Kennedy Center Sweeney Todd Cancelled

[Yankeefan007]

Kennedy Center Sweeney Todd Cancelled#1

Posted: 4/10/07 at 3:45pm

...due to "scheduling conflicts."

http://www.playbill.com/news/article/107209.html

[JRybka]

re: Kennedy Center Sweeney Todd Cancelled#2

Posted: 4/10/07 at 3:57pm

Sweeney Todd: The Reunion Concert Has Been Cancelled
Due to scheduling conflicts, the engagement of Sweeney Todd: The Reunion Concert on June 22 & 23 has been cancelled. Refunds will be issued to the original method of purchase. For questions, contact the Advance Sales Box Office at [phone], Mon.–Fri., 10 a.m.–5 p.m.

"Whenever I get gloomy with the state of the world, I think about the arrivals gate at Heathrow Airport. General opinion's starting to make out that we live in a world of hatred and greed, but I don't see that. It seems to me that love is everywhere. Often it's not particularly dignified or newsworthy, but it's always there - fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, husbands and wives, boyfriends, girlfriends, old friends. When the planes hit the Twin Towers, as far as I know none of the phone calls from the people on board were messages of hate or revenge - they were all messages of love. If you look for it, I've got a sneaky feeling you'll find that love actually is all around."

[luvtheEmcee]

re: Kennedy Center Sweeney Todd Cancelled#2

Posted: 4/10/07 at 3:58pm

I wasn't even going to get to see this and I'm upset! I was really excited for my friends who would be going. That's such a bummer.

A work of art is an invitation to love.

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

re: Kennedy Center Sweeney Todd Cancelled#3

Posted: 4/10/07 at 4:10pm

They're not even rescheduling. Wonder what are the "scheduling conflicts."

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re: Kennedy Center Sweeney Todd Cancelled#4

Posted: 4/10/07 at 4:17pm

There's not a lot of point in going through the hassle of rescheduling a "reunion" concert for an event that just happened a few years ago...

But that aside - if there is a reason other than scheduling conflicts - its probably lack of ticket sales. That's the usual culprit...

[sweetestsiren]

re: Kennedy Center Sweeney Todd Cancelled#5

Posted: 4/10/07 at 4:21pm

WHAT?

First Ragtime, now this?! My friend and I had tickets!

[Blonde]

re: Kennedy Center Sweeney Todd Cancelled#6

Posted: 4/10/07 at 4:24pm

drat.

shalom kitty

[neddyfrank2]

re: Kennedy Center Sweeney Todd Cancelled#7

Posted: 4/10/07 at 4:26pm

How was Christine in the role the first time around?

[orangeskittles]

re: Kennedy Center Sweeney Todd Cancelled#8

Posted: 4/10/07 at 4:37pm

Christine Baranski has a contract some where else that causes conflict. Apparently, the year notice since this concert was announced wasn't enough to get her affairs in order for 2 days...

I was really looking forward to this.

Like a firework unexploded
Wanting life but never knowing how

[GYPSY1527]

re: Kennedy Center Sweeney Todd Cancelled#9

Posted: 4/10/07 at 4:41pm

Me too! I was in the process of convincing a friend of mine to take a trip to DC with me.

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[circusliz]

re: Kennedy Center Sweeney Todd Cancelled#10

Posted: 4/10/07 at 4:47pm

And I just bought my tickets last week........could today get any worse?

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[theaterdude87]

re: Kennedy Center Sweeney Todd Cancelled#11

Posted: 4/10/07 at 4:54pm

I bet Frank Galati is behind this.

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[SporkGoddess]

re: Kennedy Center Sweeney Todd Cancelled#12

Posted: 4/10/07 at 4:59pm

Why don't they just use the understudy that was in the production? She was fantastic.

Jimmy, what are you doing here in the middle of the night? It's almost 9 PM!

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

re: Kennedy Center Sweeney Todd Cancelled#13

Posted: 4/10/07 at 5:08pm

Is it bad that I'm crossing my fingers that the "scheduling conflict" has something to do with FOLLIES? I know it sounds naive but a boy can dream.

"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"

[Michael Bennett]

re: Kennedy Center Sweeney Todd Cancelled#14

Posted: 4/10/07 at 5:13pm

I think she'd be able to get out of two performances of FOLLIES to do a concert...

And are we really crossing our fingers to keep Baranski in FOLLIES?

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

re: Kennedy Center Sweeney Todd Cancelled#15

Posted: 4/10/07 at 5:15pm

Hardly... but I was just hoping that it'd be a sign the show was transfering indeed. But you're right MB, way to rain on my gay parade though

"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"

[sweetestsiren]

re: Kennedy Center Sweeney Todd Cancelled#16

Posted: 4/10/07 at 5:24pm

I don't understand how one could have "scheduling conflicts" that interfere with a two night engagement that she has known about for a year at the least, particularly if it was just something like Follies. Updated On: 4/10/07 at 05:24 PM

[JRybka]

re: Kennedy Center Sweeney Todd Cancelled#17

Posted: 4/10/07 at 5:30pm

I can tell you for a fact that it was not lack of ticket sales...


I called to get tickets last week and they only had a few left for both shows. It was slim pickings.

Plus a friend of mine who works for the Kennedy Center said it was selling very very well.

"Whenever I get gloomy with the state of the world, I think about the arrivals gate at Heathrow Airport. General opinion's starting to make out that we live in a world of hatred and greed, but I don't see that. It seems to me that love is everywhere. Often it's not particularly dignified or newsworthy, but it's always there - fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, husbands and wives, boyfriends, girlfriends, old friends. When the planes hit the Twin Towers, as far as I know none of the phone calls from the people on board were messages of hate or revenge - they were all messages of love. If you look for it, I've got a sneaky feeling you'll find that love actually is all around."

[WishingWells]

re: Kennedy Center Sweeney Todd Cancelled#18

Posted: 4/10/07 at 5:31pm

D.C. just has problems with theatre...it is so frustrating

[Julian2]

re: Kennedy Center Sweeney Todd Cancelled#19

Posted: 4/10/07 at 5:31pm

Why don't they just use the understudy that was in the production? She was fantastic.

Amen, there's a clip of her and BSM on YouTube from the production and it hillarious.

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[FeelingElectric]

re: Kennedy Center Sweeney Todd Cancelled#20

Posted: 4/10/07 at 6:48pm

Couldn't agree with you more WishingWells. Between the problems at the Warner, the lackluster schedule at the Kennedy Center next season (Besides the cabaret series of course), and this cancellation, the D.C. theater scene is a mess.

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[Blonde]

re: Kennedy Center Sweeney Todd Cancelled#21

Posted: 4/10/07 at 6:55pm

What is going wrong at Warner, FeelingElectric? It is pretty disheartening. =/

At least we have Signature Theatre. Ok so that's Northern Virginia but same difference. I'm still mad I missed Into the Woods.

shalom kitty

[orangeskittles]

re: Kennedy Center Sweeney Todd Cancelled#22

Posted: 4/10/07 at 7:02pm

Bleh. I'm going to have to deal with obnoxious Kennedy Center calls and mailers begging me to become a member for all time just because I ordered tickets to this cancelled concert. They sent me somthing a few months ago that detailed how I can leave money to the Kennedy Center in my will. I'm 22!

Like a firework unexploded
Wanting life but never knowing how

[B3TA07]

re: Kennedy Center Sweeney Todd Cancelled#23

Posted: 4/10/07 at 7:02pm

"I bet Frank Galati is behind this."



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[FeelingElectric]

re: Kennedy Center Sweeney Todd Cancelled#24

Posted: 4/10/07 at 7:06pm

I was refering to the cancellation of shows at the Warner as the result of BACI's problems this past season (Problems shared by the Lyric here in Baltimore).

Drench yourself in words unspoken. Live your life with arms wide open. Today is where your book begins. The rest is still unwritten. "Unwritten" Natasha Bedingfield