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Curtain Call
Josh Groban and Annaleigh Ashford lead a gloriously gruesome revival of ‘Sweeney Todd’
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. Based on characters that first appeared in Charles Dickens’ penny dreadful serial The String of Pearls, Sondheim found inspiration after seeing a play adaptation, turning the murderer into a Victorian-era revenge tale with tragic consequences.Annaleigh Ashford (Welcome to Chippendales) appears opposite Groban as the moral-lacking pie shop owner Mrs.