Emma Thompson to make stage debut as Lovett in the NY Phil's Sweeney Todd
Emma Thompson to make stage debut as Lovett in the NY Phil's Sweeney Todd
#2Emma Thompson to make stage debut as Lovett in the NY Phil's Sweeney Todd
Posted: 10/9/13 at 5:53pmI just SH*T my pants.
#2Emma Thompson to make stage debut as Lovett in the NY Phil's Sweeney Todd
Posted: 10/9/13 at 5:53pmI have never been a fan. Not excited for this at all. There are so many better and more talented choices.
#3Emma Thompson to make stage debut as Lovett in the NY Phil's Sweeney Todd
Posted: 10/9/13 at 5:57pm
OMG
OMG
OMG
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#4Emma Thompson to make stage debut as Lovett in the NY Phil's Sweeney Todd
Posted: 10/9/13 at 5:58pmI'm still SH*Tting my pants.
#5Emma Thompson to make stage debut as Lovett in the NY Phil's Sweeney Todd
Posted: 10/9/13 at 5:58pmyes!! hopefully tickets will be reasonable.
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#6Emma Thompson to make stage debut as Lovett in the NY Phil's Sweeney Todd
Posted: 10/9/13 at 5:59pm
Immediately... What a horrible choice! Oh God 
#7Emma Thompson to make stage debut as Lovett in the NY Phil's Sweeney Todd
Posted: 10/9/13 at 6:02pm
I'm still OMG-ing.
I've been watching her films lately. Not so much by dedicating an Emma Thompson Film Festival on my TV, but I kept thinking how underused she is and how brilliant she is as I watch her movies.
I hope she has a worthy Sweeney!
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#8Emma Thompson to make stage debut as Lovett in the NY Phil's Sweeney Todd
Posted: 10/9/13 at 6:04pmI'm intrigued by this choice. Obviously, she'll act the heck out of the role. Does anyone have any idea if she can sing (properly would be better)?
#9Emma Thompson to make stage debut as Lovett in the NY Phil's Sweeney Todd
Posted: 10/9/13 at 6:08pm
best12bars, it's already been announced that Bryn Terfel will play Sweeney.
Thompson is astonishingly good casting. I cannot wait.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
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#10Emma Thompson to make stage debut as Lovett in the NY Phil's Sweeney Todd
Posted: 10/9/13 at 6:10pm
Let's hope she can make the role her own; I imagine with her dry English wit it will be a very different Mrs. Lovett.
Let's also not forget that Thompson was the original Sally in the 1980s London Revival of Me and My Girl opposite Robert Lindsay, and she sings on that recording, and she sings pretty well, so that shouldn't be an issue.
I still don't like the idea. But it's a good gig for her especially with the whole Saving Mr. Banks film coming out, etc.
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#11Emma Thompson to make stage debut as Lovett in the NY Phil's Sweeney Todd
Posted: 10/9/13 at 6:11pm
Terfel does a decent enough Sweeney. But OMG EMMA THOMPSON.
You are very lucky New Yorkers. I think she'll be magic.
#12Emma Thompson to make stage debut as Lovett in the NY Phil's Sweeney Todd
Posted: 10/9/13 at 6:13pmI'm a fan of her work, but never a particularly avid one. This casting is certainly different from what I was expecting and hoping for, but I do think she has the potential to be really fantastic. It won't stop me from seeing the show, so I'm hopeful that she'll be great.
#13Emma Thompson to make stage debut as Lovett in the NY Phil's Sweeney Todd
Posted: 10/9/13 at 6:19pmI cannot believe they got her! She really should have played the role in the film. She's gonna be ridiculously brilliant! Like they pretty much couldn't have gotten a more appropriate actress for the role; she'll be funny, she'll be scary, she'll be tragic, it'll be perfection.
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#14Emma Thompson to make stage debut as Lovett in the NY Phil's Sweeney Todd
Posted: 10/9/13 at 6:21pmShe also had a television sketch comedy series in 1988 in the UK called THOMPSON on which she sang regularly including a memorable sketch where she belted "Can That Boy Foxtrot" in a laundromat. Kenneth Branagh, Imelda Staunton and Robbie Coltrane were regulars on the series.
#15Emma Thompson to make stage debut as Lovett in the NY Phil's Sweeney Todd
Posted: 10/9/13 at 6:23pm
Guess I'm in the minority in my views, but I am happy everyone else is happy 
#16Emma Thompson to make stage debut as Lovett in the NY Phil's Sweeney Todd
Posted: 10/9/13 at 6:31pmqolbinau must be pissed.
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#17Emma Thompson to make stage debut as Lovett in the NY Phil's Sweeney Todd
Posted: 10/9/13 at 6:36pm
This is pretty exciting, but now I'm just reminded all over again -- and imagine it will be even more painfully clear when he performs alongside Ms. Thompson -- what a boring actor Bryn Terfel is
#18Emma Thompson to make stage debut as Lovett in the NY Phil's Sweeney Todd
Posted: 10/9/13 at 6:39pm
"qolbinau must be pissed."
#19Emma Thompson to make stage debut as Lovett in the NY Phil's Sweeney Todd
Posted: 10/9/13 at 6:45pm
I am disappointed but this casting is still somewhat exciting. ACL2006 the tickets have been on sale for a month or two. I will be at the first performance.
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#20Emma Thompson to make stage debut as Lovett in the NY Phil's Sweeney Todd
Posted: 10/9/13 at 6:46pm
I'm a little peeved that they didn't go and cast more a singer than actress for a concert production.
On that note - will this production be recorded for TV/DVD/CD?
#21Emma Thompson to make stage debut as Lovett in the NY Phil's Sweeney Todd
Posted: 10/9/13 at 6:58pm
I already have tickets. I was excited just to be seeing Bryn Terfel sing Sweeney. But THIS...
This is beyond the beyond.
Beyond the BEYOND the beyond.
#22Emma Thompson to make stage debut as Lovett in the NY Phil's Sweeney Todd
Posted: 10/9/13 at 7:14pmI like her. I think she will play the character really well...I am just unsure if she can sing. I hope she can sing it.
#23Emma Thompson to make stage debut as Lovett in the NY Phil's Sweeney Todd
Posted: 10/9/13 at 7:21pm
Let's also not forget that Thompson was the original Sally in the 1980s London Revival of Me and My Girl opposite Robert Lindsay
Thank you. I was certain this wasn't her "stage debut".
#24Emma Thompson to make stage debut as Lovett in the NY Phil's Sweeney Todd
Posted: 10/9/13 at 7:22pmSometimes living away from NYC makes me sick to my stomach.
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