The term Broadway's 'Sweeney Todd' is a musical thriller based on the Victorian melodrama of the same name. The crossword solution for this term is TODD, which is a four-letter word. The musical follows the story of Benjamin Barker, who returns to London after being falsely imprisoned and seeks revenge against the judge who ruined his life. He teams up with Mrs. Lovett, a baker, to create a barber shop where he can kill his victims and have Mrs. Lovett bake them into pies.