Sweeny Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Phyllis Shanline had helped start the civic theatre in Manhattan and she was a force of nature in her own right. She assured me there were speaking parts in Sweeney but there were not. To my horror I found out it was an operetta. But I had a great time, especially sliding down the trap door after my throat was cut. Mom wasn’t happy with that part of the play.