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    Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

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    1982     Musical horror/thriller    
    2h 20min
    CountryUSA

    Times are hard in 1846 London and one must make do. So Nellie Lovett adds something extra to the meat pies she peddles on Fleet Street. The secret ingredient: freshly murdered victims of her partner in crime, barber Sweeney Todd. Composer - lyricist Stephen Sondheim refashions a macabre tale into a musical masterwork in this dazzling performance of the 1979 Broadway hit originally staged by Harold Prince.

    Directed byTerry Hughes, Harold Prince
    Written byHugh Wheeler, Christopher Bond
    CompanyPBSPBSPBS

    Starring

    Angela Lansbury
    George Hearn
    Cris Groenendaal
    Sara Woods
    Edmund Lyndeck
    Calvin Remsberg
    Betsy Joslyn
    Sal Mistretta
    Spain Logue
    Walter Charles
    Michael Kalinyen
    Roy Gioconda
    Skip Harris
    Duane Morris
    Patricia Parker
    Meredith Rawlins
    Stuart Redfield
    Candace Rogers
    Dee Etta Rowe
    Carrie Solomon
    Melanie Vaughan
    Joseph Warner
    Ken Jennings

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