Amongst its many accolades, the production won 8 Tony Awards, including the awards for Best Musical, Best Book of a Musical, Best Original Score, Best Actor in a Musical (Len Cariou), Best Actress in a Musical (Angela Lansbury), Best Scenic Design (Eugene Lee), Best Costume Design (Franne Lee), and Best Director (Harold Prince).ДЄfter 557 regular performances, the original Broadway production of Sweeney Todd closed on June 29, 1980. While lamenting there was вЂњno serious social messageвЂќ in the show, critic Richard Eder described the score as вЂњfascinatingвЂ¦ wicked, witty, muscularвЂќ and claimed that Sweeney вЂњis the kind of workвЂ¦ that makes secondвЂђthinking obligatory.вЂќДespite the critics opinions, Sweeney Todd was nominated for multiple awards.

Writing for the New York Times, Walter Kerr stated that the вЂњperformances can scarcely be faultedвЂќ though claimed the music got in the way of the story. The production was directed by Harold Prince, and starred Len Cariou and Angela Lansbury. Following 19 previews, the show opened at the Uris Theatre on March 1, 1979. Unlike other shows of the period, Sweeney Todd did not have an out-of-town try-out before its Broadway opening. Partnering up with Mrs Lovett, owner of the pie shop downstairs, Sweeney slaughters his customers and turns them into pies. вЂ‹ With music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and a book by Hugh Wheeler, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street is a вЂњdark operettaвЂќ that tells the story of a London barber who seeks revenge on the judge who destroyed his life.

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