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
