MAT to undertake challenge of Sweeney Todd

Montana Actors’ Theatre is set to perform its most grueling production of the season in “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” which opens Friday at the Atrium Mall.

“Sweeney Todd” is a musical with music and lyrics composed by Stephen Sondheim, based on the book of the same title by Hugh Wheeler. The play is directed by MAT Associate Artistic Director Grant Olson, Ph.D. The plot surrounds the title character, Sweeney Todd, a barber, who seeks revenge on the corrupt Judge Turpin who had Todd imprisoned under false charges and caused the death of Todd’s wife after he...