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

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!

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!

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

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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!

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.

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