Audra McDonald in Sweeney Todd
Audra McDonald in Sweeney Todd#1
Posted: 1/3/08 at 6:19pmI'm sorry if this has been posted before but I searched and came up with nothing, so I am to assume it hasn't been asked. When looking on amazon.com, I saw that Audra McDonald is credited as being in the Sweeney Todd Concert with Patti and George Hearn. Anyone know if she was just an ensemble member or something more?
re: Audra McDonald in Sweeney Todd#2
Posted: 1/3/08 at 6:22pmI believe she played the role of the beggar woman.
re: Audra McDonald in Sweeney Todd#3
Posted: 1/3/08 at 6:22pmWasn't she the Beggar Woman in the recording of it?
re: Audra McDonald in Sweeney Todd#5
Posted: 1/3/08 at 6:30pmShe played the Beggar Woman for the New York Philharmonic performance...how I wished that performance had been videotaped!
re: Audra McDonald in Sweeney Todd#6
Posted: 1/3/08 at 6:30pmShe plays the Beggar Woman on the NY Concert CD. She was replaced in SF, on the DVD, by Victoria Clark.
re: Audra McDonald in Sweeney Todd#8
Posted: 1/3/08 at 6:33pmDon't get me wrong, I adored Victoria Clark in the role but the Beggar Woman is my favorite character and seeing Audra's interpretation would have been mind blowing!
re: Audra McDonald in Sweeney Todd#9
Posted: 1/3/08 at 6:47pm
I've got to get my hands on that recording. I didn't know she was in it.
Updated On: 1/3/08 at 06:47 PM
re: Audra McDonald in Sweeney Todd#10
Posted: 1/3/08 at 6:57pm
Victoria Clark was a much better fit for the role. Audra still managed to sound too "pretty" in the role.
Updated On: 1/3/08 at 06:57 PM
re: Audra McDonald in Sweeney Todd#11
Posted: 1/3/08 at 7:04pmI read in an interview that Audra was supposed to do the San Fran concert as well, but something came up last minute so Vicki was hired as a spur of the moment replacement, and learned the role on an airplane to SF; doing her first performance that night.
re: Audra McDonald in Sweeney Todd#12
Posted: 1/3/08 at 7:04pmI agree, Audra sounded too "pretty" in the role. Well, I guess that disproves the Audra is like Meryl thread.
re: Audra McDonald in Sweeney Todd#13
Posted: 1/3/08 at 7:56pm
I think the concert she was in is out of print...?
I feel like I read that somewhere, but I could be wrong.
If someone knows where to get it, let us know!!
re: Audra McDonald in Sweeney Todd#14
Posted: 1/3/08 at 8:00pm
http://nyphil.org/buy/estore/itemDetail.cfm?itemnum=13&itemcategorynum=cds&itemdetail=yes
You can buy it there for only $20. They reduced the price quite a bit.
re: Audra McDonald in Sweeney Todd#16
Posted: 1/3/08 at 8:17pmI love her performance on the recording and though she sounds too pretty shes still amazing in it. Though thats pretty awsome Vicki Clarke learned the role on a flight.
"I am sorry but it is an unjust world and virtue is only triumphant in theatricle performances" The Mikado
re: Audra McDonald in Sweeney Todd#17
Posted: 1/3/08 at 9:12pmVictoria or Audra, but are aboslutely fantastic and we are lucky by whatever reason it occured we have them both recorded!
re: Audra McDonald in Sweeney Todd#18
Posted: 1/3/08 at 9:51pmAhhh Broadway, one of the few places where being trained is a downfall...
re: Audra McDonald in Sweeney Todd#19
Posted: 1/3/08 at 9:52pm
bulls**t
she sounded scary as hell and does an incredible job
victoria clark sounds just as "pretty" and trained but they both still act the hell out of it
re: Audra McDonald in Sweeney Todd#20
Posted: 1/3/08 at 9:53pmJazzy, my words excatly.
re: Audra McDonald in Sweeney Todd#21
Posted: 1/3/08 at 10:09pmIf the only critique Audra is recieving consistently is that she sounds too pretty, she'll be just fine. No need to throw a fit, people.
re: Audra McDonald in Sweeney Todd#22
Posted: 1/3/08 at 10:11pmThanks a lot for the link, ljay! I'm definitely going to buy it. So far, I've only seen it from independent sellers for pretty high prices.
re: Audra McDonald in Sweeney Todd#23
Posted: 1/3/08 at 10:15pm.
re: Audra McDonald in Sweeney Todd#24
Posted: 1/3/08 at 10:28pmSure, she sounds pretty during the "Alms, Alms ..." part, but her character voice during the lude sections is amazing.
re: Audra McDonald in Sweeney Todd#25
Posted: 1/3/08 at 11:35pmI don't think she sounds more pretty than anyone else who I've seen/heard play the role (save for the woman in the Doyle revival) at all. She's brilliant, the best thing about the recording.
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