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 This
summer, the Un-Common Theatre Company’s Young Adult group is excited
to present “Sweeney Todd – The Demon Barber of Fleet St.” The
talented cast of 29 will present this novel show Thursday July 17
through Sunday July 20 at the Orpheum Theatre in Foxboro Ma.
Recently revived on Broadway it received 10 Tony
awards and was the subject of the current movie staring Johnny Depp.
This show is rarely performed, partly due to the complicated and
brilliant musical score.
The Moss Hart Award winning directorial team of
Christa Crewdson of Belmont, Ma (Director) and Chris Charig of
Arlington, Ma (Musical Director) and this year with assistant
Musical Director Linda Barbieri (Attleboro, Ma) are excited to
present this rare musical thriller, showcasing Stephen Sondheim and
Hugh Wheeler’s chilling, suspenseful, and heart-pounding masterpiece
of murderous barber-ism and culinary crime.
Sweeny Todd (Brandon Grimes, Milton, MA) the barber unjustly exiled
to an Australian penal colony returns to 19th century London seeking
revenge against the lecherous Judge Turpin (Seth Chitwood,
Barrington, RI) who framed him and ravaged his young wife. His
thirst for blood soon expands to include his unfortunate customers,
and the resourceful proprietress of the pie shop downstairs Mrs.
Lovett (Brittany Robertson, Mansfield, MA) soon has the people of
London lining up in droves with her mysterious new meat pie recipe!
The plot twists and turns with a plethora of
intriguing characters including Adolfo Pirelli (Jake Zentis,
Framingham, MA) who recognizes Todd as an escaped convict and is one
of the first to experience the demented barber’s wrath; the faithful
Beadle Bamford (Sam Eckmann, Beverly, MA); the young lovers Anthony
Hope (Regan Featherstone, Ashland, MA) and Johanna Barker (Brittney
Santoro, Cranston, RI); and the naïve Tobias, (Rob Gabriel,
Franklin, MA) who unwittingly helps Mrs. Lovett bake her popular
meat pies containing a ghastly secret ingredient.
For Cast List click
HERE
Sophisticated, chilling, visceral and
uncompromising, “Sweeney Todd” has a great sense of fun, mixing
intense drama with howlingly funny moments of dark humor; audiences
find themselves laughing hysterically one moment and gasping in
surprise the next. (Note: This production is recommended for ages 13
and up.) The production will take place at
the Orpheum Theater in Foxboro, Ma on Thursday July 17, Friday July
18, Saturday July 19 at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday July 20 at 2:00 p.m.
 Presale
ticket prices are Adults $20 Students & Seniors $15. and are
available 24/7 by calling Brown Paper Tickets (800) 838-3006 or on
line at
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/37194
. Door ticket prices will be Adults $22
Students & Seniors $17. For information on Handicapped and Un-Common
Member tickets please call The Un-Common Theatre Co. at
(508)698-3098.
The Un-Common Theatre Co. is currently in its 29th
season of providing a safe, exciting and creative place for children
and adolescents to develop life skills through exposure to the
professional theatrical experience.
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The
Consortium of Boston Area Children’s Theatres presents the 2008
Children’s Theatre Festival: a day-long event featuring four shows,
educational theatre workshops, improvisational comedy, and the
chance to experience and celebrate live children’s theatre. This
non-competitive festival brings together seven Boston-area
children’s theatre companies to perform an artistic variety of
diverse performances suitable for audiences of all ages.