Just heard that Betty Buckley will be performing in Sweeney Todd (I'm assuming as Mrs. Lovett) next Summer at a theater in the Hamptons! Does anyone have anymore info about this?
There was a rumor a couple months back that Buckley would be playing the title role in a production at the Bay Street Theatre in Sag Harbor next year, so I assume that's the place in the Hamptons the rumor you heard alluded to.
That's interesting. I wonder if they'd cast a man as Mrs. Lovett if Betty's Sweeney.
She performed Epiphany" at her concert at BB Kings last year and was amazing. She mentioned that she would love to play Sweeney and asked if there were any investors in the audience. Maybe she found one.
I'd love to see it. She does "scary" very well.
Maybe she's been inspired by Alan Cumming, and it'll be a one-woman production of Sweeney Todd.
Ha, Madbrian, that would be great. They could release her from a straitjacket and she could do the whole show from an insane asylum.
Remember when she was supposed to play Lovett in Odessa, TX with Shuler Hensley as Todd?
What Happened in Odessa, Texas?
"Jeannie Todd"
Starring Betty Buckley as Brenda Barker and Nathan Lane as Mr. Telly Lovett.
With Paulo Szot as the Begger Man.
Kristen Chenoweth as Antonia the fishmonger.
Cheyenne Jackson as Joe, the ward.
Patti LuPone as Judge Judy.
Jan Maxwell as Senora Pirelli.
Mary Testa as Beatrice Bamford.
And Lilla Crawford as Tobita.
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That mess in Odessa was a hilarious read a few years back. It would make a rather entertaining movie.
"Patti LuPone as Judge Judy."
OMG! That made me snort!
I think someone should totally write, Judge Judy, The Musical! for Patti!!
I think Patti looks like Judge Judy on the cover of her Studio 54 cd.
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"Get Out of My Courtroom! There will be know photography in the courtroom!! DOES NOBODY HAVE RESPECT FOR THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM ANYMORE?"
"STOP TAKING PICTURES! WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?"
"Todd. SWEENEY TODD!"
and from the Judge Judy Musical don't forget Patti's Eleven O' Clock number
"Do I have stupid written on my forehead?"
You know with the dreck I've been seeing lately (Nobody Loves You; Far From Heaven etc) , This might not be so bad!
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