Broadway:
Previews: 6 février 1979
Opening date: 1er mars 1979 (Uris theatre)
Closing date: 29 juin 1980
Nombre de représentations consécutives : 557 (19 previews)
West End:
Opening date: 2 juillet 1980 (theatre Royal, Drury Lane)
Closing date: 14 novembre 1980
Nombre de représentations consécutives : 157
Paris:
En avril 2011, ouvre pour quelques dates, la production du Châtelet, dirigée par Lee Blakeley avec, en alternance Rod Gilfry ou Franco Pomponi (Sweeney Todd) and Caroline O'Connor (Mrs Lovett)
basé sur la pièce Sweeney Todd (1973)
Livret: Hugh Wheeler
Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim
Musique: Stephen Sondheim
Mise en scène: Harold Prince
Chorégraphie: Larry Fuller
Direction musicale: Paul Gemignani
Orchestrations: Jonathan Tunick
Décors: Eugene Lee
Costumes: Franne Lee
Lumières: Ken Billington
A Londres au 19e siècle, Benjamin Barker, injustement emprisonné, prépare une terrible vengeance contre ceux qui l'ont injustement condamné. Il revient s'installer en ville, comme barbier sous le pseudonyme de Sweeney Todd. Bientôt, des corps découpés sont retrouvés dans Fleet River. Aidé par Mrs Lowell, Benjamin Baker compte mener à terme sa vengeance, malgré les soupçons qui pèsent de plus en plus sur lui.
Film réalisé par Tim Burton (2007)
Durée : 116 min
Mrs. Lovett: Angela Lansbury
Sweeney Todd: Len Cariou
Anthony Hope: Victor Garber
Tobias Ragg: Ken Jennings
Beggar Woman: Merle Louise
Judge Turpin: Edmund Lyndeck
Johanna: Sarah Rice
Pirelli: Joaquin Romaguera
The Beadle: Jack Eric Williams
Jonas Fogg: Robert Ousley
Member of the Company:
Duane Bodin, Walter Charles, Nancy Eaton, Skip Harris, Mary-Pat Green, Cris Groenendaal, Marthe Ihde, Betsy Joslyn, Nancy Killmer, Frank Kopyc, Spain Logue, Craig Lucas, Pamela McLernon, Duane Morris, Richard Warren Pugh, Maggie Task
Prologue
"Organ Prelude" - Instrumental
"The Ballad of Sweeney Todd" - Chorus, Todd
Act I
"No Place Like London" - Anthony, Todd, Beggar Woman
"The Barber and His Wife" - Todd
"The Worst Pies in London" - Mrs. Lovett
"The Barber and His Wife (Reprise)/Poor Thing" - Mrs. Lovett
"My Friends" - Todd and Mrs. Lovett
"The Ballad of Sweeney Todd (Reprise 1)" - Chorus
"Green Finch and Linnet Bird" - Johanna
"Ah, Miss/Green Finch and Linnet Bird (Reprise)" - Anthony, Johanna, Beggar Woman
"Johanna" - Anthony
"Pirelli's Miracle Elixir" - Tobias, Todd, Mrs. Lovett, Chorus
"The Contest" - Pirelli
"The Ballad of Sweeney Todd (Reprise 2)" - Chorus
"Johanna (Mea Culpa)" - Judge Turpin
"Wait" - Mrs. Lovett
"Pirelli's Death" - Pirelli
"The Ballad of Sweeney Todd (Reprise 3)" - Tenor Trio
"Kiss Me" - Johanna, Anthony
"Ladies in their Sensitivities" - Beadle, Judge Turpin
"Kiss Me (Quartet)" - Johanna, Anthony, Beadle, Judge Turpin
"Pretty Women" - Todd and Judge Turpin
"Epiphany" - Todd
"A Little Priest" - Mrs. Lovett and Todd
Act II
"God, that's Good!" - Tobias, Mrs. Lovett, Todd, and Chorus
"Johanna (Quartet)" - Anthony, Todd, Beggar Woman, Johanna
"By the Sea" - Mrs. Lovett and Todd
"Wigmaker Sequence" - Todd and Anthony
"The Ballad of Sweeney Todd (Reprise 4)" - Chorus
"The Letter" - Quintet and Todd
"Not While I'm Around" - Tobias and Mrs. Lovett
"Parlor Songs":
"Sweet Polly Plunkett" - Beadle
"The Ballad of Sweeney Todd (Reprise 5)" - Chorus, Lunatics
"Final Sequence":
"City on Fire" / "Searching" - Lunatics, Johanna, and Beggar Woman / Mrs. Lovett and Todd
"Ah, Miss (Reprise)" - Anthony and Johanna
"Pretty Women (Reprise)" - Todd and Judge Turpin
"The Ballad of Sweeney Todd (Reprise 6)" - Chorus
"Final Scene" - Mrs. Lovett and Todd
Epilogue
"The Ballad of Sweeney Todd (Reprise 7 - Finale)" - Company