"Mackintosh would have been happy, if not ecstatic, with master director Glenn Casale's lean, emotional telling of the heart-tugging, sung-through story....

"Casale and scenic designer Michael Schweikardt have crafted minimal though evocative sets (the student barricades of the second act are especially ingenious), and the director smartly paces the numerous scene changes, maintaining crucial rhythm throughout.

"Director Casale unaffectedly presents this epic as an homage to self-sacrifice and honor, staging the enduring story with subtle artistry and an intimate understanding of the building and its stage."

"The ambitious, satisfying new Music Circus production, directed and choreographed by Glenn Casale, indulges itself in Sondheim's indictment of corrupt Victorian life.... Director Casale doesn't shy from the audacity of this major work, and while there's not an overwhelming sense of tragedy, this 'Sweeney Todd' is a triumph nevertheless."

"Time has been good to 'Evita' -- and to the Music Circus, which last produced the Tim Rice-Andrew Lloyd Webber concoction in 2000. Then and now, Glenn Casale directed...."