Sweeney Todd '89 Revival?

Yes, it was just that they gave character names to the chorus members. I don't remember Mrs. Mooney doing anything particularly noteworthy, probably just similar to what Mrs. Mooney did in the original Prince staging. There was a chorus member in the original who was clearly Mrs. Mooney. Unfortunately, the way the national tour video was shot, you really don't get to see any of the stuff she did. Not that it was a lot, but it was enough to make it clear that she Mrs. Mooney, even with a costume that appeared to have been partly made out of cat skins.

weird i didnt see the message above mine when i posted that...

What exactly does Mrs. Mooney look like in the tour video?

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1989 New York Times Review

For anyone who saw this production, I would greatly appreciate your thoughts on SuEllen Estey who portrayed The Beggar Woman.

IIRC, Frank Rich wrote in a piece about the production (not his review) that he liked her because she was more feminine and not so feral as Merle Louise. But I thought that she rather disappeared. The Beggar Woman is onstage relatively little and she has to make a big impression in that time. I thought that Estey didn't, though she's undoubtedly a good performer. It may be that her performance came across better in the original, smaller space. Rich wrote what he did before it moved to Circle in the Square.

LOL! I loved 'Teeney Todd'

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