SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET
Thursday, May 17 through Saturday, May 19, 2012
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| Thursday, 7:30 PM | Friday, 7:30 PM | Saturday, 7:30 PM |
Despite our best hopes, the performance rights for our spring show, CHICAGO, remain restricted for 2011-2012. We have had discussions on how best to replace this show, which has generated a great deal of positive feedback in the community. We wanted a show equally ambitious, and which would generate a lot of excitement both in the theatre community and among our audience.We're pleased to tell you that the Community Players will be producing SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET.
Stephen Sondheim's chilling, suspenseful, heart-pounding masterpiece tells the infamous tale of the unjustly exiled barber who returns to 19th century London seeking revenge against the lecherous judge who framed him and ravaged his young wife. His thirst for blood soon expands to include his unfortunate customers, and the resourceful proprietress of the pie shop downstairs soon has the people of London lining up in droves with her mysterious new meat pie recipe!
Sophisticated, macabre, visceral and uncompromising, SWEENEY TODD nevertheless has a great sense of fun, mixing intense drama with howlingly funny moments of dark humor: audiences find themselves laughing hysterically one moment and gasping in surprise the next.
At the show's core is a challenging score of epic proportion. Winner of the 1979 Tony Award for Best Musical, Best Actor (Len Cariou), Best Actress (Angela Lansbury), as well as Best Director, Best Scene Design, and Best Costume Design-- this production inspired the 2007 film version starring Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter.
Auditions are March 12-14, 2012 - Follow the Community Players at www.facebook.com/OshkoshCommunityPlayers for details.
Those who have already purchased tickets for the spring show will receive replacement tickets for SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET. Please contact The Grand's Box Office at 920-424-2350 to make any alternate arrangements.
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