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#126

re: Sweeney Todd CD Signing with Sondheim

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.

I stand corrected, you are as vapid as they say.

#127

re: Sweeney Todd CD Signing with Sondheim

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.

David walked into the valley With a stone clutched in his hand He was only a boy But he knew someone must take a stand There will always be a valley Always mountains one must scale There will always be perilous waters Which someone must sail -Into the Fire Scarlet Pimpernel

#128

re: Sweeney Todd CD Signing with Sondheim

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

#129

re: Sweeney Todd CD Signing with Sondheim

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

You all are just so lucky!

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

The smallest stream is a valent river. It will drown me if it can.

#130

re: Sweeney Todd CD Signing with Sondheim

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).

#131

re: Sweeney Todd CD Signing with Sondheim

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.

I stand corrected, you are as vapid as they say.

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

#132

re: Sweeney Todd CD Signing with Sondheim

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!

Cast albums are NOT "soundtracks."
Live theatre does not use a "soundtrack." If it did, it wouldn't be live theatre!

I host a weekly one-hour radio program featuring cast album selections as well as songs by cabaret, jazz and theatre artists. The program, FRONT ROW CENTRE is heard Sundays 9 to 10 am and also Saturdays from 8 to 9 am (eastern times) on www.proudfm.com

#133

re: Sweeney Todd CD Signing with Sondheim

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.

#134

re: Sweeney Todd CD Signing with Sondheim

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.

I stand corrected, you are as vapid as they say.

#135

re: Sweeney Todd CD Signing with Sondheim

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!

"I wouldn't let Esparza's Bobby take my kids to the zoo...I'd be afraid he'd steal their ice cream and laugh."- YankeeFan
"People who like Sondheim enjoy cruelty."-LuvtheEmcee

#136

re: Sweeney Todd CD Signing with Sondheim

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

#137

re: Sweeney Todd CD Signing with Sondheim

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

penguin- didn't see the clarification, sorry

#138

re: Sweeney Todd CD Signing with Sondheim

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!

"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

#139

re: Sweeney Todd CD Signing with Sondheim

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.

"Ev'ry-buddy wants ta get into de act!" - Jimmy Durante "Breathe from your hoo-hoo." -Kristin Chenoweth

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

#140

re: Sweeney Todd CD Signing with Sondheim

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

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

#141

re: Sweeney Todd CD Signing with Sondheim

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

#142

re: Sweeney Todd CD Signing with Sondheim

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.

#143

re: Sweeney Todd CD Signing with Sondheim

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

#144

re: Sweeney Todd CD Signing with Sondheim

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

#145

re: Sweeney Todd CD Signing with Sondheim

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.

"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

#146

re: Sweeney Todd CD Signing with Sondheim

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"

#147

re: Sweeney Todd CD Signing with Sondheim

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.

"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

#148

re: Sweeney Todd CD Signing with Sondheim

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!

#149

re: Sweeney Todd CD Signing with Sondheim

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

Listening to the recoring now!

LOVE it.

The smallest stream is a valent river. It will drown me if it can.

#150

re: Sweeney Todd CD Signing with Sondheim

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

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