Cultural References
On the Warner Bros. sitcom Just the 10 of Us, "The Ballad of Sweeney Todd" is performed by Connie Lubbock (JoAnn Willette) for her debut as a night club singer at a pizzeria.
Ed Helms's character, Andy Bernard, portrayed Anthony Hope in a production on The Office in the episode "Andy's Play".
In Kevin Smith's film Jersey Girl, characters from the film perform the play Sweeney Todd for a school performance.
A modified version of the logo is featured on the cover of the album, Hints Allegations and Things Left Unsaid by Collective Soul. The knife is replaced by a big flag, the picture is in colour and is on a red background, and the man is just on the cover.
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