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Zelienople’s Strand Theater presents its Halloween-themed production

The Strand Theater in Zelienople will perform its live musical production of “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” on Oct. 24-27.

The play centers around the revenge Sweeney Todd has for those who wronged him and what happens to him when he tries to satisfy his compulsion for revenge and death.

The tale of Sweeney Todd first appeared in a penny dreadful series called “The String of Pearls: A Domestic Romance” in the mid-19th century.

The series was turned into a musical in 1979 by Stephen Sondheim and won the Tony Award for Best Musical and Olivier Award for Best New Musical.

For tickets and more information, go to thestrandtheater.org.

(L-R) Mrs. Lovett, played by Joann Spencer, and Sweeney Todd, played by Brad Spencer, celebrate their idea of using the bodies they dispose of after killing them in his barbershop for the meat products Mrs. Lovett sells in her meat shop of Fleet Street in London during a live dress rehearsal of “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” at the Strand Theatre in Zelienople on Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024.

CAST:

Sweeney Todd/Benjamin Barker - Brad Spencer

Mrs. Lovett - Joann Spencer

Anthony Hope - Carmen Lopresti

Johanna Barker - Sarah Hennessy

Tobias Ragg - Paxon Masters

Judge Turpin - Paul Lutty

The Beadle - Matty Thornton

Beggar Woman - Kathy Carter

Aldolfo Pirelli - Daniel Lamond

Jonas Fogg - Luke Carter

Ensemble - Jake Hall, Tricia Hixon, Dimitri Matusiak, Carol Niedringhaus, Morgan Roithner, Kailyn Turko, Rachael Vollmer

Johanna Barker, played by Sarah Hennessy, is held captive at a mental asylum during a dress rehearsal of “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” at the Strand Theater in Zelienople on Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024.
Sweeney Todd, played by Brad Spencer, disposes of a body after killing him using a straight razor in his barber shop on Fleet Street during a dress rehearsal of “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” at the Strand Theater in Zelienople on Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024.
Human meat is grinded in the basement of Mrs. Lovett’s meat shop on Fleet Street three times before it is prepared to be cooked during a dress rehearsal of “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” at the Strand Theater in Zelienople on Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024.

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