Forget Nellie Lovett’s pie-making haplessness: For the past 45 years, the “Sweeney Todd” scene stealer has managed to carve out a reputation as one of musical theater’s most delicious roles.
An oral history of Mrs. Lovett, one of theater’s greatest, bloodiest roles
‘I left my body’: Patti LuPone, Sutton Foster, Helena Bonham Carter and others who have played the pie-making schemer from ‘Sweeney Todd’ explain what makes her iconic
By Thomas Floyd