Written By: Hugh Wheeler
Music By: Stephen Sondheim
Lyrics By: Stephen Sondheim
Licensing: Music Theatre International, Inc
Synopsis:
Set in 19th century London. Darkly comic story of Sweeney Todd, disgruntled barber turned serial killer who cuts his victim’s throats with a razor and bakes them into meat pies.
| Song List | Performed By |
| The Ballad of Sweeney Todd | Company |
No Place Like London | Sweeney Todd, Anthony, Beggar Woman |
| The Barber and his Wife | Sweeney Todd |
| The Worst Pies in London | Mrs. Lovett |
| Poor Thing | Mrs. Lovett, Sweeney |
| My Friends | Sweeney, Mrs. Lovett |
| Green Finch and Linnet Bird | Johanna |
| Ah, Miss | Anthony |
| Johanna | Anthony |
| Pirelli’s Miracle Elixir/The Contest | Tobias, Pirelli, Mrs. Lovett, Sweeney |
| Wait | Mrs. Lovett |
| Kiss Me | Anthony, Joanna |
Ladies in Their Sensitivities | Beadle, Judge Turpin |
| Pretty Women | Judge Turpin, Sweeney |
| Epiphany | Sweeney |
| A Little Priest | Mrs. Lovett, Sweeney |
| God, That’s Good! | Tobias, Mrs. Lovett, Sweeney, Ensemble |
| By The Sea | Mrs. Lovett |
| Not While I’m Around | Tobias, Mrs. Lovett |
| Parlor Songs | Mrs. Lovett, Beadle, Tobias |
| City On Fire | Company |
| Searching | Mrs. Lovett, Sweeney |
| Beggar Woman's Lullaby | Beggar Woman |
| Final Sequence - | |
| City on Fire | Lunatics, Johanna, Anthony |
| Searching | Mrs. Lovett, Sweeney, Beggar Woman, Anthony, Johanna |
| The Judge’s Return | Sweeney, Beggar Woman, Judge Turpin |
Character | Role | Age | Sex | Voice | Dancing |
Sweeney Todd: barber, wrongly imprisoned, plots revenge | Lead | 40-50 | M | Bass | None |
Mrs. Lovett: cheery shopkeeper, bad pies, flirts with Todd | Lead | 40-50 | F | Mezzo | None |
Anthony Hope: befriends Todd on journey to London | Lead | 20-30 | M | Tenor | None |
Johanna: Todd’s beautiful daughter, claimed by Judge Turpin | Lead | 16-21 | F | Soprano | None |
Judge Turpin: lazy, corrupt official | Supporting | 40-60 | M | Bass | None |
Beadle Bamford: Turpin’s accomplice in crime | Supporting | 40-55 | M | Tenor | None |
Beggar Woman: mad, old woman with filthy mouth | Supporting | 40-50 | F | Soprano | None |
Adolfo Pirelli: corrupt Italian barber | Supporting | 30-50 | M | Tenor | None |
Tobias Ragg: simple, kind young man works for Mrs. Lovett | Supporting | 15-20 | M | Tenor | None |
Jonas Fogg, townspeople, policemen, lunatics, |
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Gravediggers, others | Chorus |
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