
This fall, The Wallace invites audiences to experience the unexpected through a variety of entertainment offerings including theater, concerts, films, and more. The cast of Sweeney Todd includes an incredible cast hailing from New York City, regional hubs, and the local community. Tickets include student pricing, general admission, and a top-tier ticket that includes a front-row table for four. Tickets go on sale on August 26th for a limited run on October 28, 29, and 30 at 7 PM and October 31 at 5 PM. Sweeney Todd will be directed by The Wallace Theater’s Artistic Director, Anna Hogan.

Lovett's luck sharply shifts when Todd's thirst for blood inspires the integration of an ingredient into her meat pies that has the people of London lining up. Lovett, a resourceful proprietress of a failing pie shop, above which, he opens a new barber practice. Stephen Sondheim's and Hugh Wheeler's (A Little Night Music, Pacific Overtures) tasty, thrilling, theatrical treat has simultaneously shocked, awed and delighted audiences across the world.Īn infamous tale, Sweeney Todd, an unjustly exiled barber, returns to nineteenth century London, seeking vengeance against the lecherous judge who framed him and ravaged his young wife. ^ a b c d Mimi Tashiro, "Basart, Ann", Grove Music Online (accessed November 18, 2019).Sweeney Todd has become a bloody, worldwide success since being awarded eight Tony's, (including Best Musical), for its Broadway premiere.Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010. ^ "Child Film Star Is Critically Ill"."At 6 (?), Ann Todd Looks Like Shirley Temple's Successor, But She Doesn't Look Like Shirley". ^ She, but not her brother Steve, was raised by her maternal grandparents."Ann Basart Dies: Child Film Actress & 1950s Sitcom Regular Was 88". In 1993, she was recognized by the Music Library Association for lifetime achievement. In 1984, Basart established Fallen Leaf Press, publishing reference books in music as well as scores of contemporary American chamber music. She taught at the San Francisco College for Women and at the University of California, Berkeley. Todd Elementary’s librarian Tara Phethean Years ago, when Todd Elementary ’s librarian Tara Phethean was working as an assistant to legendary children’s book publisher and editor Dick Jackson, she would often mail copies of picture books to members of the Caldecott Award Committee, in hopes that they select one of those books. Additionally Basart wrote reviews for the Music Library Association publication Notes as well as serving as its music review editor and book review editor. Among her accomplishments was founding and editing Cum Notis Variorum, the library's newsletter, which gained a substantial reputation. Librarian and academic career Īfter graduating from the University of California, Los Angeles, she attended the University of California, Berkeley, where she obtained a master's degree in library science in 1958 and a Master of Arts in 1960. She became a teacher and librarian in her later life. Todd was a regular in The Stu Erwin Show from 1950 to 1953. In a career spanning over 14 years, she appeared in almost 40 movies alongside such stars as Ingrid Bergman, Shirley Temple, James Stewart, John Garfield, Bette Davis, Barbara Stanwyck and Marlene Dietrich.ĭue to the similarities between her name and the established British actress Ann Todd, she added the initial "E." to her name. Todd made her acting debut in Zaza (1939) directed by George Cukor. In 1942, Todd was hospitalized in critical condition when blood poisoning developed after she cut her foot playing a game in her backyard. (A Newspaper Enterprise Association story published June 13, 1940, refers to Mrs. Albert Ulysses Mayfield, her adoptive name was Ann Todd Mayfield.

Due to the privations of the Great Depression, she was raised by her maternal grandparents, Mr.

She was a distant relative of Mary Todd Lincoln.

She had a younger brother, Stephen (1937–1986). Todd was born in 1931 in Denver, Colorado, to Burrill L.
