Musical Announcement: Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
The School of Music and Department of Theatre Arts are proud to announce the Co-Production of Stephen Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.
The musical will be directed and staged by Theatre Arts Chair Gregory Ramos, with music directed and conducted by Director of the School of Music Joe Modica, and lighting design and production management by Trevor Norton. The creative team aims for a non-traditional approach that considers artistic innovation as well as diversity and inclusion.
Sweeney Todd opened on Broadway in 1979 and in the West End in 1980 to great acclaim. The winner of both the Tony Award and the Olivier Award for Best Musical, the show has become a classic of musical theatre and one of Stephen Sondheim’s most produced works. Recognized as highly innovative, Sweeney Todd is the thrilling tale of a Victorian-era barber who returns home to London after fifteen years of exile to take revenge on the corrupt judge who ruined his life. Critics often refer to the music as Sondheim’s most perfect score—lush, operatic, and full of soaring beauty, dark comedy, and stunning theatricality.
The production is scheduled for Spring 2023.
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A festival of plays created and directed by Senior Theatre and Theatre Business Majors.
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This production is slated to perform at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, August 2022
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Directed by Senior Theatre Business Major Gabriel Rodriguez
Performance Dates: October 15, 16 at 7:30 p.m. and October 17 at 2 p.m., 2021
Native Gardens is a true breath of comic fresh air. It’s a biting, perceptive, and ultimately hopeful sendup to our fraught relationships with those around us – even right next door. Beyond snappy one-liners and garden hose fights, the play challenges audiences to look beyond petty differences and rediscover our shared decency.
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Directed by Faculty Member Gregory Ramos
Performance Dates: November 18, 19, 20 at 7:30 p.m. and November 21 at 2 p.m., 2021
He’s young, he’s broke, his landlord’s knocking at the door, and he’s just found out his wife is going to have a baby. To make matters even more desperate, Casey is fired from his gig as an Elvis impersonator in a run-down, small-town Florida bar. When the bar owner brings in a B-level drag show to replace his act, Casey finds that he has a whole lot to learn about show business—and himself.
"Our goal in selecting the season included representing works by writers of color, providing great opportunities for student actors, designers, and technicians. And providing an exciting variety of experiences for our audiences."
