The Ballad of Sweeney Todd (Finale) [2023 Broadway Cast Recording]

Stephen Sondheim, Annaleigh Ashford, Maria Bilbao, Sweeney Todd 2023 Broadway Company, Nicholas Christopher, Ruthie Ann Miles, Jordan Fisher, Josh Groban

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Stephen Sondheim

Stephen Joshua Sondheim ( /ˈsɒnd.haɪm/) (born March 22, 1930) is an American composer and lyricist known for his contributions to musical theatre. He is the winner of an Academy Award, eight Tony Awards including the Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre, multiple Grammy Awards, a Pulitzer Prize and the Laurence Olivier Award. Described by Frank Rich of the New York Times as "now the greatest and perhaps best-known artist in the American musical theater", his most famous works include (as composer and lyricist) A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Company, Follies, A Little Night Music, Sweeney Todd, Sunday in the Park with George and Into the Woods. He also wrote the lyrics for West Side Story and Gypsy. more »


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Attend the tale of Sweeney Todd
His skin was pale and his eye was odd

He shaved the faces of gentlemen
Who never thereafter were heard of again

He trod a path that few have trod

Did Sweeney Todd

The demon barber of Fleet Street

He kept a shop in London Town
Of fancy clients and good renown

And what if none of their souls were saved?
They went to their maker impeccably shaved

By Sweeney
By Sweeney Todd

The demon barber of Fleet Street

Swing your razor wide, Sweeney!
Hold it to the skies!
Freely flows the blood of those
Who moralize!

His needs are few, his room is bare
He hardly uses his fancy chair
The more he bleeds, the more he lives
He never forgets and he never forgives
Perhaps today you gave a nod
To Sweeney Todd
The demon barber of Fleet Street

Sweeney wishes the world away
Sweeney's weeping for yesterday
Hugging the blade, waiting the years
Hearing the music that nobody hears
Sweeney waits in the parlor hall
Sweeney leans on the office wall

No one can help, nothing can hide you
Isn't that Sweeney there beside you?

Sweeney wishes the world away
Sweeney's weeping for yesterday
Is Sweeney!
There he is, it's Sweeney!
Sweeney! Sweeney!
Sweeney! Sweeney!
There! There! There! There!
There! There! There!
There!

Attend the tale of Sweeney Todd!

Attend the tale of Sweeney Todd!

He served a dark and a hungry god!

He served a dark and a hungry god!

To seek revenge may lead to hell

But everyone does it, if seldom as well

As Sweeney

As Sweeney Todd
The demon barber of Fleet
Street!

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Written by: Stephen Sondheim

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