6-21-18 Sweeney Todd

Dan Tetreault (right) and Mary Bastoni-Rebmann star in M&D Playhouse's production of "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street," which opened Thursday, June 21, in North Conway. (ASHLEY KERR PHOTO)

CONWAY — M&D Playhouse takes on perhaps Stephen Sondheim’s most difficult musical with an ambitious production of “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street,” which opens Thursday, June 21, at 1857 White Mountain Highway in North Conway.

“Sweeney Todd,” which will be performed Thursday through Sunday for three weeks, is a challenging combination of themes and tones. It is a mix of tragedy, black comedy, romance, thriller and biting satire on consumerism all set to a gothic score that is often operatic in scale.

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