Dorothy Loudon in Sweeney Todd

[wonderfulwizard11]

Dorothy Loudon in Sweeney Todd#1

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.

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[best12bars]

re: Dorothy Loudon in Sweeney Todd#2

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

Her "Worst Pies" is fantastic.

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[Unknown User]

re: Dorothy Loudon in Sweeney Todd#2

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

ok, she definitley had it off with Sweeney.

[zooxanthellae]

re: Dorothy Loudon in Sweeney Todd#3

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]

re: Dorothy Loudon in Sweeney Todd#4

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

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

"Light the candles! Get the ice out! Roll the rug up, it's today!"

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

[LadyRosecoe]

re: Dorothy Loudon in Sweeney Todd#5

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]

re: Dorothy Loudon in Sweeney Todd#6

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.

"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."

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[sondheimgeek]

re: Dorothy Loudon in Sweeney Todd#7

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

Her demise is truly the most chilling of all Lovetts.

"Light the candles! Get the ice out! Roll the rug up, it's today!"

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

[theaterkid1015]

re: Dorothy Loudon in Sweeney Todd#8

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

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


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[ray-andallthatjazz86]

re: Dorothy Loudon in Sweeney Todd#9

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!

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[sondheimgeek]

re: Dorothy Loudon in Sweeney Todd#10

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.

"Light the candles! Get the ice out! Roll the rug up, it's today!"

[LadyRosecoe]

re: Dorothy Loudon in Sweeney Todd#11

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]

re: Dorothy Loudon in Sweeney Todd#12

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.

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[ljay889]

re: Dorothy Loudon in Sweeney Todd#13

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

I want to hear her Final Sequence so bad!

[sondheimgeek]

re: Dorothy Loudon in Sweeney Todd#14

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.

"Light the candles! Get the ice out! Roll the rug up, it's today!"

[sondheimgeek]

re: Dorothy Loudon in Sweeney Todd#15

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

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"Light the candles! Get the ice out! Roll the rug up, it's today!"

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

[LadyRosecoe]

re: Dorothy Loudon in Sweeney Todd#16

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

How did you come across such good footage sg?

[sondheimgeek]

re: Dorothy Loudon in Sweeney Todd#17

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

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"Light the candles! Get the ice out! Roll the rug up, it's today!"

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

[ljay889]

re: Dorothy Loudon in Sweeney Todd#18

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

Damn. I am so pissed I missed it.

[FOAnatic]

re: Dorothy Loudon in Sweeney Todd#19

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

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

"I love talking about nothing. It is the only thing I know anything about." - Oscar Wilde

[sondheimgeek]

re: Dorothy Loudon in Sweeney Todd#20

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

Me too.

"Light the candles! Get the ice out! Roll the rug up, it's today!"

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

[FOAnatic]

re: Dorothy Loudon in Sweeney Todd#21

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

Hey, I'd like a message, too.

"I love talking about nothing. It is the only thing I know anything about." - Oscar Wilde

[morosco]

re: Dorothy Loudon in Sweeney Todd#22

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

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

[musicalfan07]

re: Dorothy Loudon in Sweeney Todd#23

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

Amazing. Simply amazing.

[nmartin]

re: Dorothy Loudon in Sweeney Todd#24

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?