Daphne Rubin-Vega in Empanada Loca (©Monqiue Carboni) One of the masterstrokes of the original production of Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler’s Sweeney Todd was the way in which it placed the guignol horror of the Victorian tale into the context of the industrial revolution. Yes, the title hero was a serial killer, but he was a man who was driven to his murderous spree by societal events. A similar unde…
SOURCE: AmericanTheaterWeb at 07:42AM on October 22, 2015