Mark Jacoby is Judge Turpin

[Leadingplayer]

Posted: 9/1/05 at 1:25am

Who else is in Sweeney? I saw them rehersing today at Ripley-Grier. Just peaked in the door when someone came out. Could hear and see Patti playing the tuba though!

[ShuQ]

Posted: 9/1/05 at 1:32am

No Neil Patrick Harris?

[Leadingplayer]

Posted: 9/1/05 at 1:38am

No. He has a sitcom now so he will be in LA doing that.

[pab]

Posted: 9/1/05 at 2:39am

https://www.broadwayworld.com/viewcolumn.cfm?colid=4558

[redhotinnyc2]

Posted: 9/1/05 at 7:04am

Mr. Jacoby is a wonderful performer, but the wrong voice type for the role. I can't imagine him hitting those low notes in a powerful way, but maybe he'll surprise me and be great.

[Jon]

Posted: 9/1/05 at 9:10am

"Hmmm... Sweeney os a baritone role... let's cast a tenor! The Judge is a bass role... let's cast another tenor! Geinius! Brilliant!"

[Barihunk]

Posted: 9/1/05 at 9:36am

Since the original orchestrations have clearly been thrown out the window for this production, it's not entirely out of the realm of possibility that things will be transposed. I think it's safe to say this is not your parent's "Sweeney Todd". Preconceptions should be checked safely at the door. (Or you can just ignore the show altogether - which is going to be my MO).

[redhotinnyc2]

Posted: 9/1/05 at 10:57am

Bari - I just might have to join your corner on this one. So far, I have no desire to see it, other than that my boyfriend really wants to, so I know we'll go eventually - and I'd love to be pleasantly surprised by the production - but with Cerveris in the title role, and the new concept, I'm not sold yet.

[Carl Magnum]

Posted: 9/1/05 at 10:59am

Excellent casting. Man I wish I could see this. It has hit and train wreck painted all over it.

[redhotinnyc2]

Posted: 9/1/05 at 11:00am

Magnum - boy do I hope you're wrong (for the actors's sake) but I have to say, I'm thinking the same thing.

[Carl Magnum]

Posted: 9/1/05 at 11:10am

Oh I agree, I hope it's successful, for Sondheim's sake too. I'd like it to last long enough so I can finally see a Sondheim on broadway. But man, if this sucks, it's gonna suck hard.

[Barihunk]

Posted: 9/1/05 at 11:17am

I certainly don't wish the production ill will. I just don't know how open American audiences are going to be for this "high concept" a production. European audiences are a little more used to directors fiddling with "classics". Americans are a little more nostalgic for the familiar.

[Fosse76]

Posted: 9/1/05 at 11:45am

"Americans are a little more nostalgic for the familiar. "

Which is how we always end up with "Broadway is dead" and "Musicals will never be as good as they were during Broadway's Golden Age" arguments. Considering Americans don't really have anything to be nostalgic about I don't know why people can't move on.