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Sweeney Todd PBS#50
Posted: 9/26/14 at 9:39pmNYC bleeped it because it started in the 9:00 pm hour. If it had started in the 10:00 pm hour, they wouldn't have bleeped it.
Sweeney Todd PBS#51
Posted: 9/26/14 at 9:40pm
Whoa! The boy soprano from the West Side Story revival is all grown up.
Updated On: 9/26/14 at 09:40 PM
Sweeney Todd PBS#52
Posted: 9/26/14 at 10:03pmDoes anyone know if this is being repeated? I'm out and of course the person I asked to DVR it for me forgot.
Sweeney Todd PBS#53
Posted: 9/26/14 at 10:16pmIf Sweeney got busy and slit the Judge's throat rather than wasting time singing Pretty Women, then things would be very different.
Broadway Star Joined: 7/13/08
Sweeney Todd PBS#54
Posted: 9/26/14 at 10:18pm
Kind of underwhelmed so far. Perhaps it is the semi-staged nature of this, but it is dragging. Love Thompson's comedic touches, but her head voice in The Worst Pies? Not so much. And Terfel runs hot or cold in both his singing and his acting.
Updated On: 9/26/14 at 10:18 PM
Sweeney Todd PBS#55
Posted: 9/26/14 at 10:19pmThis makes me want Emma to star in a full scale revival.
Sweeney Todd PBS#56
Posted: 9/26/14 at 10:27pm
I am sure it won't be long before she's approached for a full scale revival. Though I assume she has quite a busy schedule.
Updated On: 9/26/14 at 10:27 PM
Sweeney Todd PBS#57
Posted: 9/26/14 at 10:30pm
Sweeney Todd PBS#58
Posted: 9/26/14 at 10:32pmBut can we all agree that Audra is killing it as the Beggar Woman. She's too funny!
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/10/04
Sweeney Todd PBS#59
Posted: 9/26/14 at 10:33pmWhen I take my glasses off and watch it looks like Rosie O'Donnell is playing the role of Sweeney.
Sweeney Todd PBS#60
Posted: 9/26/14 at 10:37pmSome years ago, CBS televised a live broadcast of the play ON GOLDEN POND with Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer. The word "bull****" was said several times and it was not bleeped. I remember David Letterman making a big thing about it the following night.
Sweeney Todd PBS#61
Posted: 9/26/14 at 10:38pm
Terfel has a glorious voice, but he's clearly not the strongest actor.
Is it me - or are some of the tempos too slow?
Sweeney Todd PBS#62
Posted: 9/26/14 at 10:39pmYes, definitely better live, but I feel like that's just the way it is with these kinds of things? I'm not a fan of how they filmed it. Too many close ups, I think.
Sweeney Todd PBS#63
Posted: 9/26/14 at 10:46pmNo ljay, I noticed the slow tempos when I saw it live. But the pacing of the ensemble pieces are all over the place- Pirelli's Miracle Elixir and City on Fire are some of my favorite moments but they were just an intelligible mess at times.
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Sweeney Todd PBS#64
Posted: 9/26/14 at 10:47pm
"I'm not a fan of how they filmed it. Too many close ups, I think."
Yes, early on there were a couple of terrible shots of Joanna where the camera was too tight on the side of her face.
Sweeney Todd PBS#65
Posted: 9/26/14 at 10:53pmWhat's wrong with the side of Toby's head?
Sweeney Todd PBS#66
Posted: 9/26/14 at 10:54pmAm I forgetting why Tobias doesn't have any hair on the left side of his head? Not recalling that from previous versions I saw/the movie...
Sweeney Todd PBS#67
Posted: 9/26/14 at 11:01pm
All of the men's falsetto's are weak... The Beadle, Pirelli, and Toby. I am enjoying it though, very much. The thing these productions never get right is that Mrs Lovett is and always has been IN LOVE with Sweeney. Everything she does is motivated by that. It's never played strong enough. IMHO
I also think Bryn is doing great for an opera singer. Phillip Quest is, as always, amazing. The Anthony is wonderful. Joanna is a great singer, not ditzy enough. Christian Borle.. meh... his usual performance. Jeff Blumenkranz is a wonderful actor.
Updated On: 9/26/14 at 11:01 PM
Sweeney Todd PBS#68
Posted: 9/26/14 at 11:06pmThe woman playing Johanna reminds me of Katie Finneran for some reason.
Sweeney Todd PBS#70
Posted: 9/26/14 at 11:17pm
The thing these productions never get right is that Mrs Lovett is and always has been IN LOVE with Sweeney. Everything she does is motivated by that. It's never played strong enough. IMHO
I thought Emma REALLY played it up and nailed that aspect of the character.
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/10/04
Sweeney Todd PBS#71
Posted: 9/26/14 at 11:18pmIs that a vuvuzela I'm hearing each time a throat is slit?
Sweeney Todd PBS#73
Posted: 9/26/14 at 11:25pmI disagree, although I thought she did a great job. The key moment is when SWEENEY RETURNS! It's the climax of the play for Mrs Lovett in many ways. I wasn't really fond of the red dress either. But all in all, I really enjoyed hearing the score sung so well with the Philharmonic.
Sweeney Todd PBS#74
Posted: 9/26/14 at 11:26pmIt's been ages since I saw a production that had the policemen coming into the bakehouse with Anthony and Johanna. This reminded me of a slight confusion I had over their presence in this scene. Were they chasing Anthony and Johanna, or did Johanna find them after running out of the barbershop and have them come to arrest Sweeney?
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