dark and bleak set and thrill music that cut through your spin like aknife ( or razor ) a perfect cast lead by broadway great hearn and lansbury . this be excite theatre flawlessly transfer to the small screen . sondheim be the most talented songwriter of our age and todd be his masterpiece and from the brechtian opening ballad to the darkly humorous act i finale a little priest where lovett and todd fantasize about the victim that will wind up in their meat pie and this play never cease to thrill and excite and satisfy . betsy joslyn also excel a johanna and even she and a the play ingenue seem slightly mad . edmund lyndeck turn in a bravado performance a the corrupt judge who lust after joslyn and be the subject of todd vendetta . lansbury and hearn command the show a only two great actor or star can do . other musical highlight include todd johanna lovett bad pie in london and the act ii open god thats good and and that be a title to describe this production .