*~*~ SWEENEY TODD OMG AH MAZE ING !!!! *~*~

[demonbarber23]

Posted: 11/15/04 at 4:24pm

im in such a good mooooooooooood today!!!
any sweeney fans on board? has anyone ever been in a production of it?!!! i think that kristin chenoweth would be SOO good in it!! Broadway NEEDS a revival of this NOW! ahhhhhh!! i think im gonna write to some producers with this idea...does anyone know any?? thanks in advance!!!!

yours demonly~
the barber

[CapnHook]

Posted: 11/15/04 at 4:26pm

Oh...my....God....

[demonbarber23]

Posted: 11/15/04 at 4:28pm

share the love !

[joeyjoe]

Posted: 11/15/04 at 4:32pm

redhot and i saw the NYCO production last winter... we also own the DVD of the concert performance from Davies Symphony Hall with Patti LuPone and George Hearn... next on my wish list is the Lansbury-Hearn DVD...

[jacobtsf]

Posted: 11/15/04 at 4:36pm

"sweet...wounded...Jesus"

(bonus points if you know where the quote is from)

[CapnHook]

Posted: 11/15/04 at 4:39pm

Bat Boy, duh!

[mvillalobos2004]

Posted: 11/15/04 at 4:40pm

I Have the Sweeney character from the show poster tatooed on my riht arm. "Sweeney Todd" was the show that inspired me to do theatre when I was a kid. My dream role, which I WILL perform in about 15 years when I am age-appropriate.
....I guess you could say I'm a fan of the show, no?

[jacobtsf]

Posted: 11/15/04 at 4:43pm

YAY for the Capn

[redhotinnyc2]

Posted: 11/15/04 at 4:47pm

I was the bass and Jonas Fogg in a production in Pennsylvania one year - it was a phenomenal production - lots of money put into the costumes and sets - hydraulics etc;...we had a blast doing that show!

[MargoChanning]

Posted: 11/15/04 at 4:55pm

To just address something in the initial psychotic post, just what role do you see for Kristen Chenoweth? She's several years too young to play Mrs. Lovett (aside from being miscast type-wise for it), too young for the Beggar Woman and too old to play Joanna (while she's certainly youthful, 20 she ain't).

[lovettespies]

Posted: 11/15/04 at 5:15pm

Yup, yup, yup. Look at my sn. I have been passionatly in love with Sweeney for a long time, as are many others on this board. Welcome to a Sweeney society. Other people should be flocking here in no time. Swing your razor high!

[BroadwayGirl107]

Posted: 11/15/04 at 5:34pm

"To just address something in the initial psychotic post, just what role do you see for Kristen Chenoweth? She's several years too young to play Mrs. Lovett (aside from being miscast type-wise for it), too young for the Beggar Woman and too old to play Joanna (while she's certainly youthful, 20 she ain't)."

And exactly how old do you think Glinda for the first half of Wicked is supposed to be? I could see her doing the role.

[pab]

Posted: 11/15/04 at 5:41pm

I agree with Margo, I see nothing in "Sweeney Todd" for Kristen Chenoweth.

demonbarber23, I'm just curious as to what brought on this thread in the first place. And yes, there are a number of "Sweeney Todd" fans on this board and people who have been involved in various productions. As a matter of fact, I directed a production of it myself. By the way, was that crack really good?

[wickedfan]

Posted: 11/15/04 at 5:47pm

I didn't originally like Sweeney Todd, it isn't exactly the easiest Sondheim to swallow. But after a while I found myself loving it. So I am now a Sweenyhead!

[GovernorSlaton]

Posted: 11/15/04 at 5:55pm

I had no idea there were Sweeney fangirls.

[eponine88]

Posted: 11/15/04 at 7:53pm

Sweeney is definitely one of my favorite shows. Lol I watch the Lansbury-Hearn DVD version quite often, and I carry around the original cast recording to satisfy my Sweeney cravings whenever I need a quick fix........teeheehee

[NuggetMonkeys]

Posted: 11/15/04 at 8:40pm

Sweeney is the high water mark for all of American musical theatre.
ever.
And I am not exagerrating.
It truly is.
-d.b.j-

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 11/15/04 at 8:43pm

With a subject line like that, I knew upon clicking on it there would me a mention of Kristin Chenoweth. Wow...

[Sumofallthings]

Posted: 11/15/04 at 8:44pm

You know I never really thought of Kristin Chenoweth as Mrs. Lovett but I seriously am going to go against type and say that she could do a marvelous job in 15 or so years. As long as by then she has learned how to not upstage people and give them fair time.

[EponineThenardier]

Posted: 11/15/04 at 8:47pm

I'm defiantely a Sweeney fangirl. Oh and it's Johanna (with an h) not Joanna. Sorry picky about that.

[GovernorSlaton]

Posted: 11/15/04 at 8:51pm

She might actually be able to pull it off (a few years from now, a'course). Wouldn't her "By The Sea" be splendid??

[Sumofallthings]

Posted: 11/15/04 at 8:53pm

But of course the stipulation is that she has to realize it is an ensemble show, not a star vehicle. The best productions of Sweeney Todd in my opinion are those where the ensemble is a cohesive group that works off of each other and there is no true star. The true star is the score.

Updated On: 11/15/04 at 08:53 PM

[BroadwayGirl107]

Posted: 11/15/04 at 9:39pm

I agree Sum. She could be really good (I think as Johanna also), as long as she puts aside her little "HEY! I'm Cheno. I'm funny and cute and bubbly and oh-so-lovable! So even though I can act, I'm going to just be cute and bubbly little Cheno!" act.

[Plum]

Posted: 11/15/04 at 10:11pm

I think Chenoweth would have been a phenomenal Johanna a few years ago. And I'd still like to hear her sing "Green Finch and Linnet Bird." But uh...I think someone needs to calm down and stay away from sharp objects.

[MyNameInLights]

Posted: 11/15/04 at 10:34pm

Sweeney=Life.