Aaron Tveit, Sutton Foster will next star in ‘Sweeney Todd’ — Page 3

Noideawhatimdoinghere said: "BUT, that being said. Aaron is more than a high belting pop tenor. Not many people know that he basically trained as a classical singer his whole life before changing from classical voice major to musical theatre major in college. He's even sung both the Rodolfo aria from La Bohème and an English art song in his concerts. Have a listen to this audio of him singing Che Gelida Maninahttps://youtu.be/ZKPtqFzKx4c?si=SkWQk2iIlhIqufW1I think this definitely is proof that he's got the legit vocals. He'll definitely throw in some grit and growls though, when required. He doesn't have the baritone timbre, but Sweeney has been played by tenors before. Alexander Gemignani for example. Hugh Panaro is also a tenor, though darker than Aaron. And I know that Aaron will go full out in this role and be a bat**** insane Sweeney. Plus, it's been a dream role of his for 10 years. He'll do it justice.

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Aside from the terrible arrangement and his getting the words wrong, I really don't think that this performance of "Che gelida manina" is proof that he's more than a high belting pop tenor, since that's exactly what he sounded like.

I really hope I can be surprised, but I'm not at all excited about this casting.

poto19882023 said: "hearthemsing22 said: "poto19882023 said: "Announcement is tomorrow, they start in February, and in the interim the roles will be played by Nicholas Christopher & Paul Jordan Jensen as Sweeney and Jeanna De Waal & Delaney Westfall as Mrs. Lovett."

This is hilarious you act like you're part of their casting team. What's wrong with waiting for the official announcement? Do you have a problem with waiting?"

Just sharing what I was told. My apologies. I’m fine with waiting just naturally excited for the news to come out officially. Guess it won’t be long now.

If you want a specific source the cast announcement being tomorrow comes from the box office - hesitant to share the source for the info about the interim cast just in case but I trust them and it only came up when Delaney went on for Lovett on Saturday and discussion was had about her ever going on again when this person said she’d have those dates in January."



Dude np you don't have to apologize to anyone. Don't take comments from anyone here seriously. Just a bunch of mostly mean spirited theater jerks. You shared news from what you heard on a stupid theater board full of people that hate this casting. Anway, looking forward to attending the tale again with Aaron & Sutton. Love the idea of them both in these roles.

Welp, I guess Andrew McCarthy and Meg Ryan have aged out, so....

Robbie2 said: "poto19882023 said: "hearthemsing22 said: "poto19882023 said: "Announcement is tomorrow, they start in February, and in the interim the roles will be played by Nicholas Christopher & Paul Jordan Jensen as Sweeney and Jeanna De Waal & Delaney Westfall as Mrs. Lovett."

This is hilarious you act like you're part of their casting team. What's wrong with waiting for the official announcement? Do you have a problem with waiting?"

Just sharing what I was told. My apologies. I’m fine with waiting just naturally excited for the news to come out officially. Guess it won’t be long now.

If you want a specific source the cast announcement being tomorrow comes from the box office - hesitant to share the source for the info about the interim cast just in case but I trust them and it only came up when Delaney went on for Lovett on Saturday and discussion was had about her ever going on again when this person said she’d have those dates in January."



Dude np you don't have to apologize to anyone. Don't take comments from anyone here seriously. Just a bunch of mostly mean spirited theater jerks. You shared news from what you heard on a stupid theater board full of people that hate this casting. Anway, looking forward to attending the tale again with Aaron & Sutton. Love the idea of them both in these roles."

And from what I've experienced with you, Robbie2, I believe you're one of those mean-spirited theater jerks as well. :) Go touch grass sweetie

Suppose I'm never seeing this, at this price point. Was holding out hope that the replacements would be some stroke of "Let's give it to em" brilliance like the Night Music revival. I've Seen five major productions of Sweeney and all of them had something really exciting and different to contribute, but have not heard or seen anything from the current revival that makes it sound anything other than bland as hell.

Updated On: 10/31/23 at 09:37 AM

Sutton has made it official

That photo legit gave me chills. I absolutely cannot wait.

There'll be a lot riding on Foster during this run. The last time she was expected to be a catalyst for sales for a commercial production was SHREK, and the last such production to be financially successful was DROWSY. MUSIC MAN was a reminder of what a great comedic actor she can be, but Hugh drove the sales and was the one above the title.

Looking forward to seeing her Fred and her Lovett within the span of a few weeks (and combined I'll surely pay less than what I paid the first time I saw it with JG & AA).

Updated On: 10/31/23 at 10:13 AM

Wow, their first performance is Feb 9th, five days after her last “Mattress” show.



Theyre also only doing 12 weeks so maybe they will be doing more “theater people “ with shorter runs. Fingers crossed.

Updated On: 10/31/23 at 10:17 AM

Sutton looks great here. I think she’ll be able to thread the needle between humor and pathos. She also reads as the right age which I think helps quite a bit.

So what days does Nic have in January? I need to see him

Sutton actually seems like a great fit for this production. I still just don't understand why Tveit. It's not like he's gonna sell tickets.

ggersten said: "I was hoping for Lea Delaria - as either Lovett or Todd.”



That would require this production having an iota of edge. This is Disney’s Sweeney Todd and remains so with this casting.



(I’m a big fan of both actors, just think this squeaky clean, cartoonish production is not the Sweeney I wanted)