" its immediacy is striking. It starts with Andrea Bechert’s wonderful set, which is loaded with
delightful bells and whistles with stunning depth and effective negative space. Certain
plays don’t always fit very well on the vast stage at the Mountain View Center for Performing Arts, but
certainly this one feels very intimate and dark"
"Andrea Bechert's abandoned factory leading to a subway station grabs our attention right away"
"...a bloody triumph" "...RAZOR-SHARP..."
"...the eerie whine of the sirens that opens the show, sending characters surging across the stage for the
underground shelters. Stage left is the yawning mouth of a London Underground tunnel in Andrea
Bechert's EVOCATIVE and EFFICIENT set. A spiraling iron staircase leads up to Todd's barbershop
where customers are dispatched in plain view of the audience, yet hidden from the street below. Also notable
is the rather ingenious barber's chair, which transforms with the pull of a lever into a chute, transporting the
unfortunate gentlemen conveniently through a trapdoor. The bodies pop out conveniently in Mrs. Lovett's pie
shop, where business is picking up significantly, despite war rationing."
