Jason Donovan "SWEENEY TODD" Stephen Sondheim 2006 Brighton, England Playbill

Description

This is a beautiful January 2006 programme (playbill) from the first stop of the 2006 Provincial Tour of the STEPHEN SONDHEIM and HUGH WHEELER musical thriller "SWEENEY TODD" ("The Demon Barber of Fleet Street") at the Theatre Royal in Brighton, England. (The second London revival of "Sweeney Todd" opened July 27th, 2004 at Trafalgar Studios, transferred on October 13th, 2004 to the New Ambassadors Theatre and ran for almost four months, closing February 5th, 2005. This tour opened January 31st, 2006 in Brighton and followed with stops in
Milton Keynes, Richmond, Woking, Manchester, Bromley, Stoke-on-Trent, Glasgow, York, Wycombe and Birmingham, closing April 22nd, 2006 in Plymouth
.) ..... The production starred JASON DONOVAN as "The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" and HARRIET THORPE as "Mrs. Lovett" and featured GREG BARNETT, OLIVER BEAMISH, PETER HEAD, JOANNA HICKMAN, MATTHEW RUTHERFORD, JAMES SPILLING and SUSANNAH VAN DEN BERG ..... CREDITS: Music and Lyrics by STEPHEN SONDHEIM ("A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Forum", "West Side Story", "Gypsy", "Company", "Follies", "Merrily We Roll Along", "Do I Hear a Waltz?", "A Little Night Music", "Sweeney Todd", "Pacific Overtures", "Sunday in the Park With George", "Into the Woods", "Passion", "Assassins"); Book by HUGH WHEELER from an adaptation by CHRISTOPHER BOND; Sets and Costumes designed by JOHN DOYLE; Musical Direction by SARAH TRAVIS; Directed by JOHN DOYLE; Produced by AMBASSADOR THEATRE GROUP, TULBART PRODUCTIONS and THEATRE ROYAL BRIGHTON PRODUCTIONS ..... DETAILS: The forty page playbill measures 6 3/4" X 9 3/4" inches and includes full production credits, cast list, photos and bios of each of the actors, bios of each member of the creative team, a chronology of the Life and Works of Stephen Sondheim and an extensive history of the musical ..... CONDITION: This playbill is in excellent condition and will make a wonderful addition to the collection of any musical theatre aficionado or historian. This item will be carefully packaged in a protective, carded sleeve and backed by stiff cardboard.