A major new UK revival of Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street has found its Sweeney! The coveted musical theatre role will be played by West End and Broadway star Ramin Karimloo (The Phantom of the Opera, A Face in the Crowd, Love Never Dies) as Sweeney. Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler's 12-time Tony Award-winning musical will run at the Birmingham Rep in.. Final Scene is the Finale of Sweeney Todd. Everything comes to a culmination in this song, which is appropriate, as it is the finale. Toby, who has discovered Sweeney Todd and Mrs. Lovett's plot, is hiding from them as they search for him, presumably to kill him. Meanwhile, Anthony and Johanna.
Sweeney Todd is a fictional character who first appeared as the villain of the penny dreadful serial The String of Pearls (1846-1847). The original tale became a feature of 19th-century melodrama and London legend. A barber from Fleet Street, Todd murders his customers with a straight razor and gives their corpses to Mrs. Lovett, his partner in crime, who bakes their flesh into meat pies.. Question about Sweeney Todd plot (SPOILERS) I was discussing this with someone the other day and realized I didn't have a clear answer. Is it ever explained within the canon of the musical what Sweeney Todd's (well, Benjamin Barker's) original crime was, ? Was it for murder or something far more petty?