Photo Flash: Sneak Peek at Sweeney Todd

[Rob]

Photo Flash: Sneak Peek at Sweeney Todd#0

Posted: 10/7/05 at 4:54pm

https://www.broadwayworld.com/l.cfm?id=88391

[MagicToDo82]

re: Photo Flash: Sneak Peek at Sweeney Todd#1

Posted: 10/7/05 at 4:56pm

Argh. I want to come to NYC to see this show.

There's always room for pathos - and jazz hands.

[Johnnytoc]

re: Photo Flash: Sneak Peek at Sweeney Todd#2

Posted: 10/7/05 at 5:34pm

This makes me So excited to see it!

[GYPSY1527]

re: Photo Flash: Sneak Peek at Sweeney Todd#3

Posted: 10/7/05 at 5:42pm

I have the widest grin across my face right now. Ah I heart this production.... :)

PS. Patti is looking mighty sexy!

Happy...Everything! Kaye Thompson

[tthomas76]

re: Photo Flash: Sneak Peek at Sweeney Todd#4

Posted: 10/7/05 at 5:49pm

This production looks great... Honestly, the major thing bringing me there to see it is Patti... I just hope it's still on Broadway by next summer... I can't return until then.

[chinkie azn jai]

re: Photo Flash: Sneak Peek at Sweeney Todd#5

Posted: 10/7/05 at 6:03pm

Great Picture! But I wish there was more than one.

"Chicago is it's own incredible theater town right there smack down in the middle of the heartland. What a great city! I can see why Oprah likes to live there!" - Dee Hoty :-D

[Chrysanthemum62001]

re: Photo Flash: Sneak Peek at Sweeney Todd#6

Posted: 10/7/05 at 6:10pm

That is all!

"What a mystery this world. One day you love them and the next day you want to kill them a thousand times over." The Masked Bandit in THE FALL

[fiatlux]

re: Photo Flash: Sneak Peek at Sweeney Todd#7

Posted: 10/7/05 at 6:17pm

Brilliant!

[BwayBaby18]

re: Photo Flash: Sneak Peek at Sweeney Todd#8

Posted: 10/7/05 at 6:25pm

fiatlux...... what show is that in your icon?

[fiatlux]

re: Photo Flash: Sneak Peek at Sweeney Todd#9

Posted: 10/7/05 at 6:50pm

"fiatlux...... what show is that in your icon?"

The original version of John Doyle's Sweeney Todd, now showing on Broadway.
Updated On: 10/8/05 at 06:50 PM

[WickedGeek28]

re: Photo Flash: Sneak Peek at Sweeney Todd#10

Posted: 10/7/05 at 7:29pm

I love me some sweeney.

"You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view - until you climb into his skin and walk around in it."
To Kill A Mockingbird

[Chrysanthemum62001]

re: Photo Flash: Sneak Peek at Sweeney Todd#11

Posted: 10/7/05 at 8:39pm

Wow, Fiatlux! I thought it was the Broadway revival cast! The similarities are remarkable. I guess if it ain't broke, don't fix it.

"What a mystery this world. One day you love them and the next day you want to kill them a thousand times over." The Masked Bandit in THE FALL

[theonlyone]

re: Photo Flash: Sneak Peek at Sweeney Todd#12

Posted: 10/7/05 at 8:43pm

Ah, great photo! Patti looks just fantastically crazy, and I love that sly freaky grin that Cervaris has...superb. I'm excited to see some clips soon!

[Smaxie]

re: Photo Flash: Sneak Peek at Sweeney Todd#13

Posted: 10/7/05 at 9:25pm

Patti looks like she's auditioning to be the lead singer for A Flock of Seagulls.

Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end: then stop.

[Chrysanthemum62001]

re: Photo Flash: Sneak Peek at Sweeney Todd#14

Posted: 10/7/05 at 9:34pm

By the by, I've heard Sondheim is *very* pleased with this production.

"What a mystery this world. One day you love them and the next day you want to kill them a thousand times over." The Masked Bandit in THE FALL

[Prisoner 24601]

re: Photo Flash: Sneak Peek at Sweeney Todd#15

Posted: 10/7/05 at 10:11pm

Patti to me looks little bit like Kelly Osbourne in that pic..

-Was that a fart?
-My fault, I fear.

Updated On: 10/8/05 at 10:11 PM

[fiatlux]

re: Photo Flash: Sneak Peek at Sweeney Todd#16

Posted: 10/8/05 at 3:05am

"Wow, Fiatlux! I thought it was the Broadway revival cast! The similarities are remarkable. I guess if it ain't broke, don't fix it."

This is a link to a gallery from the original cast prior to their arrival in London:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/somerset/stage/2004/04/sweeney_todd/index.shtml

[Mahatma Kane Jeeves]

re: Photo Flash: Sneak Peek at Sweeney Todd#17

Posted: 10/8/05 at 10:56am

Very cool pic, but i notice that Mike C. is wearing a standard, current men's tie. Is this new production of Sweeny set in today's era and no longer a period piece?

Brush up your Shakespeare, and they'll all kow-tow!

Updated On: 10/8/05 at 10:56 AM

[fiatlux]

re: Photo Flash: Sneak Peek at Sweeney Todd#18

Posted: 10/8/05 at 12:16pm

Re: Costume. It's not set in any particular time, and certainly it's not specifically set in Victorian London.

[C is for Company]

re: Photo Flash: Sneak Peek at Sweeney Todd#19

Posted: 10/8/05 at 2:38pm

i love her damn wig sooo much, onstage it functions like its actually her real hair and she gets into it lol. She was so amazing I need to get back and see her again.

[Albin]

re: Photo Flash: Sneak Peek at Sweeney Todd#20

Posted: 10/8/05 at 3:01pm

So let me get this straight. Each of the cast members plays an instrument. That's it for the orchestra? There are no off-stage musicians? Doesn't that affect the grandeur of Sondheim's masterpiece?

[fiatlux]

re: Photo Flash: Sneak Peek at Sweeney Todd#21

Posted: 10/8/05 at 3:21pm

"So let me get this straight. Each of the cast members plays an instrument. That's it for the orchestra? There are no off-stage musicians? Doesn't that affect the grandeur of Sondheim's masterpiece?"

It's a very different interpretation of the piece. Rather like the RNT and Chris Bond's version it concentrates on the characters and their motivations,making it a chamber piece as Sondheim originally intended. The actors use the instruments and music to explore their subtext in a quite startling way.