Did anyone see Merwin Foard as Sweeney Todd?

[NathanLaneStalker]

Posted: 5/14/07 at 2:31am

Did anyone here see Merwin Foard as Sweeney Todd in the recent revival? I'm just curious of how he was. I have only heard his voice singing "The Lees of Virginia" in 1776 and I can't really picture him singing Sweeney's part. How well did he pull it off?

Thanks!

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 5/14/07 at 2:33am

If I remember correctly, he never went on.

[YourLilAssassin]

Posted: 5/14/07 at 2:34am

He never went on.

[NathanLaneStalker]

Posted: 5/14/07 at 2:41am

Really? Not once? Wow. lol.

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Posted: 5/14/07 at 3:21am

No, Cerveris never missed a performance.

[EdmundOG]

Posted: 5/14/07 at 12:50pm

I saw closing night, and they made a few jokes at Foad's expense. "Hardest working man on Broadway", etc

[RockabyeHamlet]

Posted: 5/14/07 at 1:13pm

He never went on as Sweeney, but if I remember correctly, he went on as Judge Turpin once or twice.

And Cerveris said of Foard at the closing show " The most talented, least utilized person *laughter made it hard to hear the end but I believe it was* in the world.

Updated On: 5/14/07 at 01:13 PM

[NathanLaneStalker]

Posted: 5/14/07 at 2:35pm

How was he as Turpin?

Too bad he never got to go on, I would've loved to see him (or hear how he was) as Sweeney.