Sweeney Todd Casting Question
Sweeney Todd Casting Question
Zeitoujo
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/3/06
#1Sweeney Todd Casting Question
Posted: 5/4/09 at 9:04amIf Sweeney was to be going on Broadway right now who would be a good Sweeney? I couldn't think of anyone! Suggestions?
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#2re: Sweeney Todd Casting Question
Posted: 5/4/09 at 9:41amSusan Boyle
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PiraguaGuy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/10/08
#2re: Sweeney Todd Casting Question
Posted: 5/4/09 at 9:48am
Michael Cerveris...seeing as he was amazing in the part...3 years ago.
George Hearn? Gregg Edelman?
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Zeitoujo
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/3/06
#3re: Sweeney Todd Casting Question
Posted: 5/4/09 at 4:43pm
I'm trying to think of new people who haven't played the role before!
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#4re: Sweeney Todd Casting Question
Posted: 5/4/09 at 7:34pm
Anthony Warlow!
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#5re: Sweeney Todd Casting Question
Posted: 5/4/09 at 7:38pmShuler Hensley would be amazing in both voice and character!!!!!!
#6re: Sweeney Todd Casting Question
Posted: 5/4/09 at 7:39pm
Merritt David Janes 
Updated On: 5/4/09 at 07:39 PM
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#7re: Sweeney Todd Casting Question
Posted: 5/4/09 at 9:56pmNPH??? (I jest, but I would love an opportunity to see him on a b'way stage!)
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#8re: Sweeney Todd Casting Question
Posted: 5/4/09 at 10:11pm
I personally could see Raul Esparza (who has expressed interest in the role) as Sweeney before NPH, even though it seems like an odd fit for both of them. [Although I'd still like to see Raul].
In fact just thinking about it even more I can't see NPH in the role [i]at all[/i].
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scaryclowns2232
Stand-by Joined: 6/18/08
#9re: Sweeney Todd Casting Question
Posted: 5/4/09 at 10:24pmHe probably wouldn't be well-received, but I would LOVE to see Denis o' Hare's take on the role- only because it would be different from any Sweeney we've ever seen.
#10re: Sweeney Todd Casting Question
Posted: 5/4/09 at 10:33pm
I would pay WAY too much to see Raul Esparza play Sweeney Todd.
And I think Daphne Rubin-Vega would be a brilliant Mrs. Lovett (but that's just me).
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#11re: Sweeney Todd Casting Question
Posted: 5/4/09 at 10:34pm
I DID say it in jest. I don't think he'd be a good fit for it all; I just want to have the opportunity to see him on stage!
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#12re: Sweeney Todd Casting Question
Posted: 5/4/09 at 11:08pm
Oh I suppose :P.
SWEENEY TODD 2011 BROADWAY REVIVAL
Sweeney: Anthony Warlow or Raul Esparza
Mrs Lovett: Bernadette Peters
Johanna: Laura Benanti
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bwaylvsong
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/28/05
#13re: Sweeney Todd Casting Question
Posted: 5/4/09 at 11:24pmElaine Stritch... as Sweeney AND Lovett
#14re: Sweeney Todd Casting Question
Posted: 5/4/09 at 11:26pm
The worst pies in........ LONDON!....... LONDOOON! LONDOOOON!!
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PiraguaGuy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/10/08
#15re: Sweeney Todd Casting Question
Posted: 5/4/09 at 11:29pm
Laura's a little too old...and too big a name for Johanna.
And Bernadette can't play Lovett in a couple years. Lovett shouldn't be able to get a discount on movie tickets.
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#16re: Sweeney Todd Casting Question
Posted: 5/4/09 at 11:53pm
Well there have been older Johannas e.g. Lisa Vroman.
Although embarrassingly, I don't really understand your Bernadette analogy :-/.
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PiraguaGuy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/10/08
#18re: Sweeney Todd Casting Question
Posted: 5/4/09 at 11:58pm
Bernadette would be very close to 65 (senior citizen age) by the time a 2011 revival opened. Patti was only 57 when her revival opened, and Angela was around 54 in the original.
Johanna is, in actuality, a nothing part and not the kind of role someone on the level of Laura Benanti would take on (except for a special concert version).
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#19re: Sweeney Todd Casting Question
Posted: 5/5/09 at 12:05am
oh LOL. Yes, all sound reasons. Unless Bernadette is a particularly fit 65 year old.
Studio!Album or Concert!PLS. But the show certainly doesn't need any more attention..guhh...disappointing.
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RockabyeHamlet
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/1/05
#20re: Sweeney Todd Casting Question
Posted: 5/5/09 at 12:57amRaul would be awful in my opinon. There are alot of parts out there that are right for him, but Sweeney isn't one of them.
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#21re: Sweeney Todd Casting Question
Posted: 5/5/09 at 12:57amI sometimes wish the producers of the Doyle revival went with their first choice for Lovett: Cyndi Lauper. I think Cyndi would only work for the style of that production.
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"That's, like, twelve shows! ...Or seven." -Crazy SA Fangirl
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Zeitoujo
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/3/06
#22re: Sweeney Todd Casting Question
Posted: 5/5/09 at 7:59am
My Cast:
Bernedette Peters- Lovett
Raul Esparza- Sweeney
Leigh Ann Larkin- Johanna
Aaron Tveit- Anthony
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PiraguaGuy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/10/08
#23re: Sweeney Todd Casting Question
Posted: 5/5/09 at 8:05am
Leigh Ann Larkin- Johanna
Aaron Tveit- Anthony
Are you joking? Raul as Sweeney would be disaster enough.
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Zeitoujo
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/3/06
#24re: Sweeney Todd Casting Question
Posted: 5/5/09 at 8:06amHow would that be a disaster? I think they are perfect for the roles! Both have GREAT voices and are amazing actors.
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