Favorite Sweeney Todd Quote — Page 2

"Business never better using only pussie cats and toast, and a ****'s good for maybe 6 or 7 at the most, and I'm sure they can't compare as far as taste"

"Todd:
The sound of the world out there,
Mrs.Lovett:
What,Mr.Todd?What,Mr.Todd?What is that sound?
Todd:
Those crunching noises pervading the air,
Mrs.Lovett:
Yes,Mr.Todd.Yes,Mr.Todd.Yes,all around.
Todd:
It's man devouring man my dear
BOTH:
And who are we to deny it in here"

And the first time I heard: "We've got some sheperd's pie peppered with actual sheperd on top" I think I laughed really hard, had a mini-orgasm, and fell in love with Sondheim since then.

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"There's a hole in the world like a great black pit, and it's filled with people who are filled with ****."

Love it.

Freshman year our Opera Dept. did Sweeney (don't get me started...) and all the theatre kids kept quoting "Mrs. Lovett, you're a bloody wonder eminently practical and yet appropriate as always. Mrs. Lovett, how I looooooove you. Push you in the oven!" We sung it in this horrid German-type accent (lord knows why) and actually convinced (she didn't know the score) that the phrase "Push you in the oven" was a lyric. It wasn't until she saw the production that she realized it was us singing a stage direction.

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"locksmith?"

if i cannot fly, let me sing.

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"you shall drip rubies, you'll soon drip precious rubies" --love it!

"and the vermin of the world inhabit it--but not for long! they all deserve to die..." --I always get chills during this part.

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Both from "By the Sea":

"You and me, Mr. T, we could be alone
In a house wot we'd almost own..."

"Have a nice sunny suite for the guest to rest in,
Now and then, you could do the guest in!"

Choosing a favorite Sweeney Todd lyric is almost impossible. Most of my faves have already been mentioned, but I have to add these lyrics, cause they're really silly, funny and cute (words not usually associated with Sweeney Todd! lol):

Johanna: I think I heard a noise
Anthony: Fear not
Johanna: I mean another noise!
Anthony: Like what?
Johanna: Oh, never mind,
Just a noise
Something in the street,
I'm a silly little
Ninnynoddle!

Anthony: (at the same time)
You musn't mind
It's a noise
Just another noise
Something in the street
You silly...

And, from the same song:

J: I'll take my reticule
I need my reticule
You musn't think
me a fool
But my reticule
Never leaves my side
It's the only thing
My mother gave me-
Kiss me!

A: (at the same time)
Why take your reticule?
We'll buy a reticule
I'd never think
you a fool
But a reticule...
Leave it all aside
And begin again and
Kiss me!

"uhh...how many bells ARE there?"

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how intersting - i've seen the show so many times and i never realized that Mrs. L wanted to kill Toby...weird!

that's one of my favorite things about the theatre...discovering things :)

sorry for the threadjack - back to business

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WYHL - not sure that she actually wants to kill him but she knows at that point that 'the boy - he's guessed' and she knows that she's got to do something to silence him. That whole 'uneasy' underscoring signals this and creates a great moment for the actress.

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Updated On: 1/23/06 at 07:34 AM

"Freinds.... you shall drip rubies" chilling moment from My Friends. Duet with Mrs. Lovett

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