Sweeney Todd opened in a high school...unbelieveable!

[SweeneyTodd101]

Posted: 1/15/05 at 4:50pm

I got a chance to go see "Sweeney Todd" at Bradford High School in Kenosha Wisconsin and it blew me away. I have never seen a production of Sweeney Todd like this one. The set was based off a bird painting (symbolizing the conflict that lies in the story with the character of "Johanna") by Picasso and the every lead character as well as the chorus were just powerhouse voices (and the acting was a definate equal). This director really knows what shes doing. If you get a chance to get to Kenosha, this show is amazing and worth seeing. I totally had my doubts but this was amazing. Shows are still playing January 21st/22nd at 7:30pm and 2pm on January 23rd. The webpage is Geocities.com/sweeneytoddbradford. I can't believe this, can you? How is it possible for a highschool to pull this off? ...just amazing!

[MyNameInLights]

Posted: 1/15/05 at 4:59pm

This is great to hear. I've always found it hard to believe that Sweeney could be performed in a high school setting, but I guess I was wrong. Glad you had fun!

[GypsyRoseLee]

Posted: 1/15/05 at 5:09pm

High school theatre gets a really bad rap, but it can kick some serious ass if the director knows what he or she is doing!

[seasons of love]

Posted: 1/15/05 at 6:03pm

that's really awesome! you always assume that high school theater will be "of lesser quality", but a lot of times it can blow you away.... as you saw :) :)

[Necromancer07707]

Posted: 1/16/05 at 2:00am

I've got auditions for Sweeney Todd at my highschool this tuesday. Most likely, I'll end up as Sweeney. Wish me luck!

[gertiecummings]

Posted: 1/16/05 at 2:09am

My high school did Sweeney Todd about four years ago. Our Sweeney gave people nightmares.

[Popular]

Posted: 1/16/05 at 2:13am

OK, talking about AMAZING high school productions...anyone heard of Hamilton Academy in Los Angeles?? My friend who understudied Sutton Foster in Millie got that part straight out of high school at age 18.... so you can imagine the amount of talent in that school (even though I'd like to think she is above and beyond, of course). And they have the $$$ to make the shows great, they charge a LOT to see their shows too!

[edenespinosalover]

Posted: 1/16/05 at 3:33am

That's awesome. Hey, what did you think of Anthony?!

[Justice]

Posted: 1/16/05 at 12:29pm

A year after I graduated, In 1994, my high school did a production of Sweeney Todd. It blew me away. The opening number gave me the chills. I had never liked Sweeney before, but after seeing my high school do it, I went out and bought the recording. But, then again, I went to a Performing Arts High School ,and we used to do some really great shows.

[LittleBitRacist]

Posted: 1/16/05 at 1:38pm

yay! i love when high schools put on good shows, the school im at now did Into the Woods last year, and i was really impressed the amount of talent they had. Thats what made me chose the school!

[broadwaybaby654]

Posted: 1/16/05 at 1:49pm

LACHSA( Los Angeles County High School for the Arts) has good shows too.

[misterchoi]

Posted: 1/16/05 at 2:22pm

Can you tell me more about the design? It sounds incredible.