Sweeney Todd:
The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

By Stephen Sondheim

Directed by Andrew Abrams

When it premiered in 1979, "Sweeney Todd" won eight Tony Awards including Best Musical. The legendary barber, hell-bent on revenge, takes up with his enterprising neighbor in a delicious plot to slice their way through London's upper crust. Justice will be served - along with lush melody, audacious humor and bloody good thrills. PG-13

Featuring Telly Leung, direct from originating the role of Boq in the Chicago cast of "Wicked," as Tobias Ragg. Starring Lori Poulson as Mrs. Lovett and Rick Henslin as Sweeney Todd.

Produced by Four Seasons Theatre at Wisconsin Union Theater, 800 Langdon Street

Performances: August 11-13, 2006

Friday 8/11 at 7:30 pm; Saturday 8/12 at 2:00 pm and 7:30 pm; Sunday, August 13 at 2:00 pm

Tickets are on sale now.  Call the Wisconsin Union Theater Box Office at  (608) 262-2201 for prices and availability.

Sweeney Todd Lecture Series - Free events at the Memorial Union.

Sunday, July 30 "Sweeney Todd: Musical or Opera" with FST Artistic Director Andrew Abrams and Madison Opera General Director Allan Naplan at 6 pm in the Old Madison Room of the Memorial Union

Sunday, August 6 lecture on "The Music of Stephen Sondheim" by Jim Tucker, Director of NIU Opera Workshop, at 6 pm in the Reception Room of the Memorial Union.