Taped before an audience in July 2001, this celebrated, dark and funny Stephen Sondheim production comes to television. Part Broadway musical, part operetta, the Tony Award-winning story of passion and revenge in Victorian London features Broadway stars Patti LuPone as Mrs. Lovett and George Hearn as Todd (in the role he played on Broadway), who join the San Francisco Symphony and Chorus. Years ago, the corrupt and lecherous Judge Turpin ousted Sweeney Todd, a celebrated barber, from London. The judge seduced Todd's wife, trumped up false charges against Todd and then took custody of his infant daughter. After returning to London to make Turpin pay for his deeds, Todd is befriended by Mrs. Lovett, a pie shop owner who is creative in finding ingredients for her culinary delights. Together, the duo of Sweeney Todd and Mrs. Lovett go on a rampage in the name of profit and revenge.