Sweeney Todd

Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm, Sundays at 2pm

July 14 – July 23

SOPAC South Orange Performing Arts Center

                            1 Sopac Way, South Orange, New Jersey 07079

To close our 22nd season in the summer, LONJ presents Stephen Sondheim’s dark-humored musical thriller, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, directed by Jeffrey Fiorello with music direction by Stephen Fox and choreography by Samantha Hahn Simpson. The cast features:

Ken Magos (Maplewood) as Sweeney Todd
Julie Galorenzo (Verona) as Mrs. Lovett
Caitlin Alongi (Westfield) as Johanna
Shane Long (Paramus) as Anthony
Chuck Schneider (Bristol, PA) as Judge Turpin
Carey Gsell (Glen Ridge) as Tobias
Joseph Hill (Whippany) as Beadle
Frank Hughes (Brooklyn, NY) as Pirelli
Ruth Kenote (Nyack, NY) as Beggar Woman/Lucy

Ensemble:
Adelaide Prekopa (Ringwood), Susan Ramirez (Belleville), Jessica Walch (Bloomfield), Morgan Assante (Little Falls), Katie Meo (Clinton), Tracey Haskell (Garwood), Michelle Finnerty (Bernardsville), Joanna Hoty Russell (New Providence), Will Carey (Bloomfield), Jesse Bush (Randolph), Bill Corson (Basking Ridge), Heath Weisberg (Short Hills), Robert Allan (Flanders), Daraius Phillips (Jersey City), Kevin Ohlweiler (Verona), and Michael Smith-Gallo (Montclair).

Returning from exile, Benjamin Barker arrives in London under the name of Sweeney Todd in order to exact his revenge on the judge who exiled him in order to steal his wife. Todd resumes his old residence in his barber shop over the meat pie establishment of Mrs. Lovett. A competing barber, Adolfo Pirelli, recognizes Todd and threatens to reveal him to the authorities, causing Sweeney to kill Pirelli in a rage. When Mrs. Lovett discovers the body, she proposes disposing of it through her meat pies as she hasn’t been able to afford real meat for weeks. Todd and Lovett continue to plot together, throats are slit, and business begins to flourish. Can Todd be stopped before exacting his revenge on the judge? Join us for Halloween in July at SOPAC!

LONJ is a premier operetta, opera, and musical theater company founded in 1995 by William Corson, executive producer, and Lauran Corson, artistic director. To learn more about upcoming productions, visit www.lonj.org.

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