Musicals don't get much darker than "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street." Stephen Sondheim's 1979 show, based on a 19th-century penny dreadful, reveals the secret life and diabolical dealings of the eponymous Sweeney Todd. Todd, aka Benjamin Barker, was wronged once upon a time. The plotting Judge Turpin, enamored with Barker's wife, conspired […]
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 01:47PM on November 13, 2024