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TORN BETWEEN GOOD AND BAD 'SWEENEY TODD' DRAMA EQUAL PARTS FASCINATING AND DISTURBING. THEATER REVIEW
1996
Overview
Set in London during the 19th century, the play tells the story of Sweeney Todd, a bitter barber who was wrongly imprisoned by a warped judge who coveted Todd's wife. With Todd out of the way, the judge has his way with the woman and when she disappears, he takes charge of the woman's baby daughter and raises her as his ward. Upon escaping from prison, Todd returns to London to seek revenge, teaming with former landlady Mrs. Lovett, who convinces him that - what with the meat shortage in London (there is no mention of mad cow disease, by the way) - if Todd were to do away with some of his customers, he might help her make a sweeter pie. When it opened on Broadway in 1979, with Angela Lansbury as Mrs. Lovett, the play was a huge success, garnering several Tony Awards and enjoying a healthy run. And that's the part that is hard to get. The story itself offers little redemption. There is no sudden epiphany in which Todd recognizes the evil of revenge. With the exception of a couple of rather thin ingenue characters, there really isn't a good guy in the show.
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Atlanta Journal Constitution, LLC
