DIZZYING???? I thought the staging of the video was BEAUTIFUL!! GREAT direction/cinematography/whatever! It ADDED to the show, IMHO! I can definitely see this televised...and now just pan-shot with three cameras cutting in with close-ups. Just the way Craig shot it.
I'll DEFINITELY be seeing it on my December trip!! Judging by this video alone, it looks as if it works SO much better than SWEENEY TODD.
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle