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SWEENEY TODD

THE MAXSWEENEY TODD
Book by Hugh Wheeler
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
From an Adaptation by Christopher Bond
Directed by Eric Schaeffer

Featuring Erin Driscoll, Sherri L. Edelen, Edward Gero, Sam Ludwig, Gregory Maheu, Channez McQuay, Chris  Sizemore and Chris Van Cleave.

Sponsored by the HRH Foundation
With additional support from Tony Garro and Scaffold Resource

The Demon Barber of Fleet Street is back! The first musical ever presented at Signature gets a brand new environmental staging in the MAX Theatre as part of our 20th anniversary season.

No one's work better represents Signature than composer/lyricist Stephen Sondheim's. And Sweeney Todd is Sondheim's masterpiece – with all its gothic gore, lush songs, and romantic melodrama. It's a grand musical that has all the stuff of a classic horror story – betrayal, revenge, madness, and murder.

The "meat" pies will be baking and the blood will be flowing in this thriller musical comedy featuring a celebrated cast of Signature Theatre favorites.

February 9 – April 4, 2010
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For more information on Signature’s new Sweeney, check out this Washington Post article.

THE CAST

Michael Bunce (Pirelli) SIGNATURE: Urinetown, Pacific Overtures. NATIONAL TOURS: The Scarlet Pimpernel, Victor/Victoria (with Toni Tennille). DC AREA: Ford's Theatre: A Christmas Carol, Meet John Doe, One Destiny; Olney: 1776, Anything Goes; Kennedy Center: Regina (with Patti LuPone); Cumberland: Dirty Blonde, The Full Monty, Camping with Henry and Tom, Sweeney Todd. REGIONAL: Geva: Camelot; Barrington: South Pacific. INTERNATIONAL: 42nd Street (Troika Moscow).

 

Jean Cantrell (Ensemble) SIGNATURE: Wings, Into the Woods, Passion, A Little Night Music, The Fix, You're Gonna Love Tomorrow, Sweeney Todd (1999). SIGNATURE IN THE PARK: Company, Mack & Mabel. OFF BROADWAY: Bells are Ringing. DC AREA: Kennedy Center: Kennedy Center Honors, Of Thee I Sing; Washington Opera: Chorus; Olney: The Fifth Season. REGIONAL: Brooklyn Academy of Music: Of Thee I Sing; George Street Playhouse: A Little Night Music, Cinderella, Pinocchio; Music Theatre of Wichita: Mame, George M, The Music Man, Desert Song, Pajama Game, Little Me, Annie Get Your Gun, Carousel, Brigadoon, Pippin, Camelot, Show Boat, New Moon, Fiddler on the Roof, Hello Dolly, The Unsinkable Molly Brown; Coachlight (CT): The King & I, Gigi, Pirates of Penzance. EDUCATION: Master of Performing Arts, Oklahoma City University.

Matt Conner (Ensemble) SIGNATURE: Show Boat (Windy, Capt. Andy u/s), Les Misérables (Thenardier u/s, Monparnasse, Pimp), Kiss of the Spider Woman (Ensemble, Aurelio), Merrily We Roll Along (Scottie), The Witches of Eastwick (Toby), Into the Woods (Steward, Baker u/s), My Fair Lady (Second Cockney), Assassins (John Hinckley, Jr.), Pacific Overtures (Tamate, Lion Dancer), A Funny Thing... Forum (Protean, Hero u/s). COMPOSITIONS: Signature: Nevermore, Partial Eclipse, The Hollow (21/24 Workshop), The Girl from No Man's Land (Incidental music), Crossing (Workshop), GMCW: A Carol Christmas; Creative Cauldron, inc.: Martin: The King of Pizza. DC AREA: Olney: West Side Story (Riff); Synetic Theatre: Oscar Wilde's Salome (Page of Herodias); Toby's: Cats (Mungo Jerrie), Jekyll and Hyde (Spider); Actors Theatre of Washington: Naked Boys Singing. REGIONAL: Open Circle Theatre: Jesus Christ Superstar (Judas). EDUCATION: BFA, Shenandoah Conservatory at Shenandoah University.

 

Erin Driscoll (Johanna) SIGNATURE: The Witches of Eastwick, Into the Woods, Assassins (Helen Hayes Award, Best Musical), Urinetown (2006 Helen Hayes Award, Outstanding Actress). DC AREA: Ford's Theatre: A Christmas Carol; Olney: Cinderella, Anything Goes; Round House Theatre: A Year with Frog and Toad; Kennedy Center: Regina with Patti LuPone (Alexandra Cover). REGIONAL: Arden Theatre: A Year with Frog and Toad, Candide; John W. Engeman Theatre, Long Island: Jekyll and Hyde. EDUCATION: BM, James Madison University. AWARDS: 2006 Roger Sturtevant Award.

 

Sherri L. Edelen (Mrs. Lovett) SIGNATURE: Les Misérables (Helen Hayes Award), Urinetown, Elegies (Helen Hayes nomination), Side Show (Helen Hayes Award). DC AREA: Kennedy Center/Sondheim Celebration: Sunday in the Park with George, Merrily We Roll Along; Shakespeare Theatre: Design for Living; Olney: She Loves Me (Helen Hayes nomination); Rep Stage: Kimberly Akimbo; Round House Theatre: The World Goes 'Round, The Diary of Anne Frank; Arena: Cabaret (Helen Hayes nomination); Theater of the First Amendment: Sing Down the Moon, Perseus Bayou; Ford's Theatre: A Christmas Carol. REGIONAL: NY Fringe Festival: Citizen Ruth; Arden Theatre: Our Town; Caroline, or Change (Barrymore nomination); Philadelphia Theatre Co.: The Light in the Piazza, Elegies (Barrymore nomination); Stages St. Louis: The Music Man, Annie Get Your Gun.

 

Edward Gero (Sweeney Todd) NEW YORK: CSC Repertory Ltd.; South Street Theatre; SoHo Repertory Theatre. DC AREA: Shakespeare Theatre: King Lear, Macbeth, Othello, Hamlet, King John, All's Well That Ends Well, Antony and Cleopatra, Henry VI, Henry IV (Hotspur, Helen Hayes Award), Richard II (Bolingbroke, Helen Hayes Award), Macbeth (Macduff, Helen Hayes Award); Ford's Theatre: A Christmas Carol; Round House Theatre: Nixon's Nixon; Studio Theatre: Shining City, Seafarer, Skylight (Tom Sargeant, Helen Hayes Award); Olney Theatre Center; Arena Stage; Barter Theatre. REGIONAL: Goodman Theater: King Lear; Center Stage, Matchmaker. FILM: Die Hard 2, Striking Distance. TV: 2006 Emmy Award Before the Dinosaurs, Narration. INSTRUCTOR: Professor of Theater, George Mason University; Academy for Classical Acting, Maryland Opera Studios.

 

Sam Ludwig (Tobias Ragg) SIGNATURE: Show Boat, The Hollow (21/24 Workshop)(Ichabod), A Fox on the Fairway Workshop(Justin), Partial Eclipse, Curveball Workshop (Ludwig), Les Misérables. DC AREA: Olney: Big River (Huck), 1776 (Courier); Theatre J: The Playdoh Golem Workshop (Sam); Toby's: La Cage Aux Folles (Jean-Michele), Titanic the Musical (Barrett).

 

Sean Maurice Lynch (Ensemble) SIGNATURE: Show Boat. EDUCATIONAL: Parade (Riley), A Year with Frog and Toad (Lizard), Dreamgirls (Curtis), The Wild Party (Phil), On The Town (Gabey), A New Brain (Roger), Ragtime (Coalhouse u/s).

 

Gregory Maheu (Anthony) NEW YORK: NYMF: The Toymaker. DC AREA: Kennedy Center: Ragtime. REGIONAL: Hangar Theatre: Hair; Heritage Rep: Sunday in the Park with George. EDUCATION: BFA, Elon University.

 

Kevin McAllister (Ensemble) SIGNATURE: Show Boat. NATIONAL TOUR: The Kennedy Center: Phantom Tollbooth (Tollbooth, Azaz). DC AREA: Ford's Theatre: Civil War (u/s with perf.); Toby's: Ragtime (Coalhouse), Phantom of the Opera (Persian), The Full Monty (Horse), The Wizard of Oz (Wizard), Dreamgirls (Curtis), Werther (Bruhlmann). REGIONAL: Artpark: Aida (Mereb); Philadelphia Opera Company: Porgy and Bess. RECORDINGS: Wynton Marsalis' All Rise, Philip Glass Symphony No. 5.

 

Katie McManus (Ensemble) SIGNATURE: The Happy Time (u/s). DC AREA: The Keegan Theatre: RENT, Man of La Mancha; Washington Savoyards: The Music Man; Kennedy Center: Songs of My Family (guest soloist with Gay Men's Chorus of Washington, DC). OTHER DC AREA: 110 in the Shade; Nine; Side Show; The Great American Trailer Park; A New Brain; Into the Woods; Curtains; Urinetown; Company; Musical of Musicals: The Musical!; Honk!; Kiss Me, Kate; The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. EDUCATION: George Mason University, 1996, English Literature and Dance.

 

Channez McQuay (Beggar Woman) SIGNATURE: See What I Wanna See (The Medium and Aunt Monica), Les Misérables (Helen Hayes Award, Outstanding Ensemble), Kiss of the Spider Woman (Molina's Mother), Into the Woods (Stepmother), My Fair Lady (Mrs. Eynsford-Hill), Nevermore (Muddy), Pacific Overtures (Ensemble). DC AREA: Ford's Theatre: Meet John Doe (Betty); Studio Theatre: The Adding Machine (Quartet), The Gifts of the Magi (City Her), Reefer Madness (Mae), Oil City Symphony (Ginger); Olney: Jacques Brel..., Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella (Joy), The Doll Makers Dilemma (Gertrude); Rep Stage: Falsettos (Charlotte); Toby's: Ragtime (Emma, Helen Hayes nomination), Gypsy (Rose), Funny Girl (Fanny), Little Shop of Horrors (Audrey), Fiddler on the Roof (Golde), Pippin (Berthe), Beauty and the Beast (Mrs. Potts).

 

Christopher Mueller (Ensemble) SIGNATURE: The Hollow (21/24 Workshop) (Charles), Giant (Angel u/s), Kiss of the Spider Woman (Warden/Marcos/Esteban u/s), In the Lion's Den (Ulrich Weiss), My Audition Book, Revenge of the Understudies. NEW YORK: The Duplex: Paradise Reading. DC AREA: Arena Stage: Redhand Guitar Workshop; Imagination Stage: Mulan; The Kennedy Center: New Year's Eve at The Kennedy Center, Souvenirs; Keegan Theatre: RENT; The Washington Savoyards: Music Man. EDUCATION: The Catholic University of America, BM; The London Dramatic Academy.

 

Chris Sizemore (Beadle) SIGNATURE: Show Boat, Les Misérables (Enjolras, Helen Hayes nomination, Helen Hayes Award Outstanding Ensemble), Anyone Can Whistle in Concert (Ensemble). DC AREA: Ford's Theatre: Civil War; Olney: 1776 (Edward Rutledge), Fiddler On The Roof (Sasha), Cinderella (The Herald); Toby's: Miss Saigon (Chris/Ensemble), Beauty & The Beast, Grease (Doody), Seussical. REGIONAL: HOT: Carnival, My Fair Lady, Grease; Charleston Light Opera Guild: A Little Night Music (Henrik). NATIONAL TOUR: The Kennedy Center: Roald Dahl's Willy Wonka (Mike TV).

 

Russell Sunday (Ensemble) SIGNATURE: Les Misérables (Helen Hayes Award, Outstanding Ensemble). DC AREA: Studio Theatre: Jerry Springer: The Opera (Chucky); MetroStage: Closer than Ever, The Musical of Musicals; Theatre J: David in Shadow and Light (Goliath); Toby's: Jekyll and Hyde (Jekyll/Hyde, 2003 Helen Hayes nomination), Sweeney Todd (Sweeney Todd), Titanic (Andrews), Aida (Radames), Miss Saigon (Chris), Kiss Me, Kate (Fred), Beauty and the Beast (Gaston & The Beast), Damn Yankees (Young Joe), Annie Get Your Gun (Frank Butler), Carousel (Billy Bigelow).

 

Chris Van Cleave (Judge Turpin) LONDON WEST END: Les Misérables, Chess, Bernadette. BRITISH NATIONAL TOUR: Jesus Christ Superstar. US NATIONAL TOURS: Hair, Jesus Christ Superstar. REGIONAL: Flat Rock Playhouse: Keep On The Sunny Side, The Rainmaker, Sanders Family Christmas; Mountain Playhouse: Smoke On The Mountain; Heritage Repertory: Return To The Forbidden Planet, How To Succeed In Business…; Yoder Barn: Children of Eden; Theater at Lime Kiln: Stonewall Country, Macbeth, Smoke on the Mountain. TELEVISION: A Haunting, Untold Stories of the Navy Seals, Secret Life of Charles Lindbergh. RECORDING: Paramount Records: The Friend Ship; six independent CDs. ORIGINAL SHOWS COMPOSED: The Davidson Affair performed in U.S., U.K., and Holland; Troubadour Knight at UVA; Presence TBA. EDUCATION: University of Virginia, MFA in Acting.

 

Hannah Willman (Ensemble) SIGNATURE: Show Boat, Les Misérables (Helen Hayes Award, Outstanding Ensemble), Anyone Can Whistle in Concert, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas Reading, Open House. DC AREA: Shakespeare Theatre: Will Award gala performance; Imagination Stage: Heidi Workshop; Open Circle Theatre: Evita; Rockville Music Theatre: Into the Woods (WATCH Award), Broadway Treasures, Past and Present; Kensington Arts Theatre: Urinetown, A Funny Thing… Forum; Inaugural Capital Fringe Festival: When I Wake Up. REGIONAL: Astor's Beechwood Mansion, Newport, RI. EDUCATION: Indiana University, Bloomington, 2004, Vocal Performance and Arts Administration.

 

Weslie Woodley (Ensemble) SIGNATURE: Revenge of the Understudies 2, Partial Eclipse Cabaret, See What I Wanna See (u/s), Les Misérables (Helen Hayes Award, Outstanding Ensemble), Anyone Can Whistle in Concert, Kander & Ebb Overtures Cabaret, Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (Staged Reading), Overtures 2007. DC AREA: Keegan Theatre: RENT (Maureen), Studio Theatre 2ndStage: Jerry Springer: The Opera; The Kennedy Center: The Phantom Tollbooth (u/s); American Music Stage: South Pacific. REGIONAL: Civic Light Opera of South Bay Cities: Into The Woods; Hollywood Playhouse: InConcert!. FILM: Meet the Fockers, Thank You For Smoking. 

 

 

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