] young sailor Anthony Hope and the mysterious Sweeney Todd, whom Anthony has recently rescued at sea and befriended, dock in London. Several weeks later, Mrs. Lovett's pie shop has become a successful business, and Toby works there as a waiter. [27], Michael Ball and Imelda Staunton starred in a new production of the show that played at The Chichester Festival Theatre, running from September 24 to November 5, 2011. And he gave her the key to the character, saying "I want Mrs. Lovett to have a music hall character." Concert version was performed at Los Angeles' Ahmanson Theatre on March 1214, 1999 with Kelsey Grammer as Todd, Christine Baranski as Mrs. Lovett, Davis Gaines as Anthony, Neil Patrick Harris as Tobias, Melissa Manchester as The Beggar Woman, Roland Rusinek as The Beadle, Dale Kristien as Johanna and Ken Howard as Judge Turpin. It was written by Jonathan Tunick for the 1993 London Production. I know she's with Peter (Shaw) now, her husband, who I think she missed terribly. Based off of a play of the same name by Christopher Bond (which, in turn, had been based off of an old London legend), Sondheim did a wonderful job bringing it to the musical theatre stage. To convince her, Sondheim "auditioned," writing a couple of songs for her, including the macabre patter song, "A Little Priest." Like the London production, the transfer was directed by Bill Buckhurst, designed by Simon Kenny and produced by Rachel Edwards, Jenny Gersten, Seaview Productions, and Nate Koch, executive producer, in association with Barrow Street Theatre. For other uses, see, "Pretty Women" redirects here. The effect it had at Stratford East in London and the effect it had at the Uris Theater in New York are two entirely different effects, even though it's the same play. In 1995, the Barcelona cast recorded a cast album sung in Catalan. Todd drives Anthony out in a fit of fury and, reminded of the evil he sees in London, resolves to depopulate the city by murdering his future customers since all people deserve to die: the rich to be punished for their corruption, and the poor to be relieved of their misery ("Epiphany"). Leaving Anthony, Todd enters a meat pie shop on Fleet Street, where the owner, the slatternly widow Mrs. Lovett, laments the scarcity of meat and customers ("Worst Pies in London"). Directed by James Brining and designed by Colin Richmond, the production was set in the 1970/80s, and was performed in Cardiff before touring to Southampton, Bristol, Llandudno, Oxford, Liverpool, Birmingham before returning to Cardiff. In the pie shop, Toby tells Mrs. Lovett of his skepticism about Todd and his own desire to protect her ("Not While I'm Around"). On the other hand, it can be seen as a precursor to the later trend of musicals based on horror themes, such as Little Shop of Horrors (1982), The Phantom of the Opera (1986), Jekyll & Hyde (1997) and Dance of the Vampires (1997), which used the description of the trend, "grusical", as its commercial label. It was produced by Theodore Mann, directed by Susan H. Schulman, with choreography by Michael Lichtefeld. CAPTION. The 2000 New York City Concert was recorded and released in a deluxe 2-CD set. [46] The company revived the show in 2011 for the International Youth Arts Festival at the Rose Theatre in Kingston upon Thames. It was also videotaped and broadcast on PBS, and then was released to VHS and DVD in 2001. Despite receiving mixed reviews, the production won the Olivier Award for Best New Musical in 1980. Once he has the Judge in his chair, Todd soothes him with another conversation on women, but this time he alludes to their "fellow tastes, in women at least". [19] It was later released on both VHS and DVD.[79]. [4], Music proved to be a key element behind the impact of Sweeney Todd on audiences. It was notably set in the 1930s instead of 1846 and restored the oft-cut song "Johanna (Mea Culpa)". Remembering Toby, Todd starts to leave, but, realizing he has left his razor behind, returns just as the disguised Johanna rises, horrified, from the trunk. An Irish charlatan and former employee of Benjamin Barker who has since developed a public persona as a flashy Italian barber; he attempts to blackmail Todd, but is immediately killed. It was well received and most performances sold out. Morose and vengeful; a barber by profession who has returned to London, after fifteen years of unjust incarceration in an Australian penal colony, to seek revenge first on the corrupt judge and beadle who sent him there, and then on all humanity through his clients. [56], Produced by Atlantis Theatrical Entertainment Group and directed by Bobby Garcia with musical direction by Gerard Salonga, it starred Jett Pangan as Sweeney Todd, Lea Salonga as Mrs. Lovett, Gerald Santos as Anthony Hope, Nyoy Volante as Adolfo Pirelli, Mikkie Bradshaw-Volante as Johanna, Ima Castro as the Beggar Woman, Andrew Fernando as Judge Turpin, Luigi Quesada as Tobias, Arman Ferrer as Beadle, and Dean Rosen as Jonas Fogg. [78], A performance of the 1980 touring company was taped before an audience in 1981 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles during the first national tour, with additional taping done in an empty theatre for a television special. [81] This recording was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album. [57][58], The first opera company to mount Sweeney Todd was the Houston Grand Opera in a production directed by Hal Prince, which ran from June 14, 1984, through June 24, 1984, for a total of 10 performances. [72] Sondheim himself has described the piece as a "black operetta",[73] and indeed, only about 20% of the show is spoken; the rest is sung-through. The original Harold Prince production. This production closed February 5, 2005. It was based on Brining's previous smaller productions from Dundee Rep in 2010, West Yorkshire Playhouse and Royal Exchange Manchester in 2013. Menu. He returned to the role . In 1984 the show was presented by the New York City Opera. In his proper place. A mad crone whose interjections go unheeded, eventually identified as Benjamin Barker's wife, Lucy, who was raped by Judge Turpin. While discussing how to dispose of Pirelli's body, Mrs. Lovett is struck by a sudden idea and suggests that they use the bodies of Todd's victims in her meat pies, and Todd happily agrees ("A Little Priest"). The director was Lee Blakeley with choreography by Lorena Randi and designs by Tanya McAllin. A cheerful, talkative, but amoral owner/proprietress of a meat pie shop; Todd's former landlady, but enamored of him. The cast featured Rod Gilfry and Franco Pomponi (Sweeney Todd) and Caroline O'Connor (Mrs Lovett). Toby, heedless of them, begins turning the meat grinder, crooning Mrs. Lovett's previous instructions to him ("Final Scene"). Upstairs, she encounters the Beadle at her harmonium; he has been asked by Lovett's neighbors to investigate the strange smoke and stench from the pie shop's chimney. [47], A major new production opened in April 2011 at the Thtre du Chtelet (Paris), which first gave Sondheim a place on the French stage with their production of A Little Night Music. In 2009, Sweeney Todd embarked upon an equity tour of the U.K. and Ireland. The cast included Angela Lansbury as Mrs. Lovett, Len Cariou as Todd, Victor Garber as Anthony, Sarah Rice as Johanna, Merle Louise as the Beggar Woman, Ken Jennings as Tobias, Edmund Lyndeck as Judge Turpin, Joaquin Romaguera as Pirelli, and Jack Eric Williams as Beadle Bamford. Mrs. Lovett frantically denies it, explaining that Lucy did indeed poison herself, but lived, although the attempt left her insane. [49], Quebec City-based Thtre Dcibel produced the French-speaking world-premiere of the show. The cast included David Arnsperger as Sweeney Todd and Janis Kelly as Mrs. Lovett. Lansbury died Oct. 11. It consists of the characters Sweeney Todd and. Nellie Lovett: [singing] It's priest. [66] This production transferred to London Coliseum Theatre for 13 performances from March 30 through April 12, 2015. [25] This marked the first time in nearly ten years that a Sondheim show had been presented in the commercial West End. 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. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (TV Movie 1982) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. I just figured hell, I've done everything else on Broadway, I might as well go with Mrs. A simpleton who works first for con-man Pirelli and then for Mrs. Lovett, but does not trust Todd. This number was written for the original London production and first recorded for the 2000 New York Philharmonic concert performance. Set in 1785, the story featured as its principal villain a certain Sweeney Todd and included all the plot elements used in later versions. The cast included Jeremy Secomb as Sweeney Todd, Siobhn McCarthy as Mrs. Lovett, Nadim Naaman as Anthony, Ian Mowat as the Beadle, Duncan Smith as the Judge, Kiara Jay as Pirelli and the Beggar Woman, Joseph Taylor as Tobias and Zoe Doano as Johanna. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street is playing at the Lunt-Fontanne Theater, 205 West 46th St. in New York. The following songs were cut: "Wigmaker Sequence", "The Letter", "Parlor Songs", "City on Fire", and half of the final sequence (which includes "The Judge's Return"). Hearn and LuPone were joined once again by Harris, Gaines, Aler and Olsen as well as new additions Victoria Clark, Lisa Vroman and Timothy Nolen. When he recognizes Pirelli's coin purse in Mrs. Lovett's hands, she distracts him by showing him the bakehouse, instructing him how to work the meat grinder and the oven before locking him in. 2015 London and 2017 Off-Broadway revival, 2010 National Youth Music Theatre, London. Adrian Lester and Barry James received nominations in the category of Best Supporting Performance In a Musical for their portrayals of Anthony and Beadle Bamford respectively.[24]. The Tale of Sweeney Todd is a 1997 American crime-drama/horror television film directed by John Schlesinger and starring Ben Kingsley and Joanna Lumley. She said to me on her last birthday, a year ago, Its just silly being this old.'". Todd assures the Judge that Johanna is repentant, and the judge asks for a quick splash of cologne. "The American Musical and the Performance of Personal Identity (2009)". The citizens of London, who act as a Greek chorus throughout the play, drop a body bag and pour ashes into a shallow grave. The production debuted in October at The Theater at Solaire. The Sunday Times wrote that "The black backdrop of David Farley's rough hewn set and the stark minimalism of Rick Fisher's lighting suggest a self-conscious edginess, with Shannon's stylised make-up, long leather coat and brooding countenance only adding to the feeling. Ex-Judge Fired for Gay Porn Side-Hustle Fights Back. In the early 2000s, Sweeney Todd gained acceptance with opera companies throughout the United States, Canada, Japan, Germany, Israel, Spain, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and Australia. Translated by Juice Leskinen[40], As part of the Kennedy Center Sondheim Celebration, Sweeney Todd ran from May 10, 2002, through June 30, 2002, at the Eisenhower Theatre, starring Brian Stokes Mitchell as Sweeney Todd, Christine Baranski as Mrs. Lovett, Hugh Panaro as Anthony, Walter Charles (a member of the original cast), as Judge Turpin, Celia Keenan-Bolger as Johanna, Mary Beth Peil as The Beggar Woman, Mark Price as Tobias Ragg, Ray Friedeck as Beadle Bamford and Kevin Ligon as Pirelli. By what name was Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1982) officially released in Canada in English? "[42][43] When a character died, flour was poured over them. I had a feeling it would be a new animal. The cast featured Michael McCarthy as Sweeney Todd and Rosemary Ashe as Mrs Lovett and David Shannon this time as Anthony. Toby, now insane and his hair turned white, crawls up from the sewer babbling nursery rhymes to himself. Sweeney Todd opened on Broadway in 1979 and in the West End in 1980. We were really proud of what we did, and really grateful for it.. In the crowded London marketplace, flamboyant Italian barber Adolfo Pirelli and his simple-minded young assistant Tobias Ragg pitch a dramatic cure-all for hair loss ("Pirelli's Miracle Elixir"). The show receives three 2015 Helen Hayes Awards nominations for Best Musical, Outstanding Director of a Musical (Melissa Baughman), and Outstanding Music Director (Charles W. Johnson). 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[32], The Tooting Arts Club production transferred to Off-Broadway, transforming the Barrow Street Theatre into a working re-creation of Harrington's pie shop. Anthony and Johanna (now disguised as a sailor) arrive at Todd's empty shop. George Hearn and Angela Lansbury star as Sweeney Todd and Mrs. Lovett in the musical, which features music and lyrics by Sondheim and book by Hugh Wheeler.Filmed at the conclusion of a ten-month . The first Broadway revival opened on September 14, 1989, at the Circle in the Square Theatre, and closed on February 25, 1990, after 189 performances and 46 previews. [7] In preparation for the role, Cariou (who was studying with a voice teacher at the time) asked Sondheim what kind of range he needed to have in the role. Princeton University Press. The play won eight Tonys, including best musical and actress and actor. Lansbury was joined by Hearn[18] and this version was taped during the Los Angeles engagement and broadcast on The Entertainment Channel (one of the predecessors of today's A&E) on September 12, 1982. [44], The 2008 Gothenburg production premiered on May 15, 2008, at The Gteborg Opera. The production plays at DC's Warehouse Theatre in August 2014. It was filmed at the end of a ten-month road tour of the show, with George Hearn in the title role playing opposite Lansbury. The Canadian-born Cariou appeared in seven episodes, airing between 1985 and 1992, in the recurring role of former British intelligence agent Michael Hagarty. Sweeney Todd- The Original Broadway Production. Have a little priest. Like the 1979 Broadway original, which starred Angela Lansbury and Len Cariou, Kail's production is jaw-dropping in its scale. [29] Comedian Jason Manford made his musical debut as Pirelli from July 2 to 28 and August 15, 18 and 24, 2012 while Robert Burt appeared at Glyndebourne Festival Opera.The West End transfer received six Laurence Olivier Award nominations of which it won the three: Best Musical Revival, Best Actor in a Musical for Ball and Best Actress in a Musical for Staunton. This song was moved to after "The Ballad of Sweeney Todd. It is based on the 1970 play Sweeny Todd by Christopher Bond. The character Sweeney Todd originated in serialized Victorian popular fiction, known as penny dreadfuls. This song is an optional verse of "Sweet Polly Plunkett.". Before Todd can kill the judge, however, Anthony re-enters and blurts out his elopement plan. The cast consisted of Constantino Romero as Sweeney Todd, Vicky Pea as Mrs. Lovett, Maria Josep Peris as Johanna, Muntsa Rius as Tobias, Pep Molina as Anthony, Xavier Ribera-Vall as Judge Turpin & Teresa Vallicrosa as The Beggar Woman. It was originally produced Off-Broadway by the York Theatre Company at the Church of the Heavenly Rest from March 31, 1989, to April 29, 1989. Then again, they don't commit sins of the flesh, so it's pretty fresh. Rather, it seemed to me that the attempt to actually sing the Sondheim score, which relies heavily on a dramatic parlando or speaking style, mainly showed how far from the operatic vocal tradition the work lies. Todd sneers at the audience for a moment and vanishes. This pair of songs at the end of Act I was the most significant musical addition which Sondheim made to Bond's version of the story. However, Prince soon discovered a metaphor in which to set the show, making what Sondheim had originally envisioned as "a small horror piece" into a colossal portrait of the Industrial Revolution, and an examination of the general human condition of the time as it related to men like Sweeney Todd. Todd. I think it's not. The murderous barber's story was turned into a play before the ending had even been revealed in print. A beggar woman sexually solicits them, appearing to recognize Todd for a moment ("No Place Like London"), and Todd shoos her away. Terrified, he flees into the sewers below the bakehouse. The score is just amazing-- by far Sondheim's best, and probably one of the best scores written for a musical ever. The show's design was slightly altered to fit a proscenium arch theatre space for the Lyttleton Theatre. The tour ran for 8 months, starring Barry Howell as Sweeney Todd & Isabell Wyer as Ms. Lovett. Sweeney Todd has had 32 productions including Broadway which opened in 1979, Broadway which opened in 1979, West End which opened in 1980, US Tour which opened in 1980, US Tour which opened in. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. It has been revived in many productions as well as inspiring a film adaptation. Todd and Lovett soon arrive; as part of his plan to establish his new identity, Todd exposes the elixir as a sham, challenges Pirelli to a shaving competition and easily wins ("The Contest"), inviting the impressed Beadle for a free shave ("The Ballad of Sweeney Todd" reprise 2). Genre: Crime, Drama. In 1993, the show received its first London revival at the Royal National Theatre. The production closed on November 14, 1980. It stars Johnny Depp as Todd (Depp received an Oscar nomination and a Golden Globe Award for his performance), Helena Bonham Carter as Mrs. Lovett, Alan Rickman as Judge Turpin, Sacha Baron Cohen as Signor Pirelli, Jamie Campbell Bower as Anthony Hope, Laura Michelle Kelly as The Beggar Woman, Jayne Wisener as Johanna, Ed Sanders as Toby, and Timothy Spall as Beadle Bamford. The beggar woman seems to recognize the room. The cast included original members like Terfel, Thompson and Quast, as well as new actors like John Owen-Jones and Rosalie Craig. The show ran for 157 performances. Alone with Todd, Pirelli drops his Italian accent and reveals that he is really Daniel O'Higgins, Benjamin Barker's former assistant. There are two kinds of men and only two. Directed by Steven Stead and designed by Greg King, the production starred Jonathan Roxmouth (Sweeney Todd), Charon Williams-Ros (Mrs Lovett), Michael Richard (Judge Turpin), Jaco van Rensburg (Tobias), Anne Marie Clulow (Beggar Woman), Adam Pelkowitz (Beadle Bamford), Cameron Botha (Anthony), Sanli Jooste (Johanna), Germandt Geldenhuys (Adolfo Pirelli) and Weslee Swain Lauder (Jonas Fogg). Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? The director was Declan Donnellan and the Cottesloe Theatre production starred Alun Armstrong as Todd and Julia McKenzie as Mrs. Lovett, with Adrian Lester as Anthony, Barry James as Beadle Bamford and Denis Quilley (who had originated the title role in the original London production in 1980) as Judge Turpin. 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