Sweeney Todd meshes a masterful plot of thrills and unexpected turns together with a beautiful yet haunting score to create a musical experience unlike any other.įollowing last season’s stellar production of South Pacific, Dennis Razze returns to direct a spectacular cast: in addition to Michals and Roscioli, Broadway veteran Christopher Coucill returns to PSF as the antagonistic Judge Turpin. Lovett, Sweeney plots his revenge upon the Judge who falsely convicted him and destroyed his family. Ms.Roscioli’s national tour credits also include the principal role of Grizabella in Cats.īased on an adaptation by Christopher Bond, Sweeney Todd tells the story of a barber who has returned to London after 15 years in a penal colony. Lovett, the meat pie-making accomplice of Sweeney Todd who sparks their diabolical plan. Roscioli, an Easton-area native known for her long run as Elphaba on Broadway, as well as the Chicago, San Francisco, and national touring productions of the hit musical Wicked, will play Mrs. Michals’ credits include both the Beast and Gaston in the Broadway’s Beauty and the Beast, and the national tours of Les Miserables (Javert), The Scarlet Pimpernel (Chauvelin), and The Music Man (Harold Hill). Lovett respectively.Īrriving last summer directly from the Tony Award winning landmark Broadway revival of South Pacific to play the same role, Emile DeBecque, at PSF, Michals returns this summer to take the title role in Sweeney Todd, the famed barber of Fleet Street. The Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival’s 21st season opens Friday with Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, and features William Michals and Dee Roscioli, two prominent Broadway actors, as Sweeney Todd and Mrs.
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