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Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Backer's Audition                                   
Stephen Sondheim and Hal Prince

Original Broadway Production                         
February 6, 1979 - First Preview [CD]
Uris Theatre
Len Cariou (Sweeney Todd), Angela Lansbury (Ms. Lovett), Victor Garber (Anthony), Sarah Rice (Johanna), Edmund Lyndeck (Judge Turpin), Jack Eric Williams (Beadle Bamford), Ken Jennings (Tobias), Merle Louise (Beggar Woman), Joaquin Romaguera (Pirelli)
Note: The only performance of the Judge's "Johanna."  Lansbury has some issues with "Worst Pies"

March 1, 1979 - Opening Night
Uris Theatre
Len Cariou (Sweeney Todd), Angela Lansbury (Ms. Lovett), Victor Garber (Anthony), Sarah Rice (Johanna), Edmund Lyndeck (Judge Turpin), Jack Eric Williams (Beadle Bamford), Ken Jennings (Tobias), Merle Louise (Beggar Woman), Joaquin Romaguera (Pirelli)

June 17, 1980
Uris Theatre
George Hearn (Sweeney Todd), Dorothy Loudon (Ms. Lovett), Cris Groeendaal (Anthony), Betsy Joslyn (Johanna), Edmund Lyndeck (Judge Turpin), Jack Eric Williams (Beadle Bamford), Ken Jennings (Tobias), Merle Louise (Beggar Woman), Joaquin Romaguera (Pirelli)

Original London Production                       
November 15, 1980 - Closing Night
Dennis Quixley (Sweeney Todd), Shelia Hancock (Ms. Lovett), Andrew C. Wadsworth (Anthony), Mandy More (Johanna), Austin Kent (Judge Turpin), David Wheldon Williams (Beadle Bamford), Michael Stainiforth (Tobias), Dylis Watling (Beggar Woman), John Aron (Pirelli)

1989 Broadway Revival                           
1989 - Exact Date Unknown [CD]
Circle in the Square Theatre
Bob Gunton (Sweeney Todd), Beth Fowler (Ms. Lovett), Jim Walton (Anthony), Gretchen Kinglsey (Johanna), David Barron (Judge Turpin), Micahel McCarty (Beadle Bamford), Eddie Korbich (Tobias), SuEllen Estey (Beggar Woman), Bill Nabel (Pirelli)

1993 Royal National Theatre Production            
1993 - Exact Date Unknown
Julia McKenzie (Ms. Lovett)
Note: Broadcast on the BBC2 Raido

2005 Broadway Revival                              
October 10, 2005 - First Preview
Eugene O'Neill Theatre
Michael Ceveris (Sweeney Todd), Patti LuPone (Ms. Lovett), Benjamin Magunson (Anthony), Lauren Molina (Johanna), Mark Jacoby (Judge Turpin), Alexander Gemignani (Beadle Bamford), Manoel Felciano (Tobias), Diana DiMarzio (Beggar Woman), Donna Lynne Champlin (Pirelli)

November 6, 2005
Eugene O'Neill Theatre
Michael Ceveris (Sweeney Todd), Patti LuPone (Ms. Lovett), Benjamin Magunson (Anthony), Lauren Molina (Johanna), Mark Jacoby (Judge Turpin), Alexander Gemignani (Beadle Bamford), Manoel Felciano (Tobias), Diana DiMarzio (Beggar Woman), Donna Lynne Champlin (Pirelli)

April 27, 2006
Eugene O'Neill Theatre
Michael Ceveris (Sweeney Todd), Patti LuPone (Ms. Lovett), Benjamin Magunson (Anthony), Lauren Molina (Johanna), Mark Jacoby (Judge Turpin), Alexander Gemignani (Beadle Bamford), Manoel Felciano (Tobias), Diana DiMarzio (Beggar Woman), Donna Lynne Champlin (Pirelli)

June 20, 2006
Eugene O'Neill Theatre
Michael Ceveris (Sweeney Todd), Judy Kaye (Ms. Lovett), Benjamin Magunson (Anthony), Lauren Molina (Johanna), Mark Jacoby (Judge Turpin), Alexander Gemignani (Beadle Bamford), Manoel Felciano (Tobias), Diana DiMarzio (Beggar Woman), Donna Lynne Champlin (Pirelli)
Note: Judy Kaye filled in for LuPone while she was on vacation.

June 28, 2006 - Matinee
Eugene O'Neill Theatre
Michael Ceveris (Sweeney Todd), Patti LuPone (Ms. Lovett), Benjamin Magunson (Anthony), Lauren Molina (Johanna), Mark Jacoby (Judge Turpin), Benjamin Eakeley (u/s Beadle Bamford), Manoel Felciano (Tobias), Diana DiMarzio (Beggar Woman), Donna Lynne Champlin (Pirelli)

July 6, 2006
Eugene O'Neill Theatre
Michael Ceveris (Sweeney Todd), Patti LuPone (Ms. Lovett), Benjamin Magunson (Anthony), Lauren Molina (Johanna), Mark Jacoby (Judge Turpin), Alexander Gemignani (Beadle Bamford), Manoel Felciano (Tobias), Diana DiMarzio (Beggar Woman), Jessica Wright (u/s Pirelli)
Note: Incomplete.  Ends at Judge Turpin's death.  Wright sings and plays the flute.  Elisa Winter stood offstage and covered the other insturments

July 7, 2006
Eugene O'Neill Theatre
Michael Ceveris (Sweeney Todd), Dorothy Stanley (u/s Ms. Lovett), Benjamin Magunson (Anthony), Lauren Molina (Johanna), Mark Jacoby (Judge Turpin), Benjamin Eakeley (u/s Beadle Bamford), Manoel Felciano (Tobias), Diana DiMarzio (Beggar Woman), Donna Lynne Champlin (Pirelli)

September 3, 2006 - Closing Night
Eugene O'Neill Theatre
Michael Ceveris (Sweeney Todd), Patti LuPone (Ms. Lovett), Benjamin Magunson (Anthony), Lauren Molina (Johanna), Mark Jacoby (Judge Turpin), Alexander Gemignani (Beadle Bamford), Manoel Felciano (Tobias), Diana DiMarzio (Beggar Woman), Donna Lynne Champlin (Pirelli)

2007 National Tour                                    
October 4, 2007 [CD]
American Conservatory Theatre, San Francisco
David Hess (Sweeney Todd), Judy Kaye (Mrs. Lovett), Benjamin Magnuson (Antony), Lauren Molina (Johanna), Keith Buterbaugh (Judge Turpin), Benjamin Eakely (The Beadle), Edmund Bagnell (Tobias), Diana DiMarzio (Beggar Woman), Katrina Yaukey (Pirelli), John Arbo (Jonas Fogg),

February 17, 2008 - Matinée [CD]
David Hess (Sweeney Todd), Judy Kaye (Mrs. Lovett), Benjamin Magnuson (Antony), Lauren Molina (Johanna), Keith Buterbaugh (Judge Turpin), Benjamin Eakely (The Beadle), Edmund Bagnell (Tobias), Diana DiMarzio (Beggar Woman), Katrina Yaukey (Pirelli), John Arbo (Jonas Fogg),

April 6, 2008 - Matinée
Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles
David Hess (Sweeney Todd), Judy Kaye (Mrs. Lovett), Benjamin Magnuson (Antony), Lauren Molina (Johanna), Keith Buterbaugh (Judge Turpin), Benjamin Eakely (The Beadle), Edmund Bagnell (Tobias), Diana DiMarzio (Beggar Woman), Katrina Yaukey (Pirelli), Steven McIntyre (Jonas Fogg),

REGIONAL PRODUCTIONS                              
1993 Marriot Lincolnshire Production
February, 1993 - Exact Date Unknown
Marriott Lincolnshire
Timothy Nolen (Sweeney Todd), Karlah Hamilton (Ms. Lovett), Stephen Buntrock, Rita Harvey
Note: Missing Pirelli's Death.

1998 BBC3 Radio Broadcast
March 30, 1998
Steven Page (Sweeney Todd), Beverly Klien (Ms. Lovett)

1999 Arena Stage Production
November 3, 1999
Arena Stage, Arlington, VA
Norm Lewis (Sweeney Todd), Donna Migliaccio, John Kacynzki, Chad Kimball, Dana Kruger, Lawerence Redmond, Jennifer Royall, Michael Sharpe, Jimmy Smagula

1999 Los Angeles Reprise! Concert
March 12, 1999 - Opening Night [CD]
Kelsey Grammar (Sweeney Todd), Christine Baranski (Ms. Lovett), David Gaines (Anthony), Dale Kristien (Johanna), Ken Howard (Judge Turpin), Roland Rusineck (Beadle Bamford), Neil Patrick Harris (Tobias), Melissa Manchester (Beggar Woman), Scott Waara (Pirelli)

1999 - Exact Date Unknown
Kelsey Grammar (Sweeney Todd), Christine Baranski (Ms. Lovett), David Gaines (Anthony), Dale Kristien (Johanna), Ken Howard (Judge Turpin), Roland Rusineck (Beadle Bamford), Neil Patrick Harris (Tobias), Melissa Manchester (Beggar Woman), Scott Waara (Pirelli)

2000 Crusaid Benefit Concert
February 13, 2000 [CD]
Royal Festival Hall
Len Cariou (Sweeney Todd), Judy Kaye (Mrs. Lovett), Davis Gaines (Anthony), Annalene Beechy (Johanna), Mark Roper (Judge Turpin), Neil Jenkins (Beadle Bamford), Michael Cantwell (Tobias), Pia Douwes (Beggar Woman), John Owen Jones (Pirelli), Fiona Dunn, Peter Edbrook, Monica Ernesti, Lori Haley Fox, Julia Goss, Mark Inscoe, Robert Jon, Lesley McClymont, Craig Purnell, Michael Winsor (Ensemble), Gordon Adams, Kimberley Akester, Christian Billett, Anna Blake, Bobbie Chatt, Simon Clark, Chris Coleman, Michele de Casenove, Emma Edwards, Howard Ellis, Nicola Filshie, Tim Godwin, Davor Gollub, Aoibjeann Greene, John Griffiths, Angela Henckel, Rhiannon Howys, Robert Irons, Sam Kenyon, Christopher Key, Paul Lyons, Alan Mackenzie, James Marino, Kerris Peeling, Jonathan Penton, Gemma Sandy, Chris Vincent, Lucy Williamson, Philip Wrigley, Sophia Wyler (Choir)

2000 New York Metropolitan Opera Production
May 5, 2000 **Soundboard**
Metropolitan Opera House
George Hearn (Sweeney Todd), Patti LuPone (Ms. Lovett), Davis Gaines (Anthony), Heidi Grant Murphy (Johanna), Paul Plishka (Judge Turpin), John Aler (Beadle Bamford), Neil Patrick Harris (Tobias), Audra McDonald (Beggar Woman), Stanford Olsen (Pirelli)

2002 Kennedy Center Celebration
June 9, 2002 [CD]
Eisenhower Theatre
Brian Stokes Mitchell (Sweeney Todd), Christine Baranski (Ms. Lovett), Hugh Panaro (Anthony), Celia Keenan-Bolger (Johanna), Walter Charles (Judge Turpin), Ray Fredrick (Beadle Bamford), Mark Price (Tobias), Mary Beth Piel (Beggar Woman), Kevin Ligon (Pirelli)

2002 Opera North Production
June 14, 2002
The Sadler Wells
Steve Page (Sweeney Todd), Beverley Klien (Ms. Lovett)

2002 Chicago Lyric Opera Production
November/December, 2002 - Exact Date Unknown
Bryn Terfel (Sweeney Todd), Judith Christen (Ms. Lovett), Nathan Gunn (Anthony), Celina Shafer (Johanna), Timothy Nolen (Judge Turpin), Matthew Lord (Beadle Bamford), David Cangelosi (Tobias), Sheri Greenawald (Beggar Woman), Bonaventura Bottone (Pirelli)

2003 London Production
December 17, 2003 [CD]
Royal Opera House
Thomas Allen (Sweeney Todd), Felicity Palmer (Ms. Lovett), William Dazeley, Rosalind Plowright, Jonathan Viera, Doug Jones, Rebecca Evans, Bonaventura Bottone, Robert Tear, Matthew Rose
Note: TRACKING MASTER

2004 New York City Opera Production
March 5, 2004 - First Performance [CD]
New York State Theatre
Timothy Nolen (alt. Sweeney Todd), Elaine Paige (Ms. Lovett), Scott Hogsed (alt. Anthony), Tonna Miller (alt. Johanna), Walter Charles (Judge Turpin), Roland Rusenik (Beadle Bamford), Keith Jameson (Tobias), Judith Blazer (Beggar Woman), Andrew Drost (Pirelli)

March 6, 2004 - Opening Night [CD]
New York State Theatre
Timothy Nolen (alt. Sweeney Todd), Elaine Paige (Ms. Lovett), Scott Hogsed (alt. Anthony), Tonna Miller (alt. Johanna), Walter Charles (Judge Turpin), Roland Rusenik (Beadle Bamford), Keith Jameson (Tobias), Judith Blazer (Beggar Woman), Andrew Drost (Pirelli)

March, 2004 - Exact Date Unknown [CD]
New York State Theatre
Mark Delavan (Sweeney Todd), Elaine Paige (Ms. Lovett), Keith Phares (Anthony), Sarah Coburn (Johanna), Walter Charles (Judge Turpin), Roland Rusenik (Beadle Bamford), Keith Jameson (Tobias), Judith Blazer (Beggar Woman), Andrew Drost (Pirelli)

2005 UK Tour
April 12, 2006
Birmingham
Jason Donovan (Sweeney Todd), Harriet Thorpe (Ms. Lovett), Greg Barnett (Anthony), Joanna Hickman (Johanna), Oliver Beamish (Judge Turpin), Peter Head (Beadle Bamford), James Spilling (Tobias), Gemma Page (Beggar Woman), Susanah van der Berg  (Pirelli)

2006 Russian Academy of Theatre Arts Production
December 26, 2006
Russian Academy of Fine Arts, GTIS, Moscow
Pavel Ivanov (Sweeney Todd), Maria Guleck (Ms. Lovett), Ivan Vikulov (Anthony), Anna Chernova (Johanna), Andrei Grachev (Judge Turpin), Ewgeni Bolotsky (Beadle Bamford), Maira Chamkina (Tobias), Maria Pojideava (Beggar Woman), Maxim Yakimov  (Pirelli)
Note: Sung in English, dialogue in Russian

2007 London Concert
July 7, 2007
Bryn Terfel (Sweeney Todd), Maria Friedman (Ms. Lovett), Daniel Boys (Anthony), Emma Williams (Johanna), Philip Quast (Judge Turpin), Steve Elias (Beadle Bamford), Daniel Evans (Tobias), Rosemary Ashe (Beggar Woman), Adrian Thompson (Pirelli)

2008 Gothenburg Opera Production
May 26, 2008
Göteborg Opera Main Stage
Michael McCarthy (Sweeney Todd), Rosemary Ashe (Ms. Lovett), David Shannon (Anthony), Rachel Barrell (Johanna), Ian Burford (Judge Turpin), Rohan Tickell (Beadle Bamford), Paul Spicer (Tobias), Roni Page (Beggar Woman), James Edwards (Pirelli), Björn Thudén (Jona Fogg), Jonas Landström (Birdseller), Gothenburg Opera Choir

2008 Union Theatre Production
December 2, 2008 [CD]
Union Theatre, London
Christopher Howell (Sweeney Todd), Emma Francis (Ms. Lovett), Leon Kay (Anthony), Katie Stokes (Johanna), Stephen Rashbrook (Judge Turpin), Nigel Pilkington (Beadle Bamford), Adam Ellis (Tobias), Róslín Sullivan (Beggar Woman), David Kristofer-Brown (Pirelli)

2009 Lyric Theatre Production
November 1, 2009 - Matinée [CD]
Jeff McCarthy (Sweeney Todd), Emily Skinner (Ms. Lovett)
Note: TRACKING MASTER