On Stage This Week - "Sweeney Todd"

A terrific show hits Huntington this week - the touring Broadway version of Sweeney Todd: the Demon Barber of Fleet Street.

You can learn more about the hit musical in this story by my pal Dave Lavender. Here's an excerpt:

At the age of 19, Wendy Muir has spent much of her life practicing cello and singing.

Up until a few months ago, the University of Illinois student, who is double majoring in computer science and vocal performance, wasn't sure if all that cello time was going to do anything more than impress friends on Facebook.

Of late, her secret weapon seems to have come in handy, as Muir is playing cello and singing her way across the country performing as part of the tour of the edgy, Tony-Award-winning Stephen Sondheim-penned musical, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.

At 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 5, at the Keith-Albee Performing Arts Center, the Marshall Artists Series welcomes in the tour of the musical that goes down live on stage with 10 musicians and actors recreating the suspense of the 19th century story that stormed Broadway in 2005 and the theaters in 2007 in the Johnny Depp film.

Some tickets are available at $46 and $56.

It's a great show. Don't miss it!