Kaye and Hess To Star in Sweeney Todd Tour
Kaye and Hess To Star in Sweeney Todd Tour
Yankeefan007
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/20/04
#1Kaye and Hess To Star in Sweeney Todd Tour
Posted: 5/3/07 at 4:31pmJudy Kaye and David Hess will star in the tour of Sweeney Todd, playing Lovett and Sweeney, respectively.
#2re: Kaye and Hess To Star in Sweeney Todd Tour
Posted: 5/3/07 at 4:35pmNot that bad. Looking forward to seeing Kaye, especially, in January.
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#2re: Kaye and Hess To Star in Sweeney Todd Tour
Posted: 5/3/07 at 4:36pm
I am happy to hear they were able to work out a deal with Judy Kaye. They went into negotiations with her to tour just after the announcement of the Broadway closing and had been going back and forth to iron out a deal ever since then.
Tonya Pinkins: Then we had a "Lot's Wife" last June that was my personal favorite. I'm still trying to get them to let me sing it at some performance where we get to sing an excerpt that's gone.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
Updated On: 5/3/07 at 04:36 PM
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
#3re: Kaye and Hess To Star in Sweeney Todd Tour
Posted: 5/3/07 at 4:44pm
Yay! Now just announce the rest of the cast please. 
I am a firm believer in serendipity- all the random pieces coming together in one wonderful moment, when suddenly you see what their purpose was all along.
#4re: Kaye and Hess To Star in Sweeney Todd Tour
Posted: 5/3/07 at 4:48pm
Very funny: Hess' trademark, according to his IMDB plage, is that he "always portrays pyschotic homicidal maniacs".
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
ThankstoPhantom
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/13/05
#5re: Kaye and Hess To Star in Sweeney Todd Tour
Posted: 5/3/07 at 4:51pmSing the glorious praises!
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SorryGrateful
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/10/05
#6re: Kaye and Hess To Star in Sweeney Todd Tour
Posted: 5/3/07 at 4:53pm
I hope some Chicago dates are announced. 
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#7re: Kaye and Hess To Star in Sweeney Todd Tour
Posted: 5/3/07 at 4:55pmNevermind, I answered my own question.
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Updated On: 5/3/07 at 04:55 PM
BrodyFosse123
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/06
#8re: Kaye and Hess To Star in Sweeney Todd Tour
Posted: 5/3/07 at 4:59pm
A simple search onto Broadway Across America's website brought me this:
http://broadwayacrossamerica.com/BAA.Public.Web/Pages/TouringShows/index.aspx?showId=1231
Julian2
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/10/06
#9re: Kaye and Hess To Star in Sweeney Todd Tour
Posted: 5/3/07 at 5:03pmYay! I <3 Judy Kaye. I really wanted to see her when she played the role on Broadway, but this is good!
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ashbash1990
Broadway Star Joined: 10/15/06
#10re: Kaye and Hess To Star in Sweeney Todd Tour
Posted: 5/3/07 at 5:06pm
HOORAY!
ETA: Awww! No Chicago Dates yet!
What a night! I was in more laps than a napkin!
Updated On: 5/3/07 at 05:06 PM
ElFantasma14
Broadway Star Joined: 9/26/06
#11re: Kaye and Hess To Star in Sweeney Todd Tour
Posted: 5/3/07 at 5:07pmCan't wait to see Judy Kaye!
#12re: Kaye and Hess To Star in Sweeney Todd Tour
Posted: 5/3/07 at 5:08pmAwesome. Loved Kaye as much as (if not more...) than LuPone.
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BrodyFosse123
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/06
Yankeefan007
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/20/04
#14re: Kaye and Hess To Star in Sweeney Todd Tour
Posted: 5/3/07 at 5:10pm
Kaye was significantly better than LuPone.
#15re: Kaye and Hess To Star in Sweeney Todd Tour
Posted: 5/3/07 at 5:12pmI will be very surprised if Chicago doesn't get the tour since it is such a Sondheim town.
"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
#16re: Kaye and Hess To Star in Sweeney Todd Tour
Posted: 5/3/07 at 5:12pm
Yay! Awesome casting!
No San Diego date listed =..(
Hopefully one will be added.
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singingbackup
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/3/06
#17re: Kaye and Hess To Star in Sweeney Todd Tour
Posted: 5/3/07 at 5:14pmThey both were excellent, each in their own way.
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#18re: Kaye and Hess To Star in Sweeney Todd Tour
Posted: 5/3/07 at 5:18pmIF they don't announce Chicago dates soon I'm moving to St. Louis where they get all the GOOD shows!
Kringas
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/27/05
#19re: Kaye and Hess To Star in Sweeney Todd Tour
Posted: 5/3/07 at 5:21pm
I know, right? Although, trust me, a couple of decent shows at the horrible barn of theatre ain't enough to make living in St Louis worthwhile.
But seriously, it sucks that this is yet another show not coming through Chicago.
"How do you like THAT 'misanthropic panache,' Mr. Goldstone?" - PalJoey
#20re: Kaye and Hess To Star in Sweeney Todd Tour
Posted: 5/3/07 at 5:24pmyay i'm glad the tour is starting in Boston!
NathanLaneStalker
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/06
#21re: Kaye and Hess To Star in Sweeney Todd Tour
Posted: 5/3/07 at 5:26pmIs it bad if I don't know who David Hess is?
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Broadway Legend Joined: 7/16/05
#22re: Kaye and Hess To Star in Sweeney Todd Tour
Posted: 5/3/07 at 5:27pmLoved Kaye. She was a breath of fresh air after LuPone towards the end of the run.
#23re: Kaye and Hess To Star in Sweeney Todd Tour
Posted: 5/3/07 at 5:27pmI really hope this comes to Philly.
I am a firm believer in serendipity- all the random pieces coming together in one wonderful moment, when suddenly you see what their purpose was all along.
#24re: Kaye and Hess To Star in Sweeney Todd Tour
Posted: 5/3/07 at 5:30pmAaaw, I love David Hess. And Judy Kaye was a fantastic Mrs Lovett.
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