#1
Posted: 7/11/07 at 1:27pm
The Sweeney Todd tour website is up and running and the tour schedule has been added.
Sweeney Todd on Tour
Sweeney Todd on Tour
Sweeney Todd Tour Dates Released
#2
Posted: 7/11/07 at 1:36pm
The closest it's coming to me is Minneapolis? Ouch. Oh well, I don't really like the revival, anyway. It would have been neat to see Sweeney onstage, is all. :/
Jimmy, what are you doing here in the middle of the night? It's almost 9 PM!
#4
Posted: 7/11/07 at 1:53pm
These theatres are huge. I think the smallest is the Boston-Colonial, and it is 1700 seats give or take. The rest are 2000+ and Atlanta is 4500. This is a tiny, intimate and subtle production. What are they thinking?
Spend the money and sit up way up close.
Spend the money and sit up way up close.
"If my life weren't funny, it would just be true. And that would be unacceptable."
--Carrie Fisher
#5
Posted: 7/11/07 at 2:05pm
Once again, so dissapointed Chicago isn't listed.
We need some new shows DESPERATELY.
But there's five "empty" weeks (not counting the ones at Christmas time), so perhaps there's still hope.
CHRIS
We need some new shows DESPERATELY.
But there's five "empty" weeks (not counting the ones at Christmas time), so perhaps there's still hope.
CHRIS
...this bird is singing.
#6
Posted: 7/11/07 at 2:34pm
Hells yeah! The show's coming to Pittsburgh!
Since I'll be an official college boy in September, maybe I'll actually get to go!
Since I'll be an official college boy in September, maybe I'll actually get to go!
"Y'know, I think Bertolt Brecht was rolling in his grave."
-Nellie McKay on the 2006 Broadway production of The Threepenny Opera, in which she played Polly Peachum
-Nellie McKay on the 2006 Broadway production of The Threepenny Opera, in which she played Polly Peachum
#7
Posted: 7/12/07 at 11:56am
Well thanks to The Color Purple and Phantom. . Chicago peeps are missing out on a lot of great tours this season 
~Jacob.
~Jacob.
#8
Posted: 7/12/07 at 12:59pm
As excited as I am to get to see this show, I'm going to have to buy my ticket early if I want a good view. I'll be seeing it at the Fox in Atlanta, and that place is huge! Phantom's chandelier couldn't even go all the way to the cieling when the show was here. Maybe I'll be lucky again: when Evita was here, there were empty seats near the front that nobody had claimed, so my friend and I moved up for Act 2. As exciting as finding empty seats up front can be, I really hope the tour gets good audiences. Hopefully the movie will spark people's interest, b/c I know that Atlanta, GA isn't a prime location for Sweeney to find a huge fanbase.
-- SDG
#9
Posted: 7/12/07 at 1:07pm
I'm definitely going to go up to boston to see it. I have a friend there who I tried to get to come down to NY when it was on broadway, but she never made it, so I'm excited that now it's coming to her!
#10
Posted: 7/12/07 at 1:16pm
"Well thanks to The Color Purple and Phantom. . Chicago peeps are missing out on a lot of great tours this season"
No kidding. The "season" they offered was a joke!
No kidding. The "season" they offered was a joke!
"Chicago is it's own incredible theater town right there smack down in the middle of the heartland. What a great city! I can see why Oprah likes to live there!" - Dee Hoty :-D
#11
Posted: 7/12/07 at 1:29pm
No Philadelphia, that makes me sad.
#12
Posted: 7/12/07 at 1:33pm
I don't think that is a complete list.
Just give the world Love. - S. Wonder
#13
Posted: 7/12/07 at 6:17pm
I hope it's not a complete list, but I suppose I can make the trip from Dallas to Houston to see it. It wouldn't be the first time I've done that to see a show...
#14
Posted: 7/12/07 at 6:19pm
It's not a complete list. More dates will be released soon.
#15
Posted: 7/12/07 at 6:26pm
No Seattle yet ! I hope it comes during halloween of 08' that would be a cool show to see then..
! I hope it comes during halloween of 08' that would be a cool show to see then..
#16
Posted: 7/21/07 at 12:41am
I talked with Judy Kaye tonight, and she said the Sweeney Todd tour will come to Chicago sometime in April at the Auditorium Theatre. That's good news and bad news, the good news being that the show is coming to Chicago, the bad news being that the show will be swallowed up in that monster of a theatre.
"Chicago is it's own incredible theater town right there smack down in the middle of the heartland. What a great city! I can see why Oprah likes to live there!" - Dee Hoty :-D
#17
Posted: 7/21/07 at 12:53am
Come to SFrancisco! We sure can use it. I am so looking forward to the Movie but after seeing it on DVD, I want to see it now on stage. Especially since some thought the DVD with Lansbury wasn't stellar. I want something to compare it to.
#18
Posted: 7/21/07 at 12:54am
chinkie, I love you for two reasons: first, the news about the Sweeney tour in Chicago (even if it is the Auditorium...in a perfect world, I'd put it in the Drury Lane, but oh well). Second, you've given me hope that I'll finally get to meet Judy Kaye tomorrow after the Bernstein concert.
Updated On: 7/21/07 at 12:54 AM
#19
Posted: 7/21/07 at 1:00am
Yes, the door (if you're facing the stage) on the left. However, I think the only reason why she came out was because she knew people that were waiting for her and I was able to get to her before she was whisked away. Good luck!
"Chicago is it's own incredible theater town right there smack down in the middle of the heartland. What a great city! I can see why Oprah likes to live there!" - Dee Hoty :-D
#20
Posted: 7/21/07 at 1:04am
Thanks! I'm keeping my fingers crossed - but now at least I can keep in mind that if she doesn't come out tomorrow night, there's always April 
#21
Posted: 7/21/07 at 1:05am
Tkt2Ride, It is coming to SF. It's not listed on the offical tour website for some reason, I forgot why but SF isn't considered part of the tour. It's playing at ACT starting at the end of Aug or beginnig of Sept, forgot the exact dates, for about a month.
ACT
ACT
Updated On: 7/21/07 at 01:05 AM
#22
Posted: 7/21/07 at 4:43am
I was told by Diana KiMarzio that Sweeney Todd WILL be playing in Chicago, it just hasn't been announced yet.
#23
Posted: 7/21/07 at 7:28am
Teeny, I feel your pain. A friend of mine is obsessed with this show, and I was REALLY looking forward to seeing it in Philly. Maybe they'll change their minds and add a Philly stop? One can wish!
#24
Posted: 7/21/07 at 7:15pm
Thank you mll85, I really appreciate it. I am looking forward to seeing this show very much.
#25
Posted: 7/31/07 at 3:26am
It better come to Chicago!!
How do you not bring a show like Sweeney to Chicago!? that's just wrong....
How do you not bring a show like Sweeney to Chicago!? that's just wrong....
and all that I could do because of you was talk of love...
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