Anything new on the rumored Groban-lead Sweeney? — Page 7

I don't have any issue with Groban as Sweeney, he'll sing it beautifully and could bring an innocence to Sweeney that hasn't really been explored before. To me, the real evil lies in Mrs. Lovett. She knows the entire time who/where Lucy is and that she isn't dead and goads Sweeney into the entire idea of continuing to murder after he kills Pirelli. Otherwise, Sweeney's actions are mostly rooted in grief. Only with Lovett's encouragement does it become about retribution on the upper class as a whole. All of her actions are to keep Sweeney close. In my directing days, I always wanted to set up the show with Lovett putting Turpin up to what he does to Lucy in Poor Thing.

Owen22 said: "Chris Peterson over on his blog and social messaging is taking on the Twitterers complaining that there is not a BIPOC lead in a show that has not even been announced yet."

That blog is absurd. Pay no attention to it.

Dylan Smith4 said: "I would like to know what they are waiting for when it comes to OFFICIALLY announcing this production!"

Again, why can't people read (and process) the source material before asking questions like this?

As that source material makes clear, they are in the process of capitalizing the show, the sine qua non of making anything "official." When that is completed, they will officially announce. Besides, one of the dumbest things a production can do is announce something before Labor Day when just about no one is paying attention.

what a bore of a production already...also we just had an immersive intimate production that ran quiet awhile Off-Broadway and this just screams "Cash grab after Sondheim died"

This really should've been the musical to bring Hugh Jackman back to Broadway and not The Music Meh.

BoringBoredBoard40 said: "what a bore of a production already...also we just had an immersive intimate production that ran quiet awhile Off-Broadway and this just screams "Cash grab after Sondheim died""

But this isn’t an intimate production, and we haven’t had a Broadway revival since the Doyle production. Also the off-Bway Sweeney closed four years ago. It ran a while because it had very few seats.


for what it’s worth, I’ve heard rumblings about this Sweeney revival for quite a while, since the early months of this year. It’s been in the works.

Kad said: "Also a reminder that Onstage Blog is basically just a soapbox for a person who has no clout, little industry experience or access, and surprisingly little understanding of the business. It’s basically pitched squarely at the terminally outraged kids on Twitter and not a legit theater news site."

It just screams being run by someone who's tried and failed many times over at getting into the industry professionally. Are there many issues with Broadway that need to be addressed? Yes, but the outrage machine begins and ends on Twitter.

blaxx said: "OhHiii said: "Kad said: "Also a reminder that Onstage Blog is basically just a soapbox for a person who has no clout, little industry experience or access, and surprisingly little understanding of the business. It’s basically pitched squarely at the terminally outraged kids on Twitter and not a legit theater news site."

It just screams being run by someone who's tried and failed many times over at getting into the industry professionally. Are there many issues with Broadway that need to be addressed? Yes, but the outrage machine begins and ends on Twitter."

More than the inclusivity aspect, I'd complain that he is not a great actor and her shtick got tired a decade ago."

Agree with all of this, of course.

So then why can BWW post a "news" article saying it's a rumor, without even citing a source...but if someone makes a thread about Sweaty Oracle and his blind items/theater rumors on TikTok, it gets deleted. I don't get the double-standard. I miss the old days of this board.

Updated On: 8/24/22 at 04:09 PM

WiCkEDrOcKS said: "So then why can BWW post a "news" article saying it's a rumor, without even citing a source...but if someone makes a thread about Sweaty Oracle and his blind items/theater rumors on TikTok, it gets deleted. I don't get the double-standard. "

As happens so often on this board, you start with a false premise and thus end up at a false conclusion.

The report to which you refer is of a fact, that Jeffrey Seller is in the process of capitalizing the show, as set forth in the offering papers. As rehearsed above, that does not mean that the production is "official" but Mr. Boroff never suggested that it was. What he did report is what has been filed with the state.

I just want to know dates.

Georgeanddot2 said: "This really should've been the musical to bring Hugh Jackman back to Broadway and not The Music Meh."



There's absolutely no way Jackman could sing that almost operatic role. I also have doubts that Groben can handle it.

Updated On: 8/25/22 at 09:11 AM

I see he’s been tweeting about me and portraying me as some privileged white boy who doesn’t get it and doesn’t care about diversity.

I do get it. And I do care. But ONLY TWO MEMBERS OF A CAST HAVE BEEN UNOFFICIALLY ANNOUNCED. Can’t we actually wait to have outrage when there’s something to be outraged about?



Our industry loves to eat itself, and it’s pathetic.

What's his twitter? I need to read this. How can you be outraged by something that hasn't been announced? Wild.