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Sweeney Todd | La Mirada Theatre | Jan 30 - Feb 22

Eric Bergstrom Editor

The dark, witty, and Tony Award-winning tale of love, murder, and revenge is set against the backdrop of 19th-century London.

SWEENEY TODD has become a bloody, worldwide sensation since being awarded eight Tony Awards (including Best Musical) for its Broadway premiere in 1979. Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler's (A Little Night Music) tasty, thrilling, theatrical treat has simultaneously shocked, awed, and delighted audiences across the world.

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An infamous tale which originally appeared as a Penny Dreadful serial in 1867, SWEENEY TODD follows an unjustly exiled barber (Todd) as he returns to London to seek vengeance against the lecherous judge who framed him and ravaged his young wife. The road to revenge leads Todd to Mrs. Lovett, a resourceful proprietress of a failing pie shop, above which he opens a new barber practice. Mrs. Lovett's luck sharply shifts when Todd's thirst for blood inspires the integration of an ingredient into her meat pies that has the people of London lining up for more... and the carnage has only just begun!

WILL SWENSON (“Sweeney Todd”) is known as one of Broadway’s most versatile leading men. Will has been seen on Broadway in roles across a wide character spectrum. He most recently starred on Broadway as “Neil Diamond” in A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical. Will received critical acclaim for his performance as the subversive hippie “Berger” in the 2009 revival of Hair, for which he received Tony, Drama Desk, and Drama League nominations and went on to perform the role in London’s West End, as well.

LESLI MARGHERITA (“Mrs. Lovett”) most recently played “Tessie Tura” in the Broadway revival of Gypsystarring Audra McDonald (Drama Desk nomination). She won the Laurence Olivier Award for her West End debut in Zorro: the Musical and originated the roles of “Mrs. Wormwood” in Matilda, the Musical and “Mona Kent” in Dames at Sea on Broadway.