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* CrapsackWorld: Just about every character is an extreme {{jerkass}} at best or complete sociopath at worse. Johanna, Toby, and to a lesser extent the Beggar Woman[[spoiler/Lucy]] are [[ExtremeDoormat victims pushed into unhappy compliance]]. Only NiceGuy Anthony manages to be decent and entirely stable at the same time.
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* CrapsackWorld: Just about every character is an extreme {{jerkass}} at best or complete sociopath at worse. Johanna, Toby, and to a lesser extent the Beggar Woman[[spoiler/Lucy]] Woman[[spoiler:/Lucy]] are [[ExtremeDoormat victims pushed into unhappy compliance]]. Only NiceGuy Anthony manages to be decent and entirely stable at the same time.
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* CrapsackWorld: With one or two possible exceptions, every character is either a complete sociopath or an ExtremeDoormat.
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* CrapsackWorld: With one or two possible exceptions, Just about every character is either a an extreme {{jerkass}} at best or complete sociopath or an ExtremeDoormat.at worse. Johanna, Toby, and to a lesser extent the Beggar Woman[[spoiler/Lucy]] are [[ExtremeDoormat victims pushed into unhappy compliance]]. Only NiceGuy Anthony manages to be decent and entirely stable at the same time.
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A Broadway revival- the first full-scale version on Broadway since the original production[[note]]The now-defunct New York City Opera produced the original Harold Prince staging multiple times between the 1980s and the early 2010s, and there have been two very pared-down Broadway revivals as well as two major concert stagings with the New York Philharmonic as well as an even ‘’more’’ scaled-down version performed off-Broadway in an actual pie shop- but this is the first to be ‘’on Broadway specifically’’, with a full-sized ensemble and orchestra and fully fleshed-out sets and costumes, since the original closed in 1980.[[/note]] is set to open on March 26, 2023 (after beginning previews on February 26) and will feature Music/JoshGroban as Sweeney, with ''Theatre/KinkyBoots'' and ''Series/MastersOfSex'' star Creator/AnnaleighAshford as Mrs. Lovett, Creator/JordanFisher as Anthony, and ''Series/StrangerThings'''s Creator/GatenMatarazzo as Toby.
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A Broadway revival- the first full-scale version on Broadway since the original production[[note]]The now-defunct New York City Opera produced the original Harold Prince staging multiple times between the 1980s and the early 2010s, and there have been two very pared-down Broadway revivals as well as two major concert stagings with the New York Philharmonic as well as an even ‘’more’’ more scaled-down version performed off-Broadway in an actual pie shop- but this is the first to be ‘’on on Broadway specifically’’, specifically, with a full-sized ensemble and orchestra and fully fleshed-out sets and costumes, since the original closed in 1980.[[/note]] is set to open on March 26, 2023 (after beginning previews on February 26) and will feature Music/JoshGroban as Sweeney, with ''Theatre/KinkyBoots'' and ''Series/MastersOfSex'' star Creator/AnnaleighAshford as Mrs. Lovett, Creator/JordanFisher as Anthony, and ''Series/StrangerThings'''s Creator/GatenMatarazzo as Toby.
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A Broadway revival- the first full-scale version on Broadway since the original production[[note:The production[[note]]The now-defunct New York City Opera produced the original Harold Prince staging multiple times between the 1980s and the early 2010s, and there have been two very pared-down Broadway revivals as well as two major concert stagings with the New York Philharmonic as well as an even ‘’more’’ scaled-down version performed off-Broadway in an actual pie shop- but this is the first to be ‘’on Broadway specifically’’, with a full-sized ensemble and orchestra and fully fleshed-out sets and costumes, since the original closed in 1980]] 1980.[[/note]] is set to open on March 26, 2023 (after beginning previews on February 26) and will feature Music/JoshGroban as Sweeney, with ''Theatre/KinkyBoots'' and ''Series/MastersOfSex'' star Creator/AnnaleighAshford as Mrs. Lovett, Creator/JordanFisher as Anthony, and ''Series/StrangerThings'''s Creator/GatenMatarazzo as Toby.
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The original Broadway production went up in 1979 at the Uris Theatre. It was directed by Harold Prince and starred Creator/LenCariou as Sweeney Todd and Creator/AngelaLansbury as Mrs. Lovett. It has since been the subject of many revivals and concerts, and is widely considered Sondheim's masterpiece. Since the 2005 revival and release of [[Film/SweeneyToddTheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet the Tim Burton film version]], it has become even more popular than ''Theatre/IntoTheWoods''.
A Broadway revival- the first full-scale version since the original production- is set to open on March 26, 2023 (after beginning previews on February 26) and will feature Music/JoshGroban as Sweeney, with ''Theatre/KinkyBoots'' and ''Series/MastersOfSex'' star Creator/AnnaleighAshford as Mrs. Lovett, Creator/JordanFisher as Anthony, and ''Series/StrangerThings'''s Creator/GatenMatarazzo as Toby.
A Broadway revival- the first full-scale version since the original production- is set to open on March 26, 2023 (after beginning previews on February 26) and will feature Music/JoshGroban as Sweeney, with ''Theatre/KinkyBoots'' and ''Series/MastersOfSex'' star Creator/AnnaleighAshford as Mrs. Lovett, Creator/JordanFisher as Anthony, and ''Series/StrangerThings'''s Creator/GatenMatarazzo as Toby.
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The original Broadway production went up in 1979 at the Uris Theatre. It was directed by Harold Prince and starred Creator/LenCariou as Sweeney Todd and Creator/AngelaLansbury as Mrs. Lovett. It has since been the subject of many revivals and concerts, and is widely considered Sondheim's masterpiece. Since the 2005 revival and release of [[Film/SweeneyToddTheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet the Tim Burton film version]], it has become even more popular than ''Theatre/IntoTheWoods''.
A Broadway revival- the first full-scale version on Broadway since the originalproduction- production[[note:The now-defunct New York City Opera produced the original Harold Prince staging multiple times between the 1980s and the early 2010s, and there have been two very pared-down Broadway revivals as well as two major concert stagings with the New York Philharmonic as well as an even ‘’more’’ scaled-down version performed off-Broadway in an actual pie shop- but this is the first to be ‘’on Broadway specifically’’, with a full-sized ensemble and orchestra and fully fleshed-out sets and costumes, since the original closed in 1980]] is set to open on March 26, 2023 (after beginning previews on February 26) and will feature Music/JoshGroban as Sweeney, with ''Theatre/KinkyBoots'' and ''Series/MastersOfSex'' star Creator/AnnaleighAshford as Mrs. Lovett, Creator/JordanFisher as Anthony, and ''Series/StrangerThings'''s Creator/GatenMatarazzo as Toby.
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* MomentKiller: Anthony walks into the barbershop for one of his trademark [[WhatAnIdiot interruptions]] right after Mrs. Lovett suggests to Sweeney that they can "have a life together."
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* MomentKiller: Anthony walks into the barbershop for one of his trademark [[WhatAnIdiot interruptions]] interruptions right after Mrs. Lovett suggests to Sweeney that they can "have a life together."
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* DirtyOldMan: Judge Turpin is an extremely evil example, supposedly raping Johanna and planning to have a WifeHusbandry with her.
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* {{Determinator}}: Sweeney has a one-track mind where revenge is concerned.
** Anthony is a positive, contrasting example, similarly set on rescuing Johanna.
* DirtyOldMan: Judge Turpin is an extremely evil example,supposedly raping Johanna and planning intent on forcing Johanna- his own ward, who calls him "Father", [[WifeHusbandry to have a WifeHusbandry with her.marry him]].
** Anthony is a positive, contrasting example, similarly set on rescuing Johanna.
* DirtyOldMan: Judge Turpin is an extremely evil example,
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** Lightly hinted at in the reprise of "Johanna"; Sweeney talks about how beautiful he thinks Johanna probably is, and that she might "look too much" like Lucy, and that maybe it's better that they don't meet again. Although maybe he's just saying that having a living reminder of her would make him miss Lucy too much.
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** Lightly Possibly lightly hinted at in the reprise of "Johanna"; Sweeney talks about how beautiful he thinks Johanna probably is, and that she might "look too much" like Lucy, and that maybe it's better that they don't meet again. Although On the other hand, maybe he's just saying that having a living reminder of her would make him miss Lucy too much.much- he's never seen Johanna as a young woman, after all, so she's even more of a shadow to him than Lucy's memory is.
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* TheIngenue: Johanna, though she's an unusually brittle and cynical example. [[spoiler:Her time in Fogg's Asylum moves her further from the trope, though how so varies from production to production- in some of them, she winds up TheOphelia, while in others she ends up [[TookALevelInBadass stronger and more defiant from having nothing left to lose]].
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* TheIngenue: Johanna, though she's an unusually brittle and cynical example. [[spoiler:Her time in Fogg's Asylum moves her even further from the trope, though how so varies from production to production- in some of them, she winds up TheOphelia, while in others she ends up [[TookALevelInBadass stronger and more defiant from having nothing left to lose]].lose]]]].
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** Johanna is the only member of her family who goes to an [[BedlamHouse insane asylum]], but she's also the only member of her family who hasn't gone irreparably insane. (The lyrics in "Kiss Me" imply that she is at least very anxious, probably clinically so- "It was a gate, it's the gate... --We don't have a gate!"- and some productions do depict her as [[GoAmongMadPeople going a little insane in the asylum]], but the libretto, for the record, limits the description of her mood after her escape to "excited and chatty", and she's clearly in control of her faculties in escaping from Sweeney in the end.)
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** Johanna is the only member of her family who goes to an [[BedlamHouse insane asylum]], but she's also the only member of her family who hasn't gone irreparably insane.insane [[spoiler:as far as we can tell]]. (The lyrics in "Kiss Me" imply that she is at least very anxious, probably clinically so- "It was a gate, it's the gate... --We don't have a gate!"- and some productions do depict her as [[GoAmongMadPeople going a little insane in the asylum]], but the libretto, for the record, limits the description of her mood after her escape to "excited and chatty", and she's clearly in control of her faculties in escaping from Sweeney in the end.)
* TheMourningAfter: No matter how hard Mrs. Lovett tries, she'll never take Lucy's place in Sweeney's broken heart.
** Played with in the 2023 Broadway revival, where Sweeney is just as fixated on revenging Lucy but is more gentle and affectionate toward Mrs. Lovett than in most versions, and seems resigned toward eventually marrying and retiring to the seaside with her, which seems like a HopeSpot until one remembers ''this'' Mrs. Lovett is a pretty blonde, probably around the same age Lucy would be. ReplacementGoldfish, anyone?
** Played with in the 2023 Broadway revival, where Sweeney is just as fixated on revenging Lucy but is more gentle and affectionate toward Mrs. Lovett than in most versions, and seems resigned toward eventually marrying and retiring to the seaside with her, which seems like a HopeSpot until one remembers ''this'' Mrs. Lovett is a pretty blonde, probably around the same age Lucy would be. ReplacementGoldfish, anyone?
* ReplacementGoldfish: Johanna seems to be this to Judge Turpin, in VillainousCrush fashion, for her mother (and his onetime rape victim), Lucy
** In a twist exclusive to the 2023 Broadway revival, Sweeney is unusually affectionate towards and openly fond of Mrs. Lovett compared to most other productions. But then again, she's played as a pretty blonde in her mid-to-late thirties, just like Lucy would have been had Turpin never torn their family apart...
** In a twist exclusive to the 2023 Broadway revival, Sweeney is unusually affectionate towards and openly fond of Mrs. Lovett compared to most other productions. But then again, she's played as a pretty blonde in her mid-to-late thirties, just like Lucy would have been had Turpin never torn their family apart...
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* TraumaticHaircut: Johanna is threatened with one of these in the asylum. Some productions actually go through with it. [[spoiler: And in turn, it's sometimes subverted- it's a lot easier to shoot the asylum keeper and escape without knee-length hair weighing you down!]]
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* TraumaticHaircut: Johanna is threatened with one of these in the asylum. Some productions actually go through with it. [[spoiler: And in turn, it's sometimes subverted- subverted in the productions that include this- it's a lot easier to shoot the asylum keeper and escape without knee-length hair weighing you down!]]down, and there's little evidence that Johanna herself cares as much about her hair as the men in her life do!]]
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* AltoVillainess: Mrs. Lovett is usually played by an alto singer and she's more or less just as despicable the other villains in the show.
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* AltoVillainess: Mrs. Lovett is usually played by an alto singer and a contralto. Averted, however, in the 2023 Broadway production, where she's more or less just as despicable the other villains in the show.played by soprano Annaleigh Ashford.
**Especially prominent in the 2023 Broadway production, where Josh Groban plays him straightforwardly as a WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds. After he [[spoiler:kills the Judge]], he looks as though he's not sure what to do with the rest of his life.
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* {{Bowdlerise}}: Music Theatre International licenses a high school friendly version of the show that features toned down lyrics, gore, and slight key changes to accommodate younger singers.
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* TheIngenue: Johanna, at least until some time in the asylum.
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* IWasQuiteALooker: Lucy Barker was once super lovely to look at. [[spoiler:Compare her to the Beggar Woman she is now and you'll see the difference.]] Benjamin Barker, was also quite dashing so his appearance as Sweeney is super unnerving compared to back in the day.
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* IWasQuiteALooker: Lucy Benjamin Barker was once super lovely to look at. [[spoiler:Compare her to the Beggar Woman she is now and you'll see the difference.]] Benjamin Barker, was also quite dashing dashing, so his appearance as Sweeney is super unnerving compared to back in the day.day.
** [[spoiler:The Beggar Woman, who ranges from merely filthy, ragged and insane but still recognizably an UnkemptBeauty to outright disfigured depending on the production, is the once-beautiful Lucy Barker all along.]]
* ItGetsEasier: A large part of the 2023 Broadway revival. Neither Sweeney or Mrs. Lovett are particularly insane compared to other versions, but it gets easier and easier to ignore their consciences in the pursuit of revenge and love and material comfort, respectively.
** [[spoiler:The Beggar Woman, who ranges from merely filthy, ragged and insane but still recognizably an UnkemptBeauty to outright disfigured depending on the production, is the once-beautiful Lucy Barker all along.]]
* ItGetsEasier: A large part of the 2023 Broadway revival. Neither Sweeney or Mrs. Lovett are particularly insane compared to other versions, but it gets easier and easier to ignore their consciences in the pursuit of revenge and love and material comfort, respectively.
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* LightIsNotGood: Mrs. Lovett in the 2023 Broadway revival is a petite blonde who favors modest pastel dresses.
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* TraumaticHaircut: Johanna is threatened with one of these in the asylum. Some productions actually go through with it. [[spoiler: And in turn, it's sometimes subverted- it's a lot easier to shoot the asylum keeper and escape without knee-length hair weighing you down!]]
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* SpannerInTheWorks: The story would have been a ''lot'' shorter if Anthony hadn't apparently competed in a [[WhatAnIdiot "say something incriminating as quickly as possible" contest.]]
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* SpannerInTheWorks: The story would have been a ''lot'' shorter if Anthony hadn't apparently competed in a [[WhatAnIdiot "say something incriminating as quickly as possible" contest.]]
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* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:By the end, the only cast members alive are Toby, Johanna and Anthony. Johanna and Anthony still have nowhere to go and the guards are likely to take them in for questioning. Toby is completely mad and just committed murder so he's probably heading to prison or the madhouse.]]
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* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:By the end, the only cast members alive are Toby, Johanna and Anthony. Johanna Johanna, and Anthony still have nowhere to go and the guards are likely to take them in for questioning. Toby is completely mad and just committed murder so he's probably heading to prison or the madhouse.madhouse. Depending on the staging, Johanna and Anthony may also be on the brink of arrest, though some versions avert this.]]
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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Stagings that don't go full BolivianArmyEnding for [[spoiler:Anthony and Johanna]] often have them do this instead [[spoiler:before they manage to enter the bakehouse along with the police]].
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* EvilSoundsDeep: Sweeney is a bass-baritone and Judge Turpin a bass. On the other hand, the Beadle and Pirelli are both high Tenors. This is countered out with Anthony's high, innocent tones.
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* EvilSoundsDeep: Sweeney is a bass-baritone and Judge Turpin a bass. On the other hand, the Beadle and Pirelli are both high Tenors. This is countered out with Toby's high, innocent tones and Anthony's high, innocent tones.warm lyric baritone.
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* TenorBoy: Anthony is a surprising aversion (except in the movie, where his part was transposed higher). Despite perfectly fitting the character archetype- the young, naive, innocent male half of the OfficialCouple alongside the InnocentSoprano with whom he falls in LoveAtFirstSight- he's written as a baritone (the same voice type as Sweeney himself). While he has been played by many tenors in musical theatre productions, the part still requires an extensive low range that lies outside of the usual purview of the trope (a "baritenor" voice, as it's often called), and in opera house stagings he's ''always'' sung by a true baritone.
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* TenorBoy: Anthony is a surprising aversion (except in the movie, where his part was transposed higher). Despite perfectly fitting the character archetype- the young, naive, innocent male half of the OfficialCouple alongside the InnocentSoprano with whom he falls in LoveAtFirstSight- he's written as a baritone (the same voice type as Sweeney himself). While he has been played by many tenors in musical theatre productions, the part still requires an extensive low range that lies outside of the usual purview of the trope (a "baritenor" voice, as it's often called), and in opera house stagings he's ''always'' sung by a true baritone.baritone (albeit typically a lyric baritone- see UsefulNotes/VoiceTypes).
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* TenorBoy: Anthony is a surprising aversion (except in the movie, where his part was transposed higher). Despite perfectly fitting the character archetype- the young, naive, innocent male half of the OfficialCouple alongside the InnocentSoprano with whom he falls in LoveAtFirstSight- he's written as a baritone (the same voice type as Sweeney himself). While he has been played by many tenors in musical theatre productions, the part still requires an extensive low range that lies outside of the usual purview of the trope (a "baritenor" voice, as it's often called), and in opera house stagings he's ''always'' sung by a true baritone.
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A Broadway revival- the first full-scale version since the original production- is set to open on March 26, 2023 (after beginning previews on February 26) and will feature Music/JoshGroban as Sweeney, with ''Theatre/KinkyBoots'' and ''Series/MastersOfSex'' star Annaleigh Creator/Annaleigh Ashford as Mrs. Lovett, Creator/JordanFisher as Anthony, and ''Series/StrangerThings'''s Creator/GatenMatarazzo as Toby.
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* BlackComedyCannibalism: The ''reason'' "A Little Priest" is so funny; it's all puns about how people will taste based on their profession. "God, That's Good" as well.
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* DeathSeeker: Some productions will have [[spoiler: Sweeney deliberately open up his collar so Toby has a clear swipe of his throat.]]
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* {{Bowdlerise}}: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweeney_Todd:_The_Demon_Barber_of_Fleet_Street#School_Edition The Other Wiki]] has details on the high school-appropriate version of this show.
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* {{Bowdlerise}}: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweeney_Todd:_The_Demon_Barber_of_Fleet_Street#School_Edition The Other Wiki]] has details on the Music Theatre International licenses a high school-appropriate school friendly version of this show.the show that features toned down lyrics, gore, and slight key changes to accommodate younger singers.
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* EvilVersusEvil: A StrawNihilist SerialKiller with a [[WeaponOfChoice razor]] who [[ImAHumanitarian has his fellow human victims baked into pies]] with the help of a ruthless {{Yandere}} StepfordSmiler, against a HangingJudge [[DirtyOldMan Pervert]] whose backstory includes {{rap|eIsASpecialKindOfEvil}}ing the [[SerialKiller serial killer's]] [[ItsPersonal wife]], and whose introduction is a KickTheDog--he [[KangarooCourt has the title character transported for life]] so that he could have his wife for himself. His [[TheDragon "best friend"]] sees nothing wrong with any of this and is quite content to help him [[{{Squick}} seduce the]] daughter, who the judge [[WifeHusbandry has adopted as his own]].
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* EvilVersusEvil: A StrawNihilist SerialKiller with a [[WeaponOfChoice razor]] razor who [[ImAHumanitarian has his fellow human victims baked into pies]] with the help of a ruthless {{Yandere}} StepfordSmiler, against a HangingJudge [[DirtyOldMan Pervert]] whose backstory includes {{rap|eIsASpecialKindOfEvil}}ing the [[SerialKiller serial killer's]] [[ItsPersonal wife]], and whose introduction is a KickTheDog--he [[KangarooCourt has the title character transported for life]] so that he could have his wife for himself. His [[TheDragon "best friend"]] sees nothing wrong with any of this and is quite content to help him [[{{Squick}} seduce the]] daughter, who the judge [[WifeHusbandry has adopted as his own]].
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* WeaponOfChoice: Sweeney's razors used to slit his victims' throats.
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** Ironically, neither did Edmund Lyndeck as Judge Turpin.
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* {{Retraux}}: Christopher Bond's play, while expanding Todd's motivations from the original Victorian melodramas, is written in the style of a Victorian play, with deliberately old-fashioned devices like having Todd deliver long [[{{Soliloquy}} soliloquies]]. This is toned down in the musical version, where the soliloquies are mostly cut or turned into songs.
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The original Broadway production went up in 1979 at the Uris Theatre. It was directed by Harold Prince and starred Creator/LenCariou as Sweeney Todd and Creator/AngelaLansbury as Mrs. Lovett. It has since been the subject of many revivals and concerts, and is widely considered Sondheim's masterpiece. Since the latest revival and release of [[Film/SweeneyToddTheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet the Tim Burton film version]], it has become even more popular than ''Theatre/IntoTheWoods''.
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The original Broadway production went up in 1979 at the Uris Theatre. It was directed by Harold Prince and starred Creator/LenCariou as Sweeney Todd and Creator/AngelaLansbury as Mrs. Lovett. It has since been the subject of many revivals and concerts, and is widely considered Sondheim's masterpiece. Since the latest 2005 revival and release of [[Film/SweeneyToddTheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet the Tim Burton film version]], it has become even more popular than ''Theatre/IntoTheWoods''.
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* CrusadingWidower: Sweeney's motivation to kill comes from his dead wife and his daughter who, while not dead, is taken away from him.
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* CrusadingWidower: CrusadingWidow: Sweeney's motivation to kill comes from his dead wife and his daughter who, while not dead, is taken away from him.
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** Some productions do manage to subvert this outright by implying Johanna and Anthony sleep together during "Ladies in Their Sensitivities", meaning they, the only characters ''shown'' to have [[GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex normal, healthy sex]], are the only ones left alive in the end.
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** Some productions do manage to subvert this outright by implying Johanna and Anthony sleep together during "Ladies in Their Sensitivities", meaning they, the only characters ''shown'' to have [[GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex normal, healthy sex]], sex, are the only ones left alive in the end.
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* MurderByCremation: [[spoiler:Mrs. Lovett]].
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* MurderByCremation: [[spoiler:Mrs. Lovett]].[[spoiler:Todd throws Mrs. Lovett into her own piping hot oven]].
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* {{Bowdlerise}}: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweeney_Todd:_The_Demon_Barber_of_Fleet_Street#School_Edition The Other Wiki]] has details on the high school-appropriate version of this show.
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* {{Bowdlerise}}: [[http://en.[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweeney_Todd:_The_Demon_Barber_of_Fleet_Street#School_Edition The Other Wiki]] has details on the high school-appropriate version of this show.
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* CagedBirdMetaphor: Johannah is associated with her birds. She sings [[IWantSong a song]] wondering why they are inspired to sing even in captivity, eventually making it clear that she is not just talking about them--she has spent nearly her entire life as a prisoner in Judge Turpin's mansion:
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* CagedBirdMetaphor: Johannah Johanna is associated with her birds. She sings [[IWantSong a song]] wondering why they are inspired to sing even in captivity, eventually making it clear that she is not just talking about them--she has spent nearly her entire life as a prisoner in Judge Turpin's mansion:
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* TheCloudcuckoolanderWasRight: The Beggar Woman is the only one to suspect the crimes of Sweeney and Lovett.
* CompanionCube: Sweeney always makes sure his razors are by his side. [[spoiler:He leaves his room during the finale but returns to pick one up, which causes him to see a disguise Johanna which causes him to target her, unaware that ''this person is his daughter''.]]
* CompanionCube: Sweeney always makes sure his razors are by his side. [[spoiler:He leaves his room during the finale but returns to pick one up, which causes him to see a disguise Johanna which causes him to target her, unaware that ''this person is his daughter''.]]
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* CounterpointDuet: "My Friends", "A Little Priest", "God That's Good!" and "Final Scene" all count, while "Kiss Me/Ladies In Their Sensitivities" and the Act 2 reprise of "Johanna" are [[CounterpointDuet Counterpoint]] ''Quartets''!
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* CounterpointDuet: "My Friends", "A Little Priest", "God "God, That's Good!" and "Final Scene" all count, while "Kiss Me/Ladies In Their Sensitivities" and the Act 2 reprise of "Johanna" are [[CounterpointDuet Counterpoint]] {{Counterpoint|Duet}} ''Quartets''!
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* TheCuckoolanderWasRight: The Beggar Woman is the only one to suspect the crimes of Sweeney and Lovett.
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* CounterpointDuet: "My Friends", "A Little Priest", "God That's Good!" and "Final Scene" all count, while "Kiss Me/Ladies In Their Sensitivities" and the Act 2 reprise of "Johanna" are [[CounterpointDuet Counterpoint]] ''[[UpToEleven Quartets]]''!
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* CounterpointDuet: "My Friends", "A Little Priest", "God That's Good!" and "Final Scene" all count, while "Kiss Me/Ladies In Their Sensitivities" and the Act 2 reprise of "Johanna" are [[CounterpointDuet Counterpoint]] ''[[UpToEleven Quartets]]''!''Quartets''!
