The Center for the Arts continues its the 2019 season with Sweeney Todd. This beloved Stephen Sondheim play has been a theatrical favorite since its Broadway debut in 1979. The musical was also a 2007 blockbuster film by director Tim Burton. With equal measures of tragedy, horror and dark comedy, Sweeney Todd is not to be missed.
“Sweeney Todd has always intrigued me and I am so excited to have the opportunity to direct this musical,” says director Renee Robinson. “The story, while leaning towards macabre and dark, teaches lessons that always seem be applicable, no matter the time period. The cast and crew have been dedicated in telling this story and are doing an amazing job bringing these characters to life.”
One of the darkest musicals ever written, Sweeney Todd is the unsettling tale of a Victorian-era barber who returns home to London after fifteen years of forced exile to take revenge on the corrupt Judge Turpin (Ro Coger) who ruined his life. When revenge becomes harder than he had hoped, Sweeney (David Cummings) swears vengeance on the entire human race, murdering as many people as he can, while his business associate Mrs. Lovett (Alexius Frost) bakes mysteriously delicious meat pies and sells them to the unsuspecting public. Sweeney Todd is lush, operatic, and full of beauty.
Tickets start at $14 and are currently on sale at boroarts.org, by calling 615-904-ARTS (2787), or at the Center for the Arts Box Office, 110 West College Street, in downtown Murfreesboro.
Rated R for graphic violence.
Sweeney Todd runs Friday, October 11 through Sunday, October 27
PERFORMANCE DATES:
Fri, Oct 11th, 2019 at 7:30 pm
Sat, Oct 12th at 7:30 pm
Sun, Oct 13th at 2:00 pm
Fri, Oct 18th at 7:30 pm
Sat, Oct 19th at 7:30 pm
Sun, Oct 20th at 2:00 pm
Fri, Oct 25th at 7:30 pm
Sat, Oct 26th at 7:30 pm
Sun, Oct 27th at 2:00 pm
TICKETS:
Adult $18.00; Seniors (65+)/Students/Military: $16.00; Children: $14.00
Discount of $2.00/ticket for groups of 10 or more. Call 615-904-2787 for group reservations.
For tickets and season passes, visit Boroarts.org or call 615-904-2787.
