Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

…a Summer Night (1955); and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1979; film 2007), a macabre tale set in Victorian-era London. All were either produced or directed by Harold Prince, as were Pacific Overtures (1976), in which Sondheim looked to Japanese Kabuki theater for stylized effects, and Merrily

World (1969), Gypsy (1975), and Sweeney Todd (1979). Her later stage work included the Terrence McNally comedy Deuce (2007), as well as revivals of Mame (1983), Sondheim’s A Little Night Music (2009), and Gore Vidal’s The Best Man (2012). In 2009 she earned a fifth Tony Award, for her performance…

…Stephen Sondheim’s Company (1970) and Sweeney Todd (1979), Marvin Hamlisch and Edward Kleban’s A Chorus Line (1975), Lloyd Webber’s Evita (1978), Cats (1981), and The Phantom of the Opera (1986); and The Lion King (1997), with music by Elton John and lyrics by Tim Rice. Popular musicals