Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

First Preview: Jul 09, 2016

Opening Date: Jul 09, 2016

Closing Date: Aug 26, 2016

Running Time: 02:30

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

https://glimmerglass.org/festival/2016-mainstage/sweeney-todd/

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Alice Busch Opera Theatre Box 191 Cooperstown, NY 13326

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Sondheim's "musical thriller" tells a story of obsession and revenge with a measure of black humor. This Tony and Oliver award-winning score is driving ("The Ballad of Sweeney Todd"), wistful ("Pretty Women"), funny ("The Worst Pies in London") and touching ("Not While I'm Around").

“It reminds me an awful lot of a crazy show I did at Glimmerglass some years back, Offenbach’s Bluebeard, an operetta about the guy who killed off all of his wives – although in Offenbach’s version they didn’t actually die but were hidden away in a bunker, Kimmy Schmidt-style. Sondheim and Offenbach’s zany, gory pieces both play a brilliant balancing act between Gothic horror and biting social satire, stripping away the hypocritical mask which hides the reality of our dog-eat-dog – or in Sweeney’s case, man-eat-man – societal structures and craftily employing musical comedy and operetta techniques to achieve their marvelously subversive ends.” -- Christopher Alden, director

Conductor: John DeMain
Director: Christopher Alden

PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE:
Monday, July 18, 1:30 pm
Friday, July 22, 7:30 pm
Saturday, July 30, 1:30 pm
Saturday, July 30, 8:00 pm
Thursday, August 4, 7:30 pm
Saturday, August 6, 1:30 pm
Saturday, August 13, 8:00 pm
Monday, August 15, 1:30 pm
Sunday, August 21, 1:30 pm
Tuesday, August 23, 1:30 pm
Friday, August 26, 7:30 pm

Concert Musical Regional

Age Guidance: 16

Show Notes: 1 Intermission

Audience Advisory:

Presented in English with projected English text.

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New York City is about a four-hour drive from The Glimmerglass Festival.87 North to ALBANY (approx. 120 miles – depending on where you get on 87)-90 West (NYS THRUWAY)to exit 25A toward Schenectady/Binghamton (10 miles)-88 West to EXIT 24 for US 20/Duanesburg (5 miles)-20 West to RT 80/ SPRINGFIELD CENTER (45 Miles)-Turn Left onto RT 80 SOUTH-Drive 2 MILES south on 80. -GLIMMERGLASS FESTIVAL on LEFT

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No elevator to the second level of the theater.

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General parking is located across the street from the Alice Busch Opera Theater. Handicapped parking is available on the same side of the street as the theater, and golf cart shuttles travel from the handicapped parking area to the front of the theater

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Family and handicapped-accessible bathrooms are available.

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Interpreters and braille programs are available if requested in advance. Please contact the Box Office at (607) 547-2255 at least three weeks in advance of your visit

Visual Assistance

Large-print program books are available upon request. Supertitles with English translations are provided for all subscription-based operas. The lyrics for musicals are also projected above the stage.

Wheelchair Info

The first level of the theater is ADA compliant Please be aware there is no elevator to the second level of the theater.

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