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Attend the tale of Benjamin Barker. Well, that’s Sweeney Todd’s real name, isn’t it? Or so Mrs. Lovett tells us three songs into the 1978-1979 Tony-winning musical. But if you’re considering presenting the Stephen Sondheim – Hugh Wheeler masterpiece, you’ll of course use the title SWEENEY TODD. Not simply because you’re contractually obligated, but more [...]
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If your theatre is looking for a show that showcases the thrills and chills of the Halloween season, look no further than these 10 MTI titles. Whether you’re following the exploits of a blood-sucking vampire (or plant), losing your direction in a madcap fairy tale, or haunting a country rodeo, each of these shows is [...]
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The Employees of the Prestigious Paper (and printer) Company Dunder Mifflin Attend the Tale of Sweeney Todd… Last night’s episode of NBC’s The Office featured an unprecedented performance of Stephen Sondheim‘s and Hugh Wheeler‘s SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET. The episode began with Andy Bernard spontaneously bursting into the opening number of [...]
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JEKYLL & HYDE: This timeless tale of duality is a perfect metaphor for Halloween – a night when the mischievous imp in all of us holds sway. Only, in Frank Wildhorn and Leslie Bricusse’s Tony nominated Broadway musical, mild-mannered Dr. Henry Jekyll’s alter ego, Edward Hyde, doesn’t just emerge once a year. Wildhorn’s rock-pop score [...]
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The Demon Barber of Fleet Street SWEENEY TODD: SCHOOL EDITION with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Hugh Wheeler. Though the character Sweeney Todd dates back to the 19th Century, Sondheim and Wheeler’s musical is adapted from Christopher Bond’s play SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET from the early 1970s. [...]
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The following is an article by our guest contributor Eric Kang – a talented Composer and Musical Director. The Worst Pies in London, and the Ultimate Fate of Mrs. Lovett There are few roles as complicated and difficult to perform as the diabolical pastry chef of Fleet Street in Stephen Sondheim’s SWEENEY TODD / SWEENEY [...]
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Congratulations to our friends at Stagedoor Manor for their awesome feature on CBS Sunday Morning! The segment aired on the show’s August 8 Broadcast. Stagedoor, located in New York’s Catskill Mountains, is a summer training camp for the Broadway stars of tomorrow, and has a very impressive alumni list, including Natalie Portman, Jon Cryer, Zach [...]
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Australia Gets DIRTY ROTTEN Con men Lawrence Jameson and Freddy Benson may be the scourge of the French Riviera, but in Australia, their antics are met with thunderous applause. The Production Company has ended their season with the David Yazbek (THE FULL MONTY)/Jeffrey Lane Broadway musical DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS. The Production Company’s cast includes Bille [...]
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True Life: Camp’d Out- I’m Going to Performing Arts Camp MTV takes its popular documentary series, True Life: Camp’d Out, to the Western Catskills of New York to visit the highly distinguished summer camp, French Woods. Shooting for nine weeks of the summer camp session in 2008, MTV’s True Life crew follows the lives [...]
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