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Best actor: Mark Benninghofen - Best of MN 2016

April 15, 2016 at 8:57PM
�Sweeney Todd� The pairing of actors Mark Benninghofen and Sally Wingert in Rothstein�s second Sondheim of the year was �slightly magic, producing the kind of evening in the theater that has you imagining yourself years from now, content that you caught this gig.� Actor Mark Benninghofen will perform the title role in Theater Latt� Da production of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street,� which opens Sept. 26 at the Ritz Theater in northeast Minneapolis. Photographed during rehearsal at
Mark Benninghofen (Tom Wallace — Special to the Star Tribune/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Benninghofen had a rather big year amid a distinguished career on Twin Cities stages. He is a meticulous physical performer, which he showed beautifully as Joxer Daly in Joe Dowling's production of "Juno and the Paycock" at the Guthrie. Last fall, he took on his first professional musical performance in the title role of Theater Latte Da's staging of "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street." He not only survived this auspicious singing debut, he hit it out of the park. He will reprise that role in early 2017 at the Pantages Theatre. Benninghofen always makes himself known with his energy and charismatic presence.

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