Sweeney Todd (stage production)

E121169

Broadway musical musical theatre work stage musical

Sweeney Todd is a dark, critically acclaimed stage musical—most famously composed by Stephen Sondheim—that tells the macabre story of a vengeful barber in Victorian London.

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All labels observed (17)

Label	Occurrences
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street	21
Sweeney Todd	14
Sweeney Todd universe	2
Sweeney Todd (1973 play) by Christopher Bond	1
Sweeney Todd (Victorian penny dreadful character)	1
Sweeney Todd (concert and stage productions)	1
Sweeney Todd (musical)	1
Sweeney Todd (stage production) canonical	1
Sweeney Todd in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street	1
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1979 Broadway production)	1
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1979 stage musical)	1
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Broadway revival, 1979 co-producer)	1
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (concert productions)	1
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (musical)	1
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (revival)	1
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (stage musical)	1
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (stage production)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1053580 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Sweeney Todd (stage production)
Context triple: [Sheila Hancock, notableWork, Sweeney Todd (stage production)]

A. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007 film)
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street is a 2007 dark musical horror film adaptation of the Stephen Sondheim stage musical, starring Johnny Depp as a vengeful barber in Victorian London.
B. Stage Door
Stage Door is a 1937 American comedy-drama film about aspiring actresses living in a New York boarding house, noted for its sharp dialogue and ensemble cast including Katharine Hepburn and Ginger Rogers.
C. Yeomen of the Guard
The Yeomen of the Guard are the monarch’s ceremonial bodyguards in the United Kingdom, known as one of the oldest royal military corps and recognizable by their distinctive Tudor-style uniforms.
D. Mr. Finn’s Cabaret
Mr. Finn’s Cabaret is an intimate performance space associated with Barrington Stage Company, known for hosting cabaret-style music and theatrical events.
E. Manhattan Melodrama
Manhattan Melodrama is a 1934 American crime drama film, best known for starring Clark Gable, William Powell, and Myrna Loy and for being the movie John Dillinger watched before his death.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Sweeney Todd (stage production)
Target entity description: Sweeney Todd is a dark, critically acclaimed stage musical—most famously composed by Stephen Sondheim—that tells the macabre story of a vengeful barber in Victorian London.

A. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007 film)
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street is a 2007 dark musical horror film adaptation of the Stephen Sondheim stage musical, starring Johnny Depp as a vengeful barber in Victorian London.
B. Stage Door
Stage Door is a 1937 American comedy-drama film about aspiring actresses living in a New York boarding house, noted for its sharp dialogue and ensemble cast including Katharine Hepburn and Ginger Rogers.
C. Yeomen of the Guard
The Yeomen of the Guard are the monarch’s ceremonial bodyguards in the United Kingdom, known as one of the oldest royal military corps and recognizable by their distinctive Tudor-style uniforms.
D. Mr. Finn’s Cabaret
Mr. Finn’s Cabaret is an intimate performance space associated with Barrington Stage Company, known for hosting cabaret-style music and theatrical events.
E. Manhattan Melodrama
Manhattan Melodrama is a 1934 American crime drama film, best known for starring Clark Gable, William Powell, and Myrna Loy and for being the movie John Dillinger watched before his death.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Broadway musical ⓘ musical theatre work ⓘ stage musical ⓘ
actStructure	two-act musical ⓘ
awarded	Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical ⓘ Tony Award for Best Musical ⓘ Tony Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
basedOn	Sweeney Todd (1973 play) by Christopher Bond ⓘ linked to: Sweeney Todd (stage production)
bookBy	Hugh Wheeler ⓘ
composer	Stephen Sondheim ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
criticalReception	critically acclaimed ⓘ
firstBroadwayProductionYear	1979 ⓘ
genre	dark musical ⓘ horror musical ⓘ thriller ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
lyricist	Stephen Sondheim ⓘ
mainTitle	Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street ⓘ linked to: Sweeney Todd (stage production)
majorCharacter	Anthony Hope ⓘ Beadle Bamford ⓘ Beggar Woman ⓘ Johanna ⓘ Judge Turpin ⓘ Mrs. Lovett ⓘ Tobias Ragg ⓘ
narrativeTheme	cannibalism ⓘ injustice ⓘ revenge ⓘ
narrativeTone	dark ⓘ macabre ⓘ
notableSong	A Little Priest ⓘ By the Sea ⓘ Epiphany ⓘ Green Finch and Linnet Bird ⓘ Johanna ⓘ My Friends ⓘ Pretty Women ⓘ linked to: Oh, Pretty Woman The Ballad of Sweeney Todd ⓘ
orchestrationStyle	large orchestra ⓘ
premiereCity	New York City ⓘ
premiereVenue	Uris Theatre ⓘ
protagonist	Sweeney Todd ⓘ linked to: Sweeney Todd (stage production)
settingLocation	London ⓘ linked to: London, England
settingPeriod	Victorian era ⓘ
shortTitle	Sweeney Todd ⓘ linked to: Sweeney Todd (stage production)
subjectMatter	meat pies made from human victims ⓘ serial murder ⓘ vengeful barber in Victorian London ⓘ

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