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This gripping gruesical takes us to Victorian London. Songs in the style of street ballads, memorable ballads, and impactful duets underscore the bloody and brilliant activities of the "Demon Barber of Fleet Street."
For fifteen years, Benjamin Barker had to spend his exile innocently while Judge Turpin took away his wife and child. Now he is back under the name Sweeney Todd to take revenge. Gradually, the eager barber slits the throats of his customers during their shaves. Below his salon, the enterprising Mrs. Lovett has her meat pie shop, which she barely manages to keep afloat. But in a miraculous turn, her business suddenly flourishes, and all of a sudden, she sells the best pies in all of London...
Sweeney Todd premiered on Broadway in 1979 and has since become an integral part of international theater stages. The musical thriller, awarded eight Tony Awards, a Grammy, and ten Laurence Olivier Awards, has enjoyed greater popularity, especially since the film adaptation by Tim Burton in 2007 – featuring Johnny Depp in the title role, Helena Bonham Carter as Mrs. Lovett, and Alan Rickman as Judge Turpin – among a wide audience.

Music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Book by Hugh Wheeler
Direction of the original Broadway production: Harold Prince
Orchestration by Jonathan Tunick
German version by Wilfried Steiner and Roman Hinze
Theater für Niedersachsen, Hildesheim

Musical direction: Andreas Unsicker
Production, stage & costumes: Sebastian Ellrich
Choreography: Dominik Büttner
Collaboration on stage & costumes: Patrizia Bitterich

with Daniel Wernecke (Sweeney Todd), Silke Dubilier (Mrs. Lovett), Ömer Örgey (Anthony Hope), Karsten Oliver Wöllm (Judge Tupin), Lucía Bernadas Cavallini (Johanna), Samuel Jonathan Bertz (Beadle Bamford), Katharina Wollmann (The Beggar), Jürgen Brehm (Pirelli/Mr. Fogg), Jack Lukas (Tobias), Elisabeth Köstner (The Church)

Original Broadway production by Richard Barr, Charles Woodward, Robert Fryer, Mary Lea Johnson, Martin Richards in collaboration with Dean and Judy Manos.
The transfer of performance rights is made in agreement with
MUSIC THEATRE INTERNATIONAL (Europe) LTD, London,
through MUSIK UND BÜHNE Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, Wiesbaden.


Event data provided by: Kulturkurier

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