Not for Sondheim purists

Which Sondheim characters look as though they've transferred to Matilda, so they can watch the telly?!



Maybe it's an episode of Coast.

Sally is thinking about Ben, and Buddy wants to know when he can get back to Margie.

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"The link mentions Sweeney."

Thanks for destroying the fun of the thread. I'm quite sure Phyllis and Sally, and 99% of other board users are capable of working this out for themselves, if they so wish.

I don't see a link either. Sorry the fun got spoiled, but that's an extraordinary image of those characters.

So, basically recommended for folks looking for a new pair of pants?

So is the point of changing the era to the 1980s to comment on Thatcherism and Reaganism?

"How comforting for once to know
That those above will serve those down below."

darquegk, I agree the judge stands in for the corrupt Victorian power structure, but there is political commentary throughout the show. (I realize Sweeney kills people of all classes, but the quote above shows a special relish in taking on the elite.)

Most importantly, as you point out, is the political context of gross economic inequality, but that leaves a number of periods when the play might be set. Maybe even today.

...and....
Designer Colin Richmond (he can have it!) discusses the production design