The Making of Sweeney Todd at the San Francisco Symphony

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The Making of Sweeney Todd at the San Francisco Symphony

2002

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Writing

Stephen Sondheim

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Patti LuPone

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George Hearn

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Victoria Clark

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Neil Patrick Harris

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Welz Kauffman

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Lonny Price

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Stanford Olsen

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Davis Gaines

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Michael Bartlett

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Rob Fisher

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Lisa Vroman

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John Aler

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Timothy Nolen

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