Sweeney Todd Graphic.SOPAC feature image

 

Director:  Jeffrey Fiorello
Music Director: Stephen Fox
Choreographer: Samantha Hahn Simpson
Producer: William Corson

July 14, 15, 21 and 22, 2017 at 8 pm
July 16 and 23, 2017 at 2 pm
South Orange Performing Arts Center
1 SOPAC Way, South Orange, NJ 07079

Program available here.

 

To close our 22nd season in the summer, LONJ presents Stephen Sondheim’s dark-humored musical thriller, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, directed by Jeffrey Fiorello with music direction by Stephen Fox and choreography by Samantha Hahn Simpson. Returning from exile, Benjamin Barker arrives in London under the name of Sweeney Todd in order to exact his revenge on the judge who exiled him in order to steal his wife. Todd resumes his old residence in his barber shop over the meat pie establishment of Mrs. Lovett. A competing barber, Adolfo Pirelli, recognizes Todd and threatens to reveal him to the authorities, causing Sweeney to kill Pirelli in a rage. When Mrs. Lovett discovers the body, she proposes disposing of it through her meat pies as she hasn’t been able to afford real meat for weeks. Todd and Lovett continue to plot together, throats are slit, and business begins to flourish. Can Todd be stopped before exacting his revenge on the judge? Join us for Halloween in July at SOPAC!  


Ken Garcia
Sweeney Todd


Julie Galorenzo
Mrs. Lovett


Shane Long
Anthony


Caitlin Alongi
Johanna


Chuck Schneider
Judge Turpin

Thomas Carey Gsell
Tobias


Joseph Hill
Beadle


Frank Hughes
Pirelli


Ruth Kenote
Beggar Woman/Lucy


Adelaide Prekopa
Beggar Woman/Lucy


Susan Ramirez
Soprano


Jessica Walch
Soprano


Morgan Assante
Mezzo soprano


Katie Meo
Mezzo soprano


Tracey Haskell
Alto


Michelle Finnerty
Alto


Joanna Hoty Russell
Alto


Will Carey
Tenor


Jesse Bush
Tenor


Bill Corson
Tenor


Heath Weisberg
Tenor


Robert Allan
Baritone


Daraius Phillips
Baritone


Kevin Ohlweiler
Bass