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SWEENEY TODD AT LYNN

The eight-time, Tony Award winning, including “Best Musical”, dark comedy Sweeny Todd recently performed at The Wold Performing Arts Center at Lynn University in Boca Raton, FL and has been deemed a bloody success! Assistant Professor of Drama and Head of Musical Theatre, Michael Hunsaker served as the director of the production with music and lyrics by composer Stephen Sondheim and story by Hugh Wheeler. The plot is one of an exiled barber seeking revenge against the judge who framed him and ravaged his young wife in 19^th century London. The retaliation leads Todd to open a barbershop above Mrs. Lovett’s failing pie shop. And the desire for decimation inspires a special ingredient to be included into Mrs. Lovett's meat pies. The original 1979 musical was adapted into a film starring Johnny Depp in 2007 that netted $150M worldwide and has become a classic.