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Masterpiece Theater

It’s almost inconceivable to call a musical that’s not even 30 years old a “masterpiece,” but Stephen Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd (1979) is most definitely that. More than a “musical,” this rich, resonant work is a modern American opera, the best one we’ve had since Jerome Kern’s Show Boat (1927) and…

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