SWEENEY TODD

SWEENEY TODD

Co-Produced with Opera Memphis

Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Book by Hugh Wheeler

Playhouse on the Square – June 12 – July 12, 2026

Accused of a crime he didn’t commit, Benjamin Barker, a London Barber, is sent to Australia by
the evil Judge Turpin. Now serving a dark and vengeful god, he returns to London 15 years later
and now goes by the name Sweeney Todd. Upon learning of the death of his wife, amongst
other updates while he was away, Sweeney takes it upon himself to seek revenge. Befriending
a lonely crazed woman, he enlists Mrs. Lovett’s help to apply his razor to unlucky customers
while Mrs. Lovett prepares their corpses for her meat-pie shop, but he won’t be satisfied until his
razor finally falls on Turpin. Swing your razor high, Sweeney!