In director Victoria Bussert's hands, "Sweeney Todd" has both a winking, pop-culture sensibility and the dark, discomfiting tinge of true madness. It's not an easy line to walk, but Bussert and company do it, delivering a Grand Guignol extravaganza " and the results are bloody spectacular.
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 12:00PM on October 8, 2013