Dorothy Loudon in Sweeney Todd

[wonderfulwizard11]

Posted: 12/28/07 at 2:24pm

For anyone who loves Dorothy Loudon, go to that site and search for Dorothy Loudon. You'll find Ms. Loudon performing Poor Thing and The Worst Pies in London from Sweeney Todd.

[best12bars]

Posted: 12/28/07 at 2:29pm

Her "Worst Pies" is fantastic.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 12/28/07 at 2:38pm

ok, she definitley had it off with Sweeney.

[zooxanthellae]

Posted: 12/28/07 at 2:40pm

haha did anyone else see the commercial too, that was too funny!

Agreed! Her "Worst Pies" was fantastic!

[sondheimgeek]

Posted: 12/28/07 at 2:40pm

I posted the Loudon commercial. She is definitely my favorite Lovett.

Updated On: 12/28/07 at 02:40 PM

[LadyRosecoe]

Posted: 12/28/07 at 2:41pm

There are 3 different commercials, all great and I love the powder blasting off the dough as she emerges through it.

[best12bars]

Posted: 12/28/07 at 2:42pm

I love how she gets all into that second verse, practically shimmying and throwing her flour around, "With the price of meat what it is, when you get it..."

Great stuff.

What a fearless talent.

[sondheimgeek]

Posted: 12/28/07 at 2:43pm

Her demise is truly the most chilling of all Lovetts.

Updated On: 12/28/07 at 02:43 PM

[theaterkid1015]

Posted: 12/28/07 at 2:43pm

OH. MY. GOD. I HAVE BEEN DYING TO HEAR THIS!!!


THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU A HUNDRED TIMES THANK YOU!!!

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Posted: 12/28/07 at 2:47pm

I've been lucky enough to listen to an audio of Loudon in the role. She sounds fantastic as Mrs.Lovett, I can only imagine what seeing her live must have been like. What a marvelous performer!

[sondheimgeek]

Posted: 12/28/07 at 2:50pm

She plays the role as less deadpan than Patti and less over-the-top as Angela. She's like a perfect balance.

[LadyRosecoe]

Posted: 12/28/07 at 2:54pm

The soundboard of opening night is posted on Youtube too for those interested. I had never heard it before and that extended organ sequence was fantastic with the weaving of Linnet Bird and strains of Epiphany in there. I know that the whole of it wasn't recorded on the OBC and certainly not heard on the tour dvd, was it permanently changed or does it just seem to be abridged everywhere?

[D2]

Posted: 12/28/07 at 2:54pm

Dorothy Loudon was sensational, a very different, far nastier but very worthy replacement for Angela Lansbury. She practically screamed the lines "I love you, I'd be twice the wife she was, I love you, could that thing have cared for you like me" and the desperation was chilling. And she was, as has been noted, hysterically funny as well. Her BY THE SEA was especially hilarious. IMHO, she was a better match for George Hearn - they balanced each other out extremely well.

[ljay889]

Posted: 12/28/07 at 2:56pm

I want to hear her Final Sequence so bad!

[sondheimgeek]

Posted: 12/28/07 at 2:57pm

I completely agree D2. Her "I lied cause I love you, I've been twice the wife she was, I love you, could that thing have cared for you like me?" was chilling. Most of the other Lovett's just sing it, but she really put emotion into it.

And as you said, her "By the Sea" is hilarious too.

[sondheimgeek]

Posted: 12/28/07 at 2:58pm

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Updated On: 12/29/07 at 02:58 PM

[LadyRosecoe]

Posted: 12/28/07 at 2:59pm

How did you come across such good footage sg?

[sondheimgeek]

Posted: 12/28/07 at 3:01pm

.

Updated On: 12/29/07 at 03:01 PM

[ljay889]

Posted: 12/28/07 at 3:01pm

Damn. I am so pissed I missed it.

[FOAnatic]

Posted: 12/28/07 at 3:02pm

God, what I would have given to see her live.

[sondheimgeek]

Posted: 12/28/07 at 3:02pm

Me too.

Updated On: 12/28/07 at 03:02 PM

[FOAnatic]

Posted: 12/28/07 at 3:05pm

Hey, I'd like a message, too.

[morosco]

Posted: 12/28/07 at 3:43pm

Loved her in the role. She sure can pound that dough can't she?

[musicalfan07]

Posted: 12/28/07 at 3:50pm

Amazing. Simply amazing.

[nmartin]

Posted: 12/28/07 at 4:18pm

During her run, she was on a talk show and did By the Sea. It was great. Does anyone remember what the talk show was?