Mark Jacoby is Judge Turpin
Mark Jacoby is Judge Turpin
Leadingplayer
Broadway Star Joined: 5/12/03
#0Mark Jacoby is Judge Turpin
Posted: 9/1/05 at 1:25amWho 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!
Leadingplayer
Broadway Star Joined: 5/12/03
#2re: Mark Jacoby is Judge Turpin
Posted: 9/1/05 at 1:38amNo. He has a sitcom now so he will be in LA doing that.
#3re: Mark Jacoby is Judge Turpin
Posted: 9/1/05 at 2:39amhttps://www.broadwayworld.com/viewcolumn.cfm?colid=4558
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#4re: Mark Jacoby is Judge Turpin
Posted: 9/1/05 at 7:04amMr. 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.
"I don't really get the ending,all i can go with is when after several months,Judith saw Pat sang,and later she kissed him on the toilet,after that the story back to where Pat went down from the stage after he'd sung,and he went to the italian lady.I just don't get it,what Judith exatcly meant when he kissed Pat that she had seen,and did Pat end up together with The Italian Lady?Please help me,thank u very much!"
Quote from someone on IMDB in reference to a movie he/she didn't understand. Such grammar!
Jon
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/20/04
#5re: Mark Jacoby is Judge Turpin
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!"
#6re: Mark Jacoby is Judge Turpin
Posted: 9/1/05 at 9:36amSince 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).
"When you're a gay man, you have to feel good about yourself when a urologist says, "Yeah. I pick you". - Happy Endings
#7re: Mark Jacoby is Judge Turpin
Posted: 9/1/05 at 10:57amBari - 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.
"I don't really get the ending,all i can go with is when after several months,Judith saw Pat sang,and later she kissed him on the toilet,after that the story back to where Pat went down from the stage after he'd sung,and he went to the italian lady.I just don't get it,what Judith exatcly meant when he kissed Pat that she had seen,and did Pat end up together with The Italian Lady?Please help me,thank u very much!"
Quote from someone on IMDB in reference to a movie he/she didn't understand. Such grammar!
#8re: Mark Jacoby is Judge Turpin
Posted: 9/1/05 at 10:59amExcellent casting. Man I wish I could see this. It has hit and train wreck painted all over it.
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#9re: Mark Jacoby is Judge Turpin
Posted: 9/1/05 at 11:00amMagnum - boy do I hope you're wrong (for the actors's sake) but I have to say, I'm thinking the same thing.
"I don't really get the ending,all i can go with is when after several months,Judith saw Pat sang,and later she kissed him on the toilet,after that the story back to where Pat went down from the stage after he'd sung,and he went to the italian lady.I just don't get it,what Judith exatcly meant when he kissed Pat that she had seen,and did Pat end up together with The Italian Lady?Please help me,thank u very much!"
Quote from someone on IMDB in reference to a movie he/she didn't understand. Such grammar!
#10re: Mark Jacoby is Judge Turpin
Posted: 9/1/05 at 11:10amOh 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.
I got rid of my teeth at a young age because... I'm straight. Teeth are for gay people. That's why fairies come and get them
#11re: Mark Jacoby is Judge Turpin
Posted: 9/1/05 at 11:17amI 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.
"When you're a gay man, you have to feel good about yourself when a urologist says, "Yeah. I pick you". - Happy Endings
Fosse76
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/21/05
#12re: Mark Jacoby is Judge Turpin
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.
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