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Seattle Times critic Misha Berson writes: “The demon barber of Fleet Street has set up shop in West Seattle. At ArtsWest Playhouse, you can sit inches from Sweeney Todd as he slashes his way toward perdition in the gripping Stephen Sondheim-Hugh Wheeler ‘penny dreadful’ musical … ArtsWest’s ‘Sweeney Todd’ is plenty taut and tense, and anchored by darkly charismatic leading man Ben Gonio.

Gonio is well-matched by Corinna Lapid Munter, another admirable vocalist and a cheeky comedian who, as Mrs. Lovett, becomes Sweeney’s accomplice.”

The West Seattle company’s “Sweeney Todd” is plenty taut and tense, and anchored by darkly charismatic leading man Ben Gonio, writes critic Misha Berson.

Gonio is well-matched by Corinna Lapid Munter, another admirable vocalist and a cheeky comedian who, as Mrs. Lovett, becomes Sweeney’s accomplice.