Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Theater 2020) NYC Reviews and Tickets

83%

(33 Ratings)

Positive

85%

Mixed

12%

Negative

Members say

Great singing, Entertaining, Absorbing, Clever, Great staging

About the Show

Theater 2020 revives Stephen Sondheim's musical thriller about a barber, a pie maker, and the power of revenge.

After being wrongfully imprisoned by the corrupt Judge Turpin and separated from his beloved family, barber Benjamin Barker returns to seek vengeance under the name of Sweeney Todd. He resumes work in his barbershop above Mrs. Lovett’s struggling pie shop, and together they hatch a plan that leads down a bloody path with deadly consequences.

Show-Score Member Reviews (33)

94%

Absorbing, Enchanting, Exquisite, Masterful

See it if In love Sondheim

Don't see it if You don't like musicals

85%

Absorbing, Clever, Delightful, Enchanting, Entertaining

See it if Sondheim, Broadway classics and genre bending musical

Don't see it if Musicals, blood, pies

86%

Extremely Dark, Musically Gorgeous, Orchestrrally Sublime, Well Acted, Well Sung

See it if you like or can handle a dark horror story, adore musicals, appreciate Sondheim's brilliant but often discordant musicality, like Brit talk.

Don't see it if not getting every word puts you off, you want touristy/glitzy B'way fare/happy endings, dislike Sondheim's sound/concept, abhor horror shows Read more

100%

Absorbing, Ambitious, Clever, Entertaining, I Tense

See it if loved it. clever & I tense with humor great score

Don't see it if intense

100%

Edgy, Entertaining, Great Singing, Great Staging, Masterful

See it if You love Sondheim. This is a must see!

Don't see it if You want a light hearted show.

89%

Absorbing, Clever, Delightful, Enchanting, Entertaining

See it if you like musical shows

Don't see it if you don't like bloody shows

100%

Clever, Entertaining, Great Singing, Must See, Quirky

See it if Great sets, abuzz with ensemble, wonderful score and singers!

Don't see it if Might be grossed our by people pies

86%

Great Acting, Great Singing, Great Staging, Masterful

See it if the singing is really masterful; so much to see and take in with this production; camaraderie with fellow attendees due to set up

Don't see it if you're sensitive to loud noises, looking for something light, dislike even the illusion of violence, don't want to twist to see action

Critic Reviews (2)

"Every song is memorable, every actor significant and how good the collaborative effort to make this one freak of a musical is proven by how devastated you are in the show's final moments. All of this comes together beautifully in Theater2020's production...'Sweeney' takes perfect form in this production that does such a beautiful story proud...I cannot say enough good things about how talented this cast is; it was almost unexpected."
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"See and hear this glorious production before it closes. Theater 2020's cast of 15, under sly and stern direction of Judith Jarosz, goes deep, dark, and downright operatic to pump Wheeler's ghoulish book with enough steam (and steampunk) to speed everyone toward their very sticky destinies...As the eponymous Todd, the powerful David Fuller conjures Sondheim's relentless musical pace, and admirably anchors the company."
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