From PERRYSBURG MUSICAL THEATRE
The Perrysburg Musical Theatre Company will present its 2022 season opener, “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street,” with shows Friday, Oct. 28, and Saturday, ct. 28, at 7 p.m. and Sunday Oct. 30 at 2 p.m. in the Juliet Beck Auditorium inside the Commodore Building, 140 E. Indiana Ave., Perrysburg.
Winner of eight Tony Awards (including Best Musical), “Sweeney Todd” follows the title character, a wrongly exiled barber, who returns to 19th Century London bent on bloodthirsty revenge.
PMT’s Sweeney Todd is directed by Marshall Kupresanin with musical direction by Nicole Spadafore and Logan Maccariella and choreography by Brittany Kupresanin.
“I think what makes the show stand out is that horror isn’t explored very often in musical theatre and even less so explored so successfully,” Kupresanin said. “You have the occasional ‘Phantom’ or ‘Jekyll and Hyde’ that land it or you have shows like ‘Evil Dead’ that take it down the comedy route. In a time of unique theatre, Stephen Sondheim went for something even more unique and did so successfully and I think that is why this show keeps coming back.”
Tickets are $17 and can be purchased online at www.perrysburgmusicaltheatre.org or at the door.
The musical thriller with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book by Hugh Wheeler, and from an adaptation by Christopher Bond. “Sweeney Todd” opened on Broadway in 1979 and has been revived several times since then.
“Sweeney Todd” was originally directed on Broadway by Harold Prince with orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick and was originally produced on Broadway by Richard Barr, Charles Woodward, Robert Fryer, Mary Lea Johnson, and Martin Richards in Association with Dean and Judy Manos.
“Sweeney Todd” is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI).
