Blog: Artistic Team Member Anika Chapin Unpacks the Genius of Sondheim's "Epiphany" from Sweeney Todd
Dive into the music and lyrics of Stephen Sondheim’s masterpiece “Epiphany” from Sweeney Todd with Anika Chapin in the video below.
Signature’s Director of Artistic Development, Anika Chapin, uses her background as a dramaturg to break down the penultimate song in Act I of Sweeney Todd, “Epiphany.” In this installment of Signature’s Into the Words Series, Chapin takes you through Sweeney’s musical and mental undoing, and uses song analysis to explain the layers of melody, lyric, orchestration, and text that chart Sweeney’s transformation from revenge to mania.
Follow along as Chapin explains how protagonist, revenge-driven Benjamin Barker, becomes the indiscriminately violent, demon barber of Fleet Street, Sweeney Todd.
You can find other installments of Into the Words here
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