re: National Tour of Doyle's SWEENEY TODD Going Non-Equity Dec 9 2008, 11:32:34 AM
It is Geva's own production of Sweeney Todd. Rights for productions and tours deal with proximity of productions at certain times. When Geva applied for the rights for Sweeney Todd, there were (and remain) no other planned productions of Sweeney Todd within a certain radius of Rochester during the period in which Geva has the rights.
The production will be entirely original and not based from anyone else's previous productions of Sweeney Todd. The web site will offer more information a
