Sweeney Todd
Opera Tampa Ferguson Hall Tampa, FL
Lighting design for the 2023 production of Sweeney Todd at Opera Tampa, directed by Dean Anthony.
About the Lighting Design
The design was an exercise in diagonals. Diagonal backlights cut the stage from upstage corners to downstage opposites, slashing across actors in a way that read like a blade. Tight specials caught faces with the same logic. A single sharp diagonal beam carries a much harsher meaning than any soft wash, and the show wanted harshness. The whole rig was tuned to deliver that single recurring visual move at every moment of emotional intensity.
- Book
- Hugh Wheeler
- Music and Lyrics
- Stephen Sondheim
- From an adaptation by
- Christopher Bond
- Orchestrations
- Jonathan Tunick
- Director
- Dean Anthony
- Scenic Designer
- Scott Cooper
- Costume Designer
- Howard Kaplan
- Lighting Designer
- Mike Wood
- Associate Lighting Designer
- Will Elphingstone
- Production Electrician
- Jesse Perkins
About the Show
Sweeney Todd, an unjustly exiled barber, returns to nineteenth century London, seeking vengeance against the lecherous judge who framed him and ravaged his young wife. The road to revenge leads Todd to Mrs. Lovett, a resourceful proprietress of a failing pie shop, above which he opens a new barber practice. Mrs. Lovett's luck sharply shifts when Todd's thirst for blood inspires the integration of an ingredient into her meat pies that has the people of London lining up and the carnage has only just begun!
Source: MTI
Cast
Timothy Mix as Sweeney ToddMelissa Misener as Mrs. LovettMichael Pandolfo as Anthony HopeAdelmo Guidarelli as Judge TurpinAlec Brown as Tobias RaggRicky Marenda as Beadle BamfordAlix Faulhaber as Beggar Woman / Lucy BarkerSean StorkRobin StamperLauren WilliamsRussell Gant as ensemble