Murder, mayhem, and musical numbers collide in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. Stephen Sondheim’s masterpiece—winner of eight Tony Awards, including Best Book (by Hugh Wheeler), Best Original Score, and Best Musical—follows an unjustly exiled barber who returns to 19th-century London and exacts a bloody revenge that also rehabilitates a failing pie shop. Ken Wayne and Holly Breivik star in this captivatingly cannibalistic show that’s strictly for adult audiences. $12–20, times vary. Four County Players, 5256 Governor Barbour St., Barboursville. fourcp.org
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