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8 unusual facts about Sweeney Todd


Benjamin Barker

Sweeney Todd, original name Benjamin Barker, fictional character

Chad Kimball

In regional theatre, he has appeared as Anthony in Sweeney Todd at the Signature Theatre (1999), "Baby" at The Papermill Playhouse, Millburn, New Jersey (2004), and Michael John LaChiusa's "Little Fish" in 2007 at the Blank Theatre, Los Angeles.

James Malcolm Rymer

James Malcolm Rymer (1814–1884) was a British nineteenth century writer of penny dreadfuls, and is the probable author of Varney the Vampire (1847) (often attributed to fellow writer Thomas Peckett Prest) and co-author (with Prest) of The String of Pearls (1847), in which the notorious villain Sweeney Todd makes his literary debut.

On Broken Wings

As of February 2008, Kevin Garvin, Mike McMillen, and Sean Laforce are also in the band Everybody Out!, with former Dropkick Murphys guitarist Rick Barton and former Dead Pets and Lost City Angels frontman Sweeney Todd, playing drums, guitar, and bass, respectively .

Paul Groothuis

He has also designed sound for musicals at the NT, including Sunday in the Park with George, Sweeney Todd, A Little Night Music, Lady in the Dark and Guys and Dolls.

Radmar Agana Jao

He received his bachelor’s degree in Communications from Indiana University, then moved to Los Angeles and became an actor, working in film (The Phantom, Minority Report, Diplomatic Siege), television (Seinfeld, Will and Grace, Dharma and Greg, ER), and stage (Sweeney Todd, A Language of their Own, Heading East - The Musical).

Rue de la Harpe

They are often cited as the first serial killers, and also it is argued that the pair were a significant influence in the famous story of the barber Sweeney Todd of Fleet Street, London, and his baker accomplice Mrs. Lovett.

It appeared in the 19th century magazine, The Tell Tale, as the site of the murders which may have been the origin of the Sweeney Todd story.


Andy's Play

In the episode, Andy Bernard (Ed Helms) lands a role in a local production of Sweeney Todd and invites the entire office to the performance, hoping to impress his former girlfriend, Erin Hannon (Ellie Kemper).

Donna Lynne Champlin

This was followed by taking the title role of Very Warm for May, her Broadway debut in James Joyce's The Dead, then By Jeeves, Hollywood Arms, Sweeney Todd, Billy Elliot the Musical, and The Dark At The Top of the Stairs, for which she won the 2007 Obie Award.

Evening Standard British Film Awards 2008

Helena Bonham Carter - Sweeney Todd / Conversations with Other Women

Hector King

Between 2007 and 2008 alone, King had four of his adaptations staged, all in Monterrey, Mexico: the Mexican premieres of Sweeney Todd, Footloose and Roméo et Juliette, de la Haine à l'Amour and the new Mexican productions of The Scarlet Pimpernel and RENT.

Lonny Price

He has also directed numerous productions at the Chicago Ravinia Festival, including Sweeney Todd, Gypsy, Sunday in the Park With George, Anyone Can Whistle, Passion, and Annie Get Your Gun.

Schenectady Light Opera Company

:*1998 Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, On The 20th Century, The Mikado, Blood Brothers

Stephen Ashfield

In 2007 he appeared in Sweeney Todd directed by Tim Burton for Warner Bros..


see also

Robert Fryer

Some of his most notable theatrical productions include: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Wonderful Town, Auntie Mame, Redhead, Chicago, On The Twentieth Century, and Sweeney Todd.