When the unjustly imprisoned Sweeney Todd returns to London, he vows revenge upon those who framed him. Joining forces with Mrs. Lovett he kills and she bakes his customers into her meat pies.

This movie is a recorded performance in concert. It all begins when Benjamin Barker( George Hearn), a mysterious,quiet,and subtle barber, returns to his hometown in London after escaping from a prison in Australia with help from a young sailor named Anthony. Now Sweeney Todd, he returns to his home where he and his wife Lucie and daughter Johanna used to live. When he arrives he meets Mrs. Nellie Lovett(Patti Lupone), a lonely woman who owns a down and out pie shop, and discovers that his wife has poisoned herself and the judge that unfairly punished him is responsible and the judge also has his daughter. So then Sweeney plots his revenge on the judge and his accomplice the Beadle and with help from Mrs. Lovett he re-opens his barber shop and vows to give the judge the closest shave he will ever know and give Mrs. Lovett a tasty new ingredient for her homemade meat pies. --- （Written by Thomas ）

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这场举世无双的晚会集合了二十世纪最受欢迎的音乐剧，像是"悲惨世界"(LES MISERABLES)、"猫"(CATS)、"西贡小姐"(MISS SAIGON)、"孤雏泪"(OLIVER!)、"窈窕淑女"(MY FAIR LADY)、"俄克拉马"(OLLAHOMA!)、"歌剧魅影"(THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA)等，剧匠魅影无疑是史上最精彩的音乐剧飨宴。