Hugh Panaro to Succeed Norm Lewis in Sweeney Todd!

Yes!

http://www.playbill.com/article/hugh-panaro-to-succeed-norm-lewis-in-off-broadways-sweeney-todd

Updated On: 7/24/17 at 10:21 AM

AND Carolee Carmello will stay on as Lovett!
Also, we saw David Michael Garry, who will be filling in between Norm Lewis and Hugh Panero. He was EXCELLENT.

Oh wow. I haven't seen him since Lestat, so maybe I should go back...

Wayman_Wong said: "For our ''Leading Men II'' concert for Broadway Cares, we asked Hugh to sing ''Right Before My Eyes'' from ''Lestat.'' And he sang it beautifully. In his intro, Hugh said he planned to tell some ''horrible Elton [John] stories,'' but instead he paid a touching tribute to a Broadway colleague, J.C. Sheets, who played Jean Valjean in ''Les Miserables.''

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHLug4bw-MI"

Very nice.

KJisgroovy said: "Wasn't Hugh in Phantom somewhat recently? Certainly after Lestat. "

Yes.

http://www.playbill.com/person/hugh-panaro-vault-0000101035

My bad. I was going by IBDB, which listed ''Lestat'' as his last Broadway show. Because Hugh had done ''Phantom'' pre-''Lestat,'' you had to scroll further down to see the more recent dates as to when he returned to ''Phantom.'' Thus, my confusion.

http://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/hugh-panaro-55499

Updated On: 7/25/17 at 02:12 PM

MarkBearSF said: "AND Carolee Carmello will stay on as Lovett!
Also, we saw David Michael Garry, who will be filling in between Norm Lewis and Hugh Panero. He was EXCELLENT.



I majorly splurged and bought tickets about a month ago in the front row right in front of the pie counter (when I thought I'd be seeing Norm). I'll be seeing Mr. Garry, and it's great to hear a positive review of his performance, since I was so looking forward to seeing Norm! Could you elaborate a bit on his performance/singing? What did you especially love? You can PM me if you'd like. Thanks!

I would imagine they'll have to transpose much of the score; I don't think he has those low notes.

"Sweeney isn't a role/show that people transpose"

I don't think a musical theatre score exists that doesn't get transposed at some time or other. I have personally seen a Sweeney (regional) that took several songs up one step or two (including "Epiphany," "Pretty Women," and "My Friends".

I'm so insanely jealous of anyone that gets to see Jake Boyd, John Rapson, and Carolee Carmello in a show together.

And they transposed the Phantom material down for Lewis.

Distinctive wrote "newintown said: "And they transposed the Phantom material down for Lewis."

They didn't, actually. It was definitely a stretch for him."

I can only go on what the MD at the time said, which was that transposing and re-orchestrating did happen. So... there you have it, for what it's worth.