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Broadway Review: “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” at the Lunt-Fontane Theatre (Currently On)

March 27, 2023 | Broadway, Dance, Music, sweeney todd > | "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street", Alex Lacamoire, Alicia Kaori, Annaleigh Ashford, Baseline Theatrical, Christopher Bond, Cody Renard Richard, Costume Design by Emilio Sosa, Daniel Torres, DeLaney Westfall, Dwayne Cooper, Evan Zimmerman, Felix Torrez-Ponce, Galyana Castillo, Gaten Matarazzo, Hennessy Winkler, Hugh Wheeler, J. Jared Janas, Jamie Jackson, Jeanna de Waal, Jeremy Chernick, John Rapson, Jonathan Christopher, Jordan Fisher, Joseph Verlezza, Josh Groban, Kristie Dale Sanders, Kyrie Courter, Lexi Rabadi, lighting design by Natasha Katz, Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, Maria Bilbao, Megan Ort, Mia Pinero, Michael Kuhn, Nathan Salstone, Nicholas Christopher, Patricia Phillips, Paul-Jordan Jansen, Raymond J. Lee, Ruthie Ann Miles, Samantha Pollino, set design by Mimi Lien, sound design by Nevin Steinberg, Stephen Sondheim, Stephen Tewksbury, Steven Hoggett, Taeler Cyrus, The Telsey Office, Theatre Reviews Limited, Thomas Kail, Timothy Hughes

Perhaps one of the best reasons to attend the present revival of “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” is to hear the exceptional score by the late Stephen Sondheim, gloriously presented by a twenty-six-piece orchestra, which resounds through the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, echoing a menagerie of emotional themes. There is a Brecht-Weil semblance, as a populace from London’s underbelly…

Broadway Review: “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” at the Lunt-Fontane Theatre (Currently On)

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