The Garden Theatre is proud to present TheatreWorks Florida’s production of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet
Street showing September 12 - October 5, 2014. Sweeney Todd kicks off the Garden Theatre’s 2014-2015 Season and is
sponsored by Joe Worsham and Becky Worsham Farrant at Pacific Global Investment Management Company and by
Insight Credit Union.
Sweeney Todd will be the first live play to use the Garden Theatre’s new state-of-the-art lighting system, which includes
LED lights programmed on a cutting-edge console with the ability to make lightning-fast adjustments, as easy as from
a mobile device. These new elements have been added to intensify the patron experience and immerse them deeper
into the story.
The suspenseful, heart-pounding Stephen Sondheim masterpiece, currently in its 35th anniversary year, tells the infamous
tale of revenge by an unjustly exiled barber returning to 19th century London. His thirst for blood soon includes his unfortunate customers, while a resourceful owner of a pie shop downstairs has the people of London lining up in droves for a
mysterious new meat pie recipe.
Sweeney Todd is directed by Scott A. Cook, the artistic producer of TheatreWorks Florida. It is a definite departure from
Cook’s most recent shows at the Garden Theatre – the musical comedies Nunsense and Legally Blonde. Cook has developed show designs and concepts for companies such as Universal Studios Florida and the Walt Disney World Company,
and won numerous producers’ honors including
the Pierrots Award, Best Musical for Cats at
Theatre Winter Haven in 2006 and 10 awards
including Best of Fest at the 2012 Orlando International Fringe Festival for Little Shop of Horrors.
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