Photo Flash: Sneak Peek at Sweeney Todd
Photo Flash: Sneak Peek at Sweeney Todd
#0Photo Flash: Sneak Peek at Sweeney Todd
Posted: 10/7/05 at 4:54pm
#1re: Photo Flash: Sneak Peek at Sweeney Todd
Posted: 10/7/05 at 4:56pmArgh. I want to come to NYC to see this show.
There's always room for pathos - and jazz hands.
Johnnytoc
Broadway Star Joined: 12/19/04
#2re: Photo Flash: Sneak Peek at Sweeney Todd
Posted: 10/7/05 at 5:34pmThis makes me So excited to see it!
#3re: Photo Flash: Sneak Peek at Sweeney Todd
Posted: 10/7/05 at 5:42pm
I have the widest grin across my face right now. Ah I heart this production.... :)
PS. Patti is looking mighty sexy!
Happy...Everything!
Kaye Thompson
#4re: Photo Flash: Sneak Peek at Sweeney Todd
Posted: 10/7/05 at 5:49pm
This production looks great... Honestly, the major thing bringing me there to see it is Patti... I just hope it's still on Broadway by next summer... I can't return until then. 
#5re: Photo Flash: Sneak Peek at Sweeney Todd
Posted: 10/7/05 at 6:03pmGreat Picture! But I wish there was more than one.
"Chicago is it's own incredible theater town right there smack down in the middle of the heartland. What a great city! I can see why Oprah likes to live there!" - Dee Hoty :-D
Chrysanthemum62001
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/14/04
#6re: Photo Flash: Sneak Peek at Sweeney Todd
Posted: 10/7/05 at 6:10pm
That is all!
"What a mystery this world. One day you love them and the next day you want to kill them a thousand times over." The Masked Bandit in THE FALL
fiatlux
Featured Actor Joined: 3/22/05
BwayBaby18
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/19/05
#8re: Photo Flash: Sneak Peek at Sweeney Todd
Posted: 10/7/05 at 6:25pmfiatlux...... what show is that in your icon?
fiatlux
Featured Actor Joined: 3/22/05
#9re: Photo Flash: Sneak Peek at Sweeney Todd
Posted: 10/7/05 at 6:50pm
"fiatlux...... what show is that in your icon?"
The original version of John Doyle's Sweeney Todd, now showing on Broadway.
Updated On: 10/8/05 at 06:50 PM
#10re: Photo Flash: Sneak Peek at Sweeney Todd
Posted: 10/7/05 at 7:29pmI love me some sweeney.
"You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view - until you climb into his skin and walk around in it."
To Kill A Mockingbird
To Kill A Mockingbird
Chrysanthemum62001
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/14/04
#11re: Photo Flash: Sneak Peek at Sweeney Todd
Posted: 10/7/05 at 8:39pmWow, Fiatlux! I thought it was the Broadway revival cast! The similarities are remarkable. I guess if it ain't broke, don't fix it.
"What a mystery this world. One day you love them and the next day you want to kill them a thousand times over." The Masked Bandit in THE FALL
#12re: Photo Flash: Sneak Peek at Sweeney Todd
Posted: 10/7/05 at 8:43pmAh, great photo! Patti looks just fantastically crazy, and I love that sly freaky grin that Cervaris has...superb. I'm excited to see some clips soon!
Smaxie
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/26/05
#13re: Photo Flash: Sneak Peek at Sweeney Todd
Posted: 10/7/05 at 9:25pmPatti looks like she's auditioning to be the lead singer for A Flock of Seagulls.
Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end: then stop.
Chrysanthemum62001
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/14/04
#14re: Photo Flash: Sneak Peek at Sweeney Todd
Posted: 10/7/05 at 9:34pmBy the by, I've heard Sondheim is *very* pleased with this production.
"What a mystery this world. One day you love them and the next day you want to kill them a thousand times over." The Masked Bandit in THE FALL
#15re: Photo Flash: Sneak Peek at Sweeney Todd
Posted: 10/7/05 at 10:11pmPatti to me looks little bit like Kelly Osbourne in that pic..
-Was that a fart?
-My fault, I fear.
Updated On: 10/8/05 at 10:11 PM
-My fault, I fear.
fiatlux
Featured Actor Joined: 3/22/05
#16re: Photo Flash: Sneak Peek at Sweeney Todd
Posted: 10/8/05 at 3:05am
"Wow, Fiatlux! I thought it was the Broadway revival cast! The similarities are remarkable. I guess if it ain't broke, don't fix it."
This is a link to a gallery from the original cast prior to their arrival in London:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/somerset/stage/2004/04/sweeney_todd/index.shtml
Mahatma Kane Jeeves
Chorus Member Joined: 1/13/05
#17re: Photo Flash: Sneak Peek at Sweeney Todd
Posted: 10/8/05 at 10:56am
Very cool pic, but i notice that Mike C. is wearing a standard, current men's tie. Is this new production of Sweeny set in today's era and no longer a period piece?
Brush up your Shakespeare, and they'll all kow-tow!
Updated On: 10/8/05 at 10:56 AM
fiatlux
Featured Actor Joined: 3/22/05
#18re: Photo Flash: Sneak Peek at Sweeney Todd
Posted: 10/8/05 at 12:16pmRe: Costume. It's not set in any particular time, and certainly it's not specifically set in Victorian London.
C is for Company
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/16/05
#19re: Photo Flash: Sneak Peek at Sweeney Todd
Posted: 10/8/05 at 2:38pmi love her damn wig sooo much, onstage it functions like its actually her real hair and she gets into it lol. She was so amazing I need to get back and see her again.
Albin
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#20re: Photo Flash: Sneak Peek at Sweeney Todd
Posted: 10/8/05 at 3:01pmSo let me get this straight. Each of the cast members plays an instrument. That's it for the orchestra? There are no off-stage musicians? Doesn't that affect the grandeur of Sondheim's masterpiece?
fiatlux
Featured Actor Joined: 3/22/05
#21re: Photo Flash: Sneak Peek at Sweeney Todd
Posted: 10/8/05 at 3:21pm
"So let me get this straight. Each of the cast members plays an instrument. That's it for the orchestra? There are no off-stage musicians? Doesn't that affect the grandeur of Sondheim's masterpiece?"
It's a very different interpretation of the piece. Rather like the RNT and Chris Bond's version it concentrates on the characters and their motivations,making it a chamber piece as Sondheim originally intended. The actors use the instruments and music to explore their subtext in a quite startling way.
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