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‘Sweeney Todd’ staged in Zelienople

A live musical production of “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” will take place Thursday to Sunday, Oct. 24 to 27, at the Strand Theater in Zelienople.

The play centers around the revenge Sweeney Todd has planned 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 a Tony Award for Best Musical and an Olivier Award for Best New Musical.

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

Mrs. Lovett, played by Joann Spencer, and Sweeney Todd, played by Brad Spencer, rehearse “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” at the Strand Theater in Zelienople on Thursday, Oct. 17. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
Johanna Barker, played by Sarah Hennessy, rehearses “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” at the Strand Theater in Zelienople on Thursday, Oct. 17. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
Actors rehearse “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” at the Strand Theater in Zelienople on Thursday, Oct. 17. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle

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