though the video technology may be date and this classic musical play and now on dvd and be the best version of sondheim most important and polished work on broadway . if you have never see sweeney todd and then you must buy this dvd . i saw this production in november 1980 at kennedy center in washington and fell in love with a pre murder she write angela lansbury . subsequently and i try to find any and all of her work and among them represent movie represent the harvey girl and the picture of dorian gray and manchurian candidate while cd represent mame and dear world and and gypsy while and many more . the rest of the cast be flawless and too . all in all and this wonderful dvd give u the definitive version of sondheim opera .