Broadway Across America sends along a quiz for Stephen Sondheim and “Sweeney Todd” fans:
Test your knowledge on the Demon Barber and the musical genius who made him famous!
**First response with a perfect score wins a “Sweeney Todd” soundtrack CD. Warble along with Johnny Depp!
1. Sweeney Todd was the name of a Canadian rock bank in the 1970’s, which notably included this well-known pop singer.
2. Stephen Sondheim shares his birthday (March 22) with this fellow musical composer.
3. Many of the titles of songs in Sondheim’s musicals have been used as episode titles for this popular ABC TV series.
4. This 2006 Golden Globe winning actor hired his personal barber as a consultant on shaving techniques to prepare for the role of Adolfo Pirelli in the upcoming film version of Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd.
5. Canadian rock bank Fist wrote a song entitled this, which told the story of Sweeney Todd.
6. In 2007, Stephen Sondheim made a guest appearance on this animated TV series, in which Sondheim is hired by Krusty the Clown to write songs for a special musical episode.
7. The musical Sweeney Todd is featured in this Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck film.
8. This young poperatic singer named his Wheaten Terrier “Sweeney” after the title character of the Sondheim musical.
9. This Oscar-winning actress used to live next door to Stephen Sondheim, and would regularly complain about his late night piano playing.
10. On her first Broadway album, Barbara Streisand recorded these two Sondheim songs from Sweeney Todd.
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