Jan. 22 - Feb. 14, 2010
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Thursdays at 7:30 p.m.
Fridays & Saturdays at 8 p.m.
Sundays at 2 p.m.
Winner of eight Tony Awards, including:
– Best Musical
– Best Original Score
– Best Book of a Musical
The Demon Barber of Fleet Street visits the Fine Arts Center
Reviews:
“The Fine Arts Center made this work every bit as powerful as Sondheim intended. Much of the credit goes to the cast, which was, quite simply, superb.”
— The Gazette
“The Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center’s mammoth new production of Stephen Sondheim’s “Sweeney Todd” is as good as it gets … gruesome, horrible and hilarious – all at once … it’s worth every mile of the drive down Interstate 25.”
— Denver Post
The Fine Arts Center Theatre Company presents Stephen Sondheim’s eight-time Tony Award-winning musical comedy thriller, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Jan. 22 – Feb. 14, at the SaGāJi Theatre.
“Top 10 to Watch” – Denver Post
This suspenseful, heart-pounding masterpiece of murderous “barber-ism” and culinary crime tells the infamous tale of the unjustly exiled barber who returns to 19th century London seeking revenge against the judge who framed him. His thirst for blood soon takes its toll on his unfortunate customers, and the resourceful proprietress of the pie shop downstairs has the people of London lining up in droves for her mysterious new meat pie recipe!
Sweeney Todd – with music and lyrics by Sondheim; book by Hugh Wheeler – 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.
“There is more of artistic energy, creative personality and plain excitement
than in a dozen average musicals.” – New York Times
Sweeney Todd is directed by Alan Osburn, the Producing Artistic Director of the FAC Theatre Company. Osburn has worked as a producer, director, teacher, and actor for over 30 years. At the FAC, he directed Anything Goes, Brighton Beach Memoirs, Biloxi Blues, The Full Monty and Into the Woods, which was nominated for nine Ovation Awards in 2007 by the Denver Post, including Best Musical and Best Director.
Osburn will also star in the role of Sweeney Todd, his first appearance on the SaGāJi Theatre since the 2005 FAC production of She Loves Me. In addition to his other acting credits he was seen as Inspector Javert on Broadway and the National Touring Companies of Les Misérables.
“One of the most highly anticipated and certainly the most ambitious musicals
of this year’s theatre season … ” – The Gazette
“The staff, cast, and crew are so excited about doing this show that there is a buzz that began last April,” said Osburn. “This energy will definitely be transmitted into every detail of the production. It’s not every day you get to do a show that won the Tony Award for: Best Musical, Best Score, Best Book, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Set, … the list goes on and on. It will be something very, very special.”
The Cast:
| Mrs. Lovett | Eryn Carman | Mrs. Potts in Beauty and the Beast |
| Tobias | Sammy Gleason | Beauty and the Beast, A Christmas Survival Guide |
| Anthony | Marco Robinson | Brighton Beach Memoirs, Biloxi Blues, and Broadway Bound |
| Johanna | Ericka Gasper | Ghost of Christmas Past in A Christmas Carol |
| Judge Turpin | Thaddeus Valdez | Tito Morelli in Lend Me A Tenor* (2009 Denver Post Ovation Award nominee) |
| Beggar Woman | Sally Lewis Hybl | Marion Paroo in The Music Man, Cinderella in Into the Woods |
| Beadle | Skip Cockran | Mendel in Upstart Theatre’s Falsettos |
| Pirelli | Ken Robinson | Malcolm in The Full Monty |
A 12-member ensemble includes Natalie Jensen and Brantley Scott Haines (the leads from Beauty and the Beast), Cory Moosman (Dave Bukatinsky in The Full Monty), Aimee Carlisle, Jenn Lennon, Kathleen Malloy, Armour Ratcliffe, Carmen Vreeman, Jonathan Herrara, Jesse Iacovetto, Joe Kinnett, and Patrick Yukman.
The creative team includes Musical Director Roberta Jacyshyn, Christopher L. Sheley (Scenic Designer), Nicole Harrison (Costume Design), Holly Anne Rawls (Lighting Design), Breton Parks Christopherson (Sound Design), Diana Ben Kiki (Wigs), Mary Ripper Baker (Dance and Movement) and Jessica Rose (Properties Master). The production stage manager is Dorothy Heedt.
This production contains graphic violence, adult situations, profanity, and is not suitable for those under the age of 17 or for anyone who is easily offended.
TICKETS & SHOW TIMES:
Thursdays ............................ 7:30 p.m. .................. $26 FAC members; $31 non-members
Fridays & Saturdays ............. 8:00 p.m. .................. $30 FAC members; $35 non-members
Sundays .............................. 2:00 p.m. ................... $26 FAC members; $31 non-members
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