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8 - PORT PERRY "WEEKEND STAR" FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2000 --HArtr & Entertas Durham Shoestring Performers will shock and sur- prise audiences with its next performance, Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. From an adaptation by Harold Prince, composer/lyri- cist Stephen Sondheim has created a masterpiece of barber-ism and murderous mayhem. Throughout the play references to the Industrial Revolution's impact on the dignity of the individual mirror today's struggle to balance technology and humanity. Sweeney Todd, a barber, has recently returned from exile to seek vengeance upon Judge Turpin, the one who sent him away. The story is complicated when Sweeney Todd meets Fleet Street baker Mrs. Lovett, who tells him a strange tale of a judge who adopted the daughter of a man he had forced away from England. Upon hear- ing the story, Sweeney Todd is consumed with seeking revenge. It is here that the story begins to form a deli- cious combination of dark comedy, great music and deadly delicacies. Join the cast as they bring to life an extraordinary Sweeney Todd on stage in Oshawa musical encompassing the shaving talents of Sweeney Todd and the culinary delights cooked up by Mrs. Lovett. Revenge never tasted so good. Since the original 1847 dramatization, England has been the home of seven other theatrical versions of the tale. The most memorable performance of Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street opened on Broadway on March 1, 1979 starring Len Cariou as Sweeney and Angela Lansbury as Mrs. Lovett. The show won eight Tony awards and ran for 557 performances. Sweeney Todd has become a staple for companies around the world and an acknowledged classic. Sweeney Todd runs Feb. 24, 25, 26 and March | to 4 at 8 p.m. at the Arts Resource Centre behind Oshawa City Hall. Tickets are $10 and available at Walters Music Centres, 349 King St. W.,, Oshawa, and at Information United Way's Kiosk in the centre court of the Oshawa Centre, or through the DSP website at www.lis2000.net/- dsp. Sweeney Todd contains mature themes and may not be suitable for children under the age of 13. 7 HALIBUT HOUSE We serve Alaska Halibut only in our famous light batter! . Ri 985-0880 Monday &V Wed nesday PHONE AHEAD FOR FAST TAKE OUT Buy one Dinner receive 2nd Dinner 1/2 price! L NOW BBQ Spare Ribs Choice of potato, Tuesday Senior Special vegetable . Daily Specials - bread & butter 10% Discount CRAVVETe le TaTe ALVATaTE e Home Making Supplies e Gift Certificates Over 100 Beer Recipies | yy) CIAL 2 2S ER OIBER ; 4 $10,005 'Wine CoolerKits inoka - Hard Lemonade BS il Lemonade, | SLEW i i. Wi ILE S PELL LAST. "Every 6th Batch - ry wi n (EL XE TI LL PP takes Port Perry 1 month, © 985-4352 Pon Headi@udain dig Ini ® S:WINGS YO) What ay See, [Pos [Pam 985-8448 Compton Communications Call For Details (905) 985-8171 *conditions apply xed. Leave those February Blahs! Let Marigold Travel plan your next hassle-free vacation. Marigold Travel 12 Water Street, Port Perry BOA PIZZA, SUBS (905) 985-7878 Toll Free 1-800-720-8790 JEFF MITCHELL/PORT PERRY STAR SINGING PRAISES: Juno-nominated gospel artist Deborah Klassen appeared at Emmanuel Pentecostal Church in Port Perry Tuesday morn- ing, singing and giving an inspirational talk. VE U ROPE: AN C RAT TS & GIFTS After 30 years in business the WOLF'S DEN is having a final closing sale. F ine fuiropean Gifts & Crafts. Iam. = 5 pm. a Durham 23 & River St., Sunderland wiN A Tropical Cruise FAMILY FAVOURITE | 20 pe. Bigfoot Pizza with 3 toppings and 4 Coke' You could win aTropical Cruise. Enter the ballot attached to your delivered pizza or enter the next time you're in for a pizza pickup. see detsits st » Square Boy® near youl J Up to 6 Toppings SQUARE It! Add $2 Wn z v pe . a a §