I Miss The Sweeney Todd Revival

[RockabyeHamlet]

Posted: 1/6/09 at 10:48pm

I miss that show so much. I miss Patti's tuba playing, Donna's creepy stare, Michael coming out of the coffin, and basically the whole darn thing. A show that amazing with that great a cast comes along once in a very long while. I know, it's been almost three years,and yes, I'm aware I need a life :)

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 1/6/09 at 10:52pm

Word.

Also, did you see Road Show? How much did you love Michael popping out of the wooden box? It made me smile.

[Manny2]

Posted: 1/6/09 at 10:56pm

I saw the touring show last year, I thought it was brilliant.

John Doyle and Stephen Sondheim are one of the best teams there could be.

[VonTussleGirl]

Posted: 1/6/09 at 11:18pm

Ditto. That production was a theatrical orgasm.

[Brick]

Posted: 1/6/09 at 11:18pm

One of my favorite productions.

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 1/6/09 at 11:20pm

Watch the tour videos on the website. It'll make you really miss the revival cast.

[TimeSquare3]

Posted: 1/6/09 at 11:28pm

I've heard people say that this was the best Non-Eq tour they have ever seen.

[ragg_ballad]

Posted: 1/6/09 at 11:30pm

i wholeheartedly agree. that was an amazing experience, seeing those brilliant performers onstage doing..everything.

[Manny2]

Posted: 1/6/09 at 11:31pm

Judy Kaye really was the star of that show (at least the tour I saw). She was bloody brilliant.

[Chrysanthemum62001]

Posted: 1/7/09 at 12:30am

I miss this show so so much. Even after seeing it so many times it was still so thrilling. Those are some fond memories of live theatre.

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 1/7/09 at 12:37am

I'm not saying the cast is bad. It's just that watching them makes me miss Michael, Patti and Manoel.

[Scarywarhol]

Posted: 1/7/09 at 12:43am

I haven't seen it since Broadway, and I can't wait to see the tour in a few months. I know the tour is non-eq, but hopefully it will at least be a little bit of a nostalgia trip if nothing else.

[EnWashingtonHeights]

Posted: 1/7/09 at 12:50am

I miss it! It was my first B-way show and it got me into theater

[frogs_fan85]

Posted: 1/7/09 at 12:50am

I miss the show more than I miss Passing Strange, which is saying a lot. I only saw it three times on Broadway, including the final performance. One of those was also during the week that Judy Kaye filled in for LuPone. I caught the Equity tour in Boston on Halloween of 2007 and saw it again in Denver last June. And I'll catch the non-equity tour on Long Island next month.

I only been going to shows for about a year when I saw Sweeney and that was the show that had me completely hooked. All of the performances were brilliant and I still think back to all of the little things that John Doyle did with this production. I kept noticing new things every time I saw it.

[binau]

Posted: 1/7/09 at 1:00am

I almost wish this revival did not exist since it basically has stopped the chance of a full scale revival with bernadette peters IMO.

Too bad raul esparza couldn't have been cerveris.

[RockabyeHamlet]

Posted: 1/7/09 at 6:05am

qol, everyone is entitled to their opinon, but I absolutly CANNOT see Ezparza as Sweeney. Maybe Barbara Walsh, but Raul Ezparza? I don't think so.

[Roadkill2]

Posted: 1/7/09 at 6:15am

Although a 30th anniversary revival would be too soon, how about a full 35th anniversay revival?







Updated On: 1/7/09 at 06:15 AM

[Roadkill2]

Posted: 1/7/09 at 6:53am

2014 is not that far away...


Updated On: 1/7/09 at 06:53 AM

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 1/7/09 at 9:24am

Raul still looks too young.

Besides, if he had done Sweeney, he wouldn't have been Bobby.

[PiraguaGuy2]

Posted: 1/7/09 at 9:44am

I still feel awful that I never saw this amazing production. I hold the (sadly incomplete) cast recording very close to my heart, however.

[madbrian]

Posted: 1/7/09 at 9:58am

I was underwhelmed by this production, and I think Doyle's approach worked better in Company. I like Lupone, but not as Mrs. Lovett. Didn't hate it at all, but not a huge fan.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 1/7/09 at 10:34am

Horrible, horrible, horrible. Doyle should be ashamed.

[clever name]

Posted: 1/7/09 at 10:38am

The best show I have ever seen. Still at the top of my list.

[Magdalene]

Posted: 1/7/09 at 10:45am

I adored this show!!! And was heartbroken when it closed (I had tickets for flea market weekend, and it closed at the beginning of Sept.) I could have sat through this show seveeral times---the minimalism of the set allowed me to concentrate on the lyrics more, and the acting of the entire company was superb! I loved the tour also---and saw it twice! Has it been three years? I thought it was two (since I saw the tour last year...)

[Brick]

Posted: 1/7/09 at 11:20am

EDIT

Sorry, just having a BrodyFosse moment, I guess... Updated On: 1/7/09 at 11:20 AM