Tag: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Play)

How Sutton Foster Juggled ‘Sweeney Todd’ and ‘Once Upon a Mattress’

How the Broadway star simultaneously mastered leading roles in “Once Upon a Mattress” and “Sweeney Todd.”

The EGOT Winner Behind Sondheim’s Signature Sound

For Jonathan Tunick, an early love of “Tubby the Tuba” led to a career as an orchestrator. He talks about his Sondheim partnership, and creating a sound that “can hint at unspoken secrets.”

Sondheim Was a Critical Darling. Since His Death, He’s a Hitmaker, Too.

The musicals of Stephen Sondheim often struggled at the box office during his lifetime, but since his death several have become huge hits on Broadway.

Best Theater of 2023

Many of the plays and musicals that resonated this year deftly married elements of drama and comedy.