The Franklin Family and Studio East will present the 12th Annual Summer Musical, Sweeney Todd, which will show at 7:30 p.m. July 24, 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. July 25 and 2:30 p.m. July 26 at the Kirkland Performance Center.
This gripping musical thriller with heartbreak, mayhem and bloody good meat pies, features Benjamin Barker, a man unjustly sent to prison by a lecherous judge, vows revenge, not only for that cruel punishment, but for the devastating consequences of what happened to his wife and daughter. When he returns to reopen his barber shop, Barker becomes Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street, who “shaved the faces of gentlemen who never thereafter were heard from again.”
Recommended for ages 13 and up. Tickets are $16. For tickets, call 425-893-9900. For information, visit www.studio-east.org.
