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Hearn and Lansbury in the "Sweeney Todd" touring company:

I have been watching this 1982 production of "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" for almost twenty years on videotape, so releasing it on DVD would be greatly appreciated. The cast features three of the original stars of the 1979 Broadway production: Angela Lansbury in her Tony Award winning role as Mrs. Lovett, Edmund Lyndeck as Judge Turpin, and Ken Jennings as Tobias Ragg. Well, you can also add to this list Cris Groenendaal and Betsy Joslyn, who play the young lovers Anthony Hope and... more info

FINALLY - A DVD!!!:

For years, the recording of this play (done for PBS) had only been produced on VHS. They did that about twenty years ago. If you checked the internet, copies were being auctioned beginning at fifty dollars. Now, finally, this most important of recordings has been made available on DVD with good picture and sound.

Sweeney Todd is, quite easily, one of the Ten Best Broadway Musicals of all time. It is definitely Sondheim's best work. Unfortunately, it looks like there will never be a movie made - but... more info

AT LONG LAST!!!! Sweeney's Back Where He Belongs!:

"Sweeney Todd" has been out of print for many, many years. Video copies went for enormous sums, and I had to settle for an aging video copy I recorded when the show was first aired on television 22 years ago. I understood that there were some copyright issues that stopped the show from being re-released, which have apparently been resolved.

Although I usually curse Warner Brothers for having the worst track record of any major studio for not releasing their extensive library of films to DVD, today I... more info

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