Sweeney Todd: Prelude

An unholy trinity of self, death, and family

“Shhh! If we don’t listen to the overture, we won’t recognize the musical themes when they come back later.” So says Darryl Philbin to Michael Scott, in the third episode of the seventh season of The Office. The episode is called “Andy’s Play,” and the ‘play’ in question is Sweeney Todd.

Darryl (Craig Robinson), initially warehouse foreman of the Dunder …