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  • It's ... neighbor: The argument that there will never be middle school aged kids in ... sweeney: The photo in the NYT article was taken from the Sweeney building at ... fulton ferry res: One sided story, eh?

    Dumbo NYC 2009

  • STEVE SWEENEY A Boston native and veteran of comedy, Sweeney jokes about being half-Irish and half-Italian, Mon-Thu, June 22-25, 9pm, $20, Borgata Hotel, Casino

    The Clog 2009

  • Investigation of the Great Train Robbery fell to the Sweeney — the metropolitan police's mobile armed-robbery division, the Flying Squad ( "Sweeney" is Cockney rhyming slang: Sweeney Todd = Flying Squad).

    An Old-School Copper 2005

  • Investigation of the Great Train Robbery fell to the Sweeney — the metropolitan police's mobile armed-robbery division, the Flying Squad ( "Sweeney" is Cockney rhyming slang: Sweeney Todd = Flying Squad).

    An Old-School Copper 2005

  • Investigation of the Great Train Robbery fell to the Sweeney — the metropolitan police's mobile armed-robbery division, the Flying Squad ( "Sweeney" is Cockney rhyming slang: Sweeney Todd = Flying Squad).

    An Old-School Copper 2005

  • Lovett is so drunk on this man that when he returns to London, starts calling himself by the name Sweeney Todd, and quits cutting hair—choosing to slit throats instead—she doesn’t just stand by her man, she concocts an ingenious plan to dispose of his victims: She’ll bake the cadavers into pies.

    Theater Geek Mickey Rapkin 2010

  • I loved him in Sweeney Todd; I thought he was adorable.

    Twilight Lexicon » Meet Caius! 2009

  • I liked Jamie in Sweeney Todd, his performance was amazing!

    Twilight Lexicon » Meet Caius! 2009

  • (Soundbite of laughter) GROSS: So how did you write for a chorus in "Sweeney Todd"?

    Look, He Made A Hat: Sondheim Talks Sondheim 2010

  • Americans will most likely remember him as Anthony (the sailor who is the love interest of Joanna) in Sweeney Todd co-starring Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham-Carter.

    Twilight Lexicon » Meet Caius! 2009

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