Favorite Sweeney Todd Quote- Page 3

[wherethehorizonlies]

Posted: 1/24/06 at 9:55pm

oh man, that gives "Not While I'm Around" such horrible undertone

i have been misled - i always thought that mrs. L was really attached to Toby

amazing what you can learn!

[wherethehorizonlies]

Posted: 1/24/06 at 9:57pm

okay - done thread-jacking now

:)

[Chrysanthemum62001]

Posted: 1/25/06 at 12:11am

It's taken me a very long time to narrow down all my favorite lines to just one. And this one would have to be it: "What happened then? Well, that's the play, and he wouldn't want us to give it away. Not Sweeney. Not Sweeney Todd. The demon barber of Fleet street."

[jam_man]

Posted: 2/1/06 at 9:50pm

"Sit, sir. Sit."

[Katurian2]

Posted: 2/1/06 at 9:53pm

Um..interesting choice jam man....my bew fav:

"To seek revenge may lead to hell, but everyone does it if seldom as well."

I love that line and the look the cast gives each other and the heart beat sort of pulsing in the background

[Prettylittlepicture2]

Posted: 2/1/06 at 11:26pm

Can't believe this hasn't been mentioned!
Lovett: You crazy mad, killing a man what done you no harm? And the lad downstairs!
Todd: He recognized me from the old days! He tried to blackmail me, half my earnings forever.
Lovett: Oh... well that's a different matter. What a relief dear - for a moment I thought you'd lost your marbles!

[WestEndBird]

Posted: 3/8/06 at 11:15am

Nothings gonna harm you not while I'm around.

[keatonbynumbers]

Posted: 3/8/06 at 11:33am

Ah.

"Let him bring her here and then--since you're so hot for a little (throat-cutting gesture of infinite hilarity)--that's the throat to slit, dear!"-- Mrs. Lovett

And from "Not While I'm Around":

Being close and being clever
Ain't like being true
I don't need to
I won't never hide a thing from you
Like some

And when Mrs. Lovett says to the Beadle: "There'll be time for the bakehouse... later." It's Patti's delivery that kills me.

And, lastly, my old favorite:
"No, you see, the trouble with poet is--how do you know it's deceased? Try the priest."

Wait, one more:
"The history of the world, my pet--is learn forgiveness and try to forget. And life is for the alive, my dear, so let's keep living it, just keep living it, really living it--" [Death.]

Ha.

[James885]

Posted: 3/8/06 at 12:23pm

Wow, I got to this thread late! But i'll add my 2 cents anyway

My favorite lines are from A Little Priest. This is probably my favorite"

- Try the financier/ Peak of his career
- That looks pretty rank
- Well, he drank/ No it's a bank cashier

Also the "Good you got it" line at the beginning of Little Priest. That song has some of the best lyrics.

[James885]

Posted: 3/8/06 at 12:25pm

I just thought of one other favorite quote.

"I'll come again when you have JUDGE on the menu!!!"

Gets me every single time

[Ourtime992]

Posted: 3/8/06 at 3:23pm

"I do so love a pomaded head!"

My favorite line when I played the Beadle -- I think of it everyday while combing my hair.

[slimandslam]

Posted: 3/8/06 at 3:37pm

My favorite line today is my favorite because it illustrates how many different ways there are to play a part:

"Ah, sir. Happy news indeed."

From the OBC reading of this line, you think of the Beadle as a jolly (albeit amoral) fellow; the 2005 revival makes it clear that the Beadle has devils of his own.

[Magdalene]

Posted: 3/8/06 at 4:38pm

The whole show is a marvelous quote!

[jlbpr00]

Posted: 3/8/06 at 5:40pm

My favorite is from Toby. It is my signature.

[Kgshrauder]

Posted: 3/8/06 at 5:42pm

Not one man, no nor ten men, nor a hundred will assuage me.

[VonTussleGirl]

Posted: 3/8/06 at 6:53pm

"Well how many bells ARE there then?"

"Good, you got it."

"But I haven't got a pain! Not even a twinge!"
*slap*
"You do now!"

[bwayrocks_ca]

Posted: 3/8/06 at 7:32pm

"No one can help, nothing can hide you
Isn't that Sweeney there beside you."

-gives me the chills every time

[Cenoern]

Posted: 3/8/06 at 7:45pm

"Have a nice sunny suite for the guest to rest in, now and then you can do the guest in"
~ Mrs. Lovett, By The Sea

"Better you should think she was dead yes I lied cause I love you I'd be twice the wife she was I love you, could that thing have cared for you like me?" ~ Mrs. Lovett, Judge's Return

"Do you mean it? Everything I did I swear I did what was always for the best.. believe me.. can we still be married?" ~ Mrs. Lovett, Judge's Return

Just amazing.

Updated On: 3/10/06 at 07:45 PM

[30/90 Playout]

Posted: 3/9/06 at 9:56pm

"Things like being careful with your coriander, thats what makes the gravy grander"

[jam_man]

Posted: 3/10/06 at 2:28am

"Mr. Todd...the old woman...you harmed her too, have you? You shouldn't, you know - you shouldn't harm nobody." ---Tobias