Feb 25 27 2022
SHOW INFORMATION
Dates
| Feb 25, 2022 | 7:30 PM |
| Feb 27, 2022 | 2:00 PM |
Venue
Orpheum Theater
409 S 16th St
Omaha, NE 68102
Location
OVERVIEW
Music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Book by Hugh Wheeler
From an Adaptation by Christopher Bond
Originally Directed on Broadway by Harold Prince
Orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick
Originally Produced on Broadway by Richard Barr, Charles Woodward, Robert Fryer, Mary Lea Johnson, Martin Richards in Association with Dean and Judy Manos
Sweeney Todd is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.MTIshows.com
The performance runs approximately 2 hours and 55 minutes with one intermission.
CONTENT WARNING
This production contains stylized scenes of violence and sexual assault, fog, flashing lights, and a gunshot effect.
ABOUT THE PRODUCTION
This dark, Tony Award-winner for Best Musical by Stephen Sondheim has thrilled opera audiences across the nation. Leading an all-star cast are two of Omaha’s most dynamic and acclaimed artists, Conductor Hal France (Opera Omaha’s Artistic Director from 1995-2005) and Director Susan Clement (Producing Artistic Director, BLUEBARN Theatre), making her Opera Omaha debut.
Sweeney Todd, whose real name is Benjamin Barker, uses his new alias to resume work in his barber shop above Mrs. Lovett’s struggling pie shop after being wrongfully sentenced to life imprisonment by the corrupt Judge Turpin. After swearing vengeance against the judge that tore his family apart, Todd and Lovett plot a unique plan that helps them both and leads them down a dangerous, thrilling path with deadly consequences. This all-star cast features Zachary James in the title role of Sweeney Todd and Emily Pulley (2019 Faust, 2002 Carmen, 2000 Falstaff), returning to Opera Omaha in the role of Nellie Lovett.