Cyndi Lauper as Mrs. Lovett...?

[BSoBW2]

Posted: 4/9/06 at 6:53pm

Before you say anything...

Could you imagine? I mean, it would certainly NOT be like Patti, and Cyndi doesn't have that type of voice...but the whole revival would have been different.

She probably would be very dry (in a good way), as she is in 3Penny.

Now I kind of want to hear her sing "Worst Pies in London" or "Wait"....

About a year ago, Lauper auditioned for the part of Mrs. Lovett in "Sweeney Todd," which Patti Lupone, who ended up staying in the role, was then workshopping. "I was told to go in anyway, and I did, and it was great to know that I could do an English accent," Lauper recalls. "I realized a Cockney accent isn't that far from how they talk in Brooklyn or Queens."

http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/printedition/ny-ffthe4691346apr09,0,5335088.story
Courtesy of BlueCat

ETA: Yhe more I think about it, the more I think she owuld have made the revival's Lovett darker.

Updated On: 4/9/06 at 06:53 PM

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 4/9/06 at 6:59pm

Cyndi was the 2nd choice for Lovett in this revival and was fairly disappointed when she didn't get it. What she was happy about, however, was that Sondheim told Patti she got it on her birthday. All of this was said at one of Cyndi's recent concerts.

[dirty rotten guy]

Posted: 4/9/06 at 7:00pm

This is not new news but I do think she would be a great choice for a replacement. I wasnt sure till I saw Threepenny, she is amazing!

[BSoBW2]

Posted: 4/9/06 at 7:00pm

I think Marc Kudisch and Cyndi Lauper should take over for Michael and Patti!

They are so different - Marc and Cyndi - it would create an awesome dynamic.

(DRG - I know. I just read that article. And after seeing her in 3Penny, I have no doubts her acting would be superb.)
Updated On: 4/9/06 at 07:00 PM

[BluCat500]

Posted: 4/9/06 at 7:04pm

I concur.

[Johnnytoc]

Posted: 4/9/06 at 7:37pm

I would Love to see Marc as Sweeney.