Year 2001 Video Release 2002 05 14 Studio RLJ Entertainment Genre Musical MPAA Rating Not Rated Color Color Runtime 132 Animated Live Action Full Synopsis This delicious production of Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, a musical thriller of revenge and romance set in Victorian England, features Broadway diva Patti LuPone as Mrs. Lovett and veteran stage actor George Hearn in the title role. Premiering in 1979, the legendary Sweeney Todd winner of nine New York Drama Critics Circle Awards and eight Tony Awards is recorded with the San Francisco Symphony as conducted by Rob Fisher. Director Lonny Price Cast Lonny Price; Patti Lupone; George Hearn; Neil Patrick Harris