On today's Morning Edition on NPR, Jeff Lunden spoke with the creators of the film Sweeney Todd—composer Stephen Sondheim, director Tim Burton, producer/screenwriter John Logan, and producer Richard D. Zanuck—just how they turned the macabre musical into a winning film. No small feat when you're talking about the piece considered to be the masterwork of the "the reigning master of the Broadway stage," as the piece states. Find out how it was done by listening to the segment here.
On today's Morning Edition on NPR, Jeff Lunden spoke with the creators of the film Sweeney Todd—composer Stephen Sondheim, director Tim Burton, producer/screenwriter John Logan, and producer Richard D. Zanuck—just how they turned the macabre musical into a winning film. No small feat when you're talking about the piece considered to be the masterwork of the "the reigning master of the Broadway stage," as the piece states. Find out how it was done by listening to the segment below via npr.org.
