Sweeney Todd CD Signing with Sondheim- Page 6

[smartpenguin78]

Posted: 2/1/06 at 2:47am

Mine is at 10, first one of the semester. I may have to "all night it" and I am way to old for that.

Maybe I can say "Sondheim kept me up" and not go.

Now I'm listening to the Recording, I really LOVE this show.

[jacobtsf]

Posted: 2/1/06 at 2:53am

you opened the cd????!!?!?!?!?!?

mine is staying the way it is, and is being put in glass. I'll buy another to listen to.

[InTheRed]

Posted: 2/1/06 at 2:53am

jacob, I would have totally tried to play it cool and not let him know that I saw him and that would have been a massive mistake!
Geek out!
that's the way to go!
I'm glad you got to experience paying attention to his-wonderfulness.

NOTE: If you guys all have "classes" tomorrow, you're young enough to not need sleep!! Geez - look at all those middle age actors in Sweeney (even Tobias is 35!) - they have to do that insane performance 8 times a week!!! I know they must be sleep deprived...

Just ride the Sondheim high, kids -

congrats! - from someone in their mid-30's

[BSoBW3]

Posted: 2/1/06 at 2:54am

You all are just so lucky!

I should be getting my CD tomorrow! I cannot wait!

[jacobtsf]

Posted: 2/1/06 at 2:55am

I'm pretty sure he recognized me when I reached him at the table becuase he had a little 'face of acknowledgement' (when I'm tired I make up phrases).

[smartpenguin78]

Posted: 2/1/06 at 2:59am

It is open already.
They signed the Ocard not the disc.
I am still buying a new one and framing this one, but it is not like it wasn't open.

Even with all that being true, I bought two today, I am listening to the "other" one.

Updated On: 2/1/06 at 02:59 AM

[frontrowcentre2]

Posted: 2/1/06 at 2:59am

Thank you all for sharing your exciting stories. It sounds like the event was really well organized. Having met Sondheim and the cast after the closing performance of INTO THE WOODS in 1989, I know very well the "high" you are feeling. Enjoy it! It will carry you through many dark times in the future!

[jacobtsf]

Posted: 2/1/06 at 3:01am

I mean taking the cd case and book out of the box and therefore taking the chance that the o-card might get the slightest bend.

[smartpenguin78]

Posted: 2/1/06 at 3:05am

Inthered, I am in Grad school and while not yet 30, I am close. I also work, so there is that as well.

jacob, that is why I clarified.

Well I hope everyone continues to share, I loved reading everyone's experiences.
It was a great night.

[RockabyeHamlet]

Posted: 2/1/06 at 3:08am

I am envious of all of you. I would have loved to be there, but alas, my boyfriend's birthday was the same day. Glad you all have awesome expieriences though!

[InTheRed]

Posted: 2/1/06 at 3:11am

sorry penguin!
my bad!

Everyone just sounds so spry -
I still say, ride that sondheim high - wheee!

xoxox

[jacobtsf]

Posted: 2/1/06 at 3:14am

penguin- didn't see the clarification, sorry

[Chrysanthemum62001]

Posted: 2/1/06 at 3:27am

I wanted to tease Michael by pretending to spit on the ground and then ask him who I was, but I chickened out. Ah well, it would have been funny (though not very 'lady-like') but perhaps another time!

[jasobres]

Posted: 2/1/06 at 7:26am

Now I can actually die happy! I was at the performance and the signing! I talked to Patti LuPone, Stephen Sondheim, Michael Cerveris, and Donna Lynne Champlin (told her that she didn't mess up). I told Mr. Cerveris that it was because of him that I wanted to be on Broadway and how I myself am a guitarist.

Updated On: 2/1/06 at 07:26 AM

[jacobtsf]

Posted: 2/1/06 at 8:51am

I'm off to class, but I still am on this high

[Nothatsmrt]

Posted: 2/1/06 at 8:58am

I just want to say that I was there last night as well. My friend and I got into the theater at around 11...I think we may have been some of the last to get it. When we actually got inside, I was surprised to hear that they were playing the recording. So, when we got up to the stage, and I was standing in front of Stephen Sondheim himself, what did I ask him?
"Have all of you really been listening to the cd all night?"

And he and Michael said, "We've actually long since tuned it out!!!!" and "We've set our brains on another frequency." They were very gracious and friendly. Hillarious. I got to tell Alex that I saw him in a high school production of Guys and Dolls as Nathan when we were both in high school, and we had a few small world connections.

What fun, and so well organized.
Updated On: 2/1/06 at 08:58 AM

[kgee30]

Posted: 2/1/06 at 10:51am

So nicely staged & executed...what a relief. Kudos to the folks who organized this and pulled it off.

And it was as I've long suspected: meeting Stephen Sondheim face to face was a little like touching the sun, but not being able to turn away. Magic.

[dotvmike]

Posted: 2/1/06 at 11:14am

I still can't beleive that I actually got to meet Sondheim last night. It was totally worth waiting on line outside for almost two hours. After reading all the posts I am surprised that no one mentioned the fact that Brian Dennehy was at the show last night and was walking around outside the theatre at intermission and after the show. This was one experience that I will NEVER forget!!!
Updated On: 2/1/06 at 11:14 AM

[jacobtsf]

Posted: 2/1/06 at 12:01pm

This just in from playbill: Nearly 1,100 fans got their CDs signed


More than 1,000 Line Up for Sondheim Sweeney Signing

[Chrysanthemum62001]

Posted: 2/1/06 at 12:17pm

I actually wish John Doyle would have been there signing cd's as well. He may have been around, but I didn't see him.

[jacobtsf]

Posted: 2/1/06 at 12:18pm

Actually Ms. LuPone was telling us that the one thing she regretted about the signing was that "John couldn't be here, *remembers we're here* oh... he's our..." At this point about 5 people say "director"

[Chrysanthemum62001]

Posted: 2/1/06 at 12:27pm

That's too bad. The man fascinates me to no end. I met him once and he was such an interesting man.

[Jenny1284]

Posted: 2/1/06 at 12:38pm

I actually didn't get to sleep last night (because I had to finish a paper and go to a 9am class), but it was worth it. I didn't talk to anyone aside from saying "Hi" and "Thank you," but that was good enough. I'm afriad to touch the CD now. I think I might just end up buying another one too. It's sitting on my top shelf right now, which is kind of sad, but I'd be devastated if something happened to it!

[BSoBW3]

Posted: 2/1/06 at 3:12pm

Listening to the recoring now!

LOVE it.

[Luckydave14]

Posted: 2/1/06 at 3:25pm

As predicted, elizadoolittle has already listed her signed CD on eBay...and it actually sold already for $400!

http://cgi.ebay.com/Sweeney-Todd-Signed-CD-playbill-Broadway-Sondheim-RARE_W0QQitemZ7586800585QQcategoryZ2365QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem