Groban & Ashford in SWEENEY TODD On Broadway - Reviews & News Thread — Page 40

BarnabyTucker said: "ljay889 said: "Is Ashford STILL singing “I lied cause I loveD you” ??

That did bug me. Sondheim was notorious for being a stickler about notesand lyrics being sung correctly. He was very hard on Patti LuPone various times about notes and diction, I think he would’ve made several corrections in this revival. I do wish Paul or Alex Gemignani could’ve been a consultant to ensure everything is being sung properly."

OMG I thought I was the only one who was bugged by that! She did it both times I saw it. Love her performance but that also caught my ear.

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Yep! I heard it twice as well. There is literally no excuse for Kail/Lacamoire not correcting that. 

Annaleigh has worked with Sondheim before, on a production that he adored. She knows that he was a perfectionist. There is not one conceivable reason that she and those in charge think it’s appropriate to change that lyric. Im disappointed to hear it hasn’t been fixed.
 

At least she’s finally screaming in the oven, though, lol. She didn’t do that in earlier performances. 

You should shudder Jeanna was better - at least I could understand her. The production is directed very sloppy and the actors choices are all over the place from slapstick to unrecognizable dialects. What makes matters worse is there’s basically an open orchestra pit and we are having trouble hearing them and some of the actors. The sound is abysmal from preview one til now. This is Broadway the best of the best - stuff like this should not happen. No excuses. Don’t expect glowing reviews. Mixed to negative I fear. 

Updated On: 3/26/23 at 02:18 PM

EDSOSLO858 said: "Judging by a full audio I found of this revival, I will agree that some of the tempos are a little too slow, Fisher is a misfire, and I could’ve used a bit more menace in Groban’s voice. But yeah, the ensemble is incredible and “Priest” is hilarious… I felt like Groban and Ashford were trying to make each other break character. Hopefully I see this live and I’ll get the full stage picture.

Reviews tonight will be positive but not fantastic.

Oh, and #BringBackTheWhistle."

 

 

Well, that settles it.

I am very curious about the reviews and don't know what to predict. Mu hunch says positive. But maybe not. Maybe a "traditional" SWEENEY will seem too quaint on the heels of the pie shop and the Doyle revival and Emma Thompson and Imelda and folks. Reviews will swing the Tony race for this category, which is now feeling pretty up in the air.

Feel like there will be a high level of overlap between those of us watching the new season premiere of SUCCESSION + those of us waiting for the ST reviews to come out :)

I predict reviews along the equivalent of B+ or A- letter grades, but I would not be surprised by one or two outliers that are down a grade.

Updated On: 3/26/23 at 04:25 PM

What happened? It started, problems with audio/video. Then it said we would be right back and now the video has a message it's been removed?

Updated On: 3/26/23 at 05:42 PM

ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "I am very curious about the reviews and don't know what to predict. Mu hunch says positive. But maybe not. Maybe a "traditional" SWEENEY will seem too quaint on the heels of the pie shop and the Doyle revival and Emma Thompson and Imelda and folks. Reviews will swing the Tony race for this category, which is now feeling pretty up in the air.

Feel like there will be ahighlevel of overlap between those of us watching the new season premiere of SUCCESSION + those of us waiting for the ST reviews to come out :)"

Ha. Neither for me. I’ll be watching Act II of the touring production of Fiddler on the Roof. The reviews will be out by the time I get home. I’m curious, of course, but this is also the rare time for me when I have already seen the show.

FANtomFollies said: "BETTY22 said: "I saw it a few nights ago and it took a moment to adjust to the two leads.

Both are doing something very unique and new. I'm still not sure if they were completely successful. It's just so hard to believe Josh would slit anyones throat.

I kept seeing Josh Groban - not Sweeney Todd."

I'm probably in the minority and I never paid much attention to Josh Groban, so I feel like I'm going in without any preconceived ideas about him, other than obviously he's got a great voice."

I agree with this, vocally. But, at least in this performance, he can’t act his way out of a box. 

Robbie2 said: "What happened with Live from red carpet w/ that annoying Ridge dude. Don't see it anywhere?"

I was looking for it also. It was posted earlier in the day to start somewhere around 5:00 and then disappeared from the news column. Maybe it didn't happen.

 

The live stream started, but got interrupted due to bad internet reception. I think it's about time they go back to pre-recorded red carpet interviews.

Very excited to see how this is received. 

‘Sweeney Todd’ revival starring Josh Groban, Annaleigh Ashford opens on Broadway

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