Groban & Ashford in SWEENEY TODD On Broadway - Reviews & News Thread
Groban & Ashford in SWEENEY TODD On Broadway - Reviews & News Thread
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/13/06
Groban & Ashford in SWEENEY TODD On Broadway - Reviews & News Thread#1
Posted: 12/14/22 at 9:34am
Jordan Fisher as Anthony
Gaten Matarazzo as Tobias
Ruthie Ann Miles as Beggar Woman
Maria Bilbao as Joanna
Jamie Jackson as Turpin
John Rapson as Beadle
Nicholas Christopher as Pirelli/Sweeney Standby
Jeanna De Waal as Lovett Standby/Beggar Woman
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SWEENEY TODD Revival announces further casting#2
Posted: 12/14/22 at 9:35am
Amazing cast!!!
SWEENEY TODD Revival announces further casting#3
Posted: 12/14/22 at 9:36am
HOLY CRAP! This is gonna be a great revival!
SWEENEY TODD Revival announces further casting#4
Posted: 12/14/22 at 9:37am
Fascinated that this take is decidedly treating Sweeney as a tenor. Had there ever been a Pirelli who has covered Sweeney?
SWEENEY TODD Revival announces further casting#5
Posted: 12/14/22 at 9:38am
Wow that’s fantastic!
NGL I would want to see Jeanna de Waal as Lovett rather than Ashford.
SWEENEY TODD Revival announces further casting#6
Posted: 12/14/22 at 9:40am
I wonder if Nicholas Christopher will end up as the Sweeney alternate if they opt to add in an 8th show each week?
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
SWEENEY TODD Revival announces further casting#7
Posted: 12/14/22 at 9:41am
Wowza....glad I already have my tickets!
SWEENEY TODD Revival announces further casting#8
Posted: 12/14/22 at 9:41am
JanMaxwellsBag said: "Wow that’s fantastic!
NGL I would want to see Jeanna de Waal as Lovett rather than Ashford."
THIS! Just have de Waal & Christopher be the alternates and add in Tuesday evening shows.
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/14/20
SWEENEY TODD Revival announces further casting#9
Posted: 12/14/22 at 9:44am
WILL BE GETTING MY TICKET ASAP
SWEENEY TODD Revival announces further casting#10
Posted: 12/14/22 at 9:51am
This is going to be a very expensive ticket to get.
SWEENEY TODD Revival announces further casting#11
Posted: 12/14/22 at 9:52am
I am also praying for Ruthie’s stamina. How is she going to do this, Piazza and Here Lies Love all in the same season, as well as be the mother to young children? Ruthie- you are insane and I love you.!
SWEENEY TODD Revival announces further casting#12
Posted: 12/14/22 at 10:03am
How do people here feel about Jordan Fisher? My only opinion is based on him in Rent Live, which probably isn't a fair representation of him (I hope).
SWEENEY TODD Revival announces further casting#13
Posted: 12/14/22 at 10:07am
ACL2006 said: "This is going to be a very expensive ticket to get."
I got my tickets way back in September. They were Orchestra Right Center and I think they were like $150.
SWEENEY TODD Revival announces further casting#14
Posted: 12/14/22 at 10:09am
FANtomFollies said: "How do people here feel about Jordan Fisher? My only opinion is based on him in Rent Live, which probably isn't a fair representation of him (I hope)."
He's also worked with Thomas Kail twice before. First on Grease: Live, then when he took over for Anthony Ramos in Hamilton on Broadway. I think he's a talented performer.
SWEENEY TODD Revival announces further casting#15
Posted: 12/14/22 at 10:09am
I’ll be playing lottery for this often, even if only to find out how hard it will be to win.
SWEENEY TODD Revival announces further casting#16
Posted: 12/14/22 at 10:10am
QueenAlice said: "I am also praying for Ruthie’s stamina. How is she going to do this, Piazza and Here Lies Love all in the same season, as well as be the mother to young children? Ruthie- you are insane and I love you.!"
I mentioned this in a previous thread, but Ruthie is not doing Here Lies Love. She was offered HLL, but chose to do Sweeney Todd instead.
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/18
SWEENEY TODD Revival announces further casting#17
Posted: 12/14/22 at 10:13am
QueenAlice said: "Fascinated that this take is decidedly treating Sweeney as a tenor. Had there ever been a Pirelli who has covered Sweeney?"
Nick Christopher is very much a baritone. So he either has a higher range that I haven’t heard before, or they’ll drop the Pirelli keys.
I’d gladly see him and Jeanna on, if they do an 8th show each week.
The one whose stamina I’m worried about is Jordan F. Didn’t he have major attendance issues “company member issues” in DEH?
SWEENEY TODD Revival announces further casting#18
Posted: 12/14/22 at 10:17am
ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "QueenAlice said: "Fascinated that this take is decidedly treating Sweeney as a tenor. Had there ever been a Pirelli who has covered Sweeney?"
Nick Christopher is very much a baritone. So he either has a higher range that I haven’t heard before, or they’ll drop the Pirelli keys.
I’d gladly see him and Jeanna on, if they do an 8th show each week.
The one whose stamina I’m worried about is Jordan F. Didn’t he have major attendance issues “company member issues” in DEH?"
Yes, Jordan was frequently out in DEH.
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/18
SWEENEY TODD Revival announces further casting#19
Posted: 12/14/22 at 10:19am
Now I want to see how they handle the billing. Because Gaten will sell some real tickets if they bill him alongside Groban & Ashford.
SWEENEY TODD Revival announces further casting#20
Posted: 12/14/22 at 10:22am
They should really add an 8th performance now(Mon or Tue evenings) with the two standbys to off-set the expensive tickets this is demanding.
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/14/20
SWEENEY TODD Revival announces further casting#21
Posted: 12/14/22 at 10:23am
So far I looked at ticket prices and if you do not mind sitting far back, the least expensive ticket is less than $70...
SWEENEY TODD Revival announces further casting#22
Posted: 12/14/22 at 10:24am
ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "QueenAlice said: "Fascinated that this take is decidedly treating Sweeney as a tenor. Had there ever been a Pirelli who has covered Sweeney?"
Nick Christopher is very much a baritone. So he either has a higher range that I haven’t heard before, or they’ll drop the Pirelli keys."
Interesting. I saw him as Burr in Hamilton and he's definitely at least a "high baritone" - I mean he's played John in Miss Saigon, so he's probably got at least a solid A/Ab. When Christian Borle played Pirelli, he did the really high notes in falsetto (if I remember correctly), which is fine because it's supposed to be comically high anyway.
Also interesting that they are calling him the "standby" when he is already in the cast, so he's technically an understudy, but I guess "understudy" is a dirty word for some people ha ha.
Broadway Star Joined: 10/14/21
SWEENEY TODD Revival announces further casting#23
Posted: 12/14/22 at 10:28am
The cast is uniformly excellent but Ruthie will be insanely good. This is clearly shaping up to be the theatrical event of the spring.
SWEENEY TODD Revival announces further casting#24
Posted: 12/14/22 at 10:30am
Do we know yet if this will be an open run, or with those names in the cast, is this a limited engagement? Ticketmaster is selling through September. Do we think it will close then?
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/14/20
SWEENEY TODD Revival announces further casting#25
Posted: 12/14/22 at 10:36am
wewdie said: "Do we know yet if this will be an open run, or with those names in the cast, is this a limited engagement? Ticketmaster is selling through September. Do we think it will close then?"
Hm. Hard to say. Josh Groban was with Great Comet for a while. Maybe it will stay open but the cast will change?
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