Aaron Tveit, Sutton Foster will next star in ‘Sweeney Todd’- Page 10

[yyys]

Posted: 2/9/24 at 9:04pm

https://www.reddit.com/r/Broadway/comments/1an1zvi/aaron_tveit_and_sutton_fosters_first_performance/

Updated On: 2/10/24 at 09:04 PM

[quizking101]

Posted: 2/9/24 at 9:29pm

A little taste of Epiphany

https://x.com/findmeon45th/status/1756132328168939816?s=46&t=0XG46rJiPEOy8dyIeDsimg

[ColorTheHours048]

Posted: 2/9/24 at 9:59pm

I don’t want to be the person that judges off an audio bootleg but… oof.

Updated On: 2/10/24 at 09:59 PM

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 2/9/24 at 10:03pm

Sounds like they transposed it up a semitone for Tveit. Same with Locke and his “Not While I’m Around.”

Updated On: 2/10/24 at 10:03 PM

[blaxx]

Posted: 2/9/24 at 10:21pm

FANtomFollies said: "I can only speak for myself,but while I would really like to see Tveit and Foster,I disliked this production so strongly that I can't imagine any performer alive that would get me to buy another ticket."

The production is just a starlet vehicle. Without these people it would be hands down the worst Sweeney NYC has ever seen.

[Dylan Smith4]

Posted: 2/9/24 at 10:27pm

I may be the only one that says this and I mean no disrespect to Aaron, but that did not sound good. I thought he could hit some of those baritone notes but I guess I was wrong. Ouch

Updated On: 2/10/24 at 10:27 PM

[ColorTheHours048]

Posted: 2/9/24 at 10:29pm

It’s giving BFA student karaoke.

Updated On: 2/10/24 at 10:29 PM

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 2/9/24 at 10:30pm

Well in person, I thought he sounded fantastic. *shrug*

[Dylan Smith4]

Posted: 2/9/24 at 10:35pm

I swear! The second I heard him go up a full octave, I was like, he might as well just do Roxanne! 
 

“And I’ll never see Johanna…PUT ON THE RED LIGHT”

That’s all I have to say! 

[rosscoe(au)]

Posted: 2/9/24 at 10:36pm

Plus I saw the understudies a week or so back and thought it was a perfectly thrilling production. Different in tone from some. I did think some of the hamming wasn’t necessary. Overall it was a fantastic afternoon of theatre. 

[mshalo18]

Posted: 2/9/24 at 10:38pm

Worst Pies in London 

https://www.reddit.com/r/Broadway/s/8mzTffQ90V

[yyys]

Posted: 2/9/24 at 10:43pm

thumbs down.

mshalo18 said: "Worst Pies in London

https://www.reddit.com/r/Broadway/s/8mzTffQ90V"

 

Updated On: 2/9/24 at 10:43 PM

[Dylan Smith4]

Posted: 2/9/24 at 10:53pm

mshalo18 said: "Worst Pies in London

https://www.reddit.com/r/Broadway/s/8mzTffQ90V"

YIKES! I was skeptical about Aaron but not Sutton. 

[blaxx]

Posted: 2/9/24 at 10:59pm

Like the publicity reads:

12 WEEKS ONLY!

GOD THAT'S GOOD

[Broadway61004]

Posted: 2/9/24 at 10:59pm

Gee, almost like part of casting a role should be being able to hit the notes. What a crazy concept, I know.

[Wayman_Wong]

Posted: 2/9/24 at 11:16pm

TikTok of Aaron and Sutton's first curtain call at ''Sweeney''

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Q0MO2Sgi7k0

[SweetLips22]

Posted: 2/9/24 at 11:22pm

How was Joe Locke with Sutton?

[denou_32]

Posted: 2/9/24 at 11:24pm

Oh. This... is not what I was expecting. Already bought my tickets though, so hopefully it will be better in person? 

[musikman]

Posted: 2/9/24 at 11:25pm

Jordan Catalano said: "Well in person, I thought he sounded fantastic. *shrug*"

Do you know if any of his other songs had the key raised ? I imagine so since epiphany was higher. I can’t imagine him singing barber and his wife in the original key.  

[BorisTomashevsky]

Posted: 2/9/24 at 11:27pm

Such a misfire. 

[HenryTDobson]

Posted: 2/9/24 at 11:37pm

Besides Jordan, was anyone else actually there tonight or are we all writing off their performances based on two bootleg audio clips?

[pmensky]

Posted: 2/9/24 at 11:37pm

The video posted on IG of him doing the last part of Epiphany is great. The audience certainly liked it, too.

[MemorableUserName]

Posted: 2/9/24 at 11:44pm

HenryTDobson said: "Besides Jordan, was anyone else actually there tonight or are we all writing off their performances based on two bootleg audio clips?"

There are a lot of reactions at the Reddit thread at the top of this page. They're all over the place. "Aaron is great!" "Aaron is terrible!" "This is Sutton's show!" "Sutton was...not good!" It's a real roller coaster ride.

[pc1145N]

Posted: 2/9/24 at 11:53pm

Why is Edith Bunker singing "The Worst Pies in London?"

[morosco]

Posted: 2/9/24 at 11:55pm

Oh wow. I had a feeling that Sutton wouldn't be a good fit for the role but I never imagined she would sound that bad.

Better to throw your money down the sewer, as Lovett would say.