Today, Midday theater critic J. Wynn Rousuck joins Tom with her review ofSweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, now playing at the Rep Stage in Columbia.
From the pages of the Penny Dreadful, to the stage and screen, the story of the 'Demon Barber of Fleet Street' has been adapted many times over over the years. But, be it a fable of love or revenge, the shocking deeds of the murderous barber, his accomplice, the lovelorn baker Mrs. Lovett, and her dubious recipe for meat pies, have frightened and enchanted audiences for over a century.
Joseph W. Ritsch directs and choreographs the Tony Award-winning Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler musical, which is set in the impoverished lanes of Victorian London.
Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street continues at the Rep Stage through Sunday September 23rd.
