A barber with a grudge and a landlady with a meat grinder walk into a pie shop. Nobody walks out.
In 1846, Anthony Hope sails into London with the mysterious Sweeney Todd, a once-naive barber whose life and marriage was uprooted by a corrupt justice system. Todd confides in Nellie Lovett, the owner of a local meat pie shop, and the two become partners, as Todd swears revenge on those that have wronged him and decides to take up his old profession.
Acting
Terfel's thunderous bass vs. Thompson's deliciously unhinged comic timing
Direction
Price's intimate camera work turns stage into claustrophobic nightmare
Score
Sondheim's word-dense brilliance — every lyric a razor blade
Director
Lonny Price
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This 2014 Lincoln Center production was filmed over three performances with four cameras, capturing the actual Broadway staging with its industrial metal set.
Sondheim originally wanted the show to feel like a Penny Dreadful come to life — this production leans into that cheap horror aesthetic rather than Tim Burton's stylized goth.
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