"Sweeney Todd" Question — Page 2

Thank you, nobodyhome!

Also, can anybody confirm that it is the same scrim on the tour as it was on Broadway (black with blue-like streaks)? Could you see through them?

Updated On: 2/2/08 at 09:24 PM

"Also, can anybody confirm that it is the same scrim on the tour as it was on Broadway (black with blue-like streaks)? Could you see through them?"

I'll be front row in 4 hours and 15 minutes, so I'll check for you.

(Had to brag, sorry hehe... I will seriously make a mental note though.)

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Updated On: 2/3/08 at 02:16 PM

The tuesday-friday thing always perplexed me. However, on the recordings its "Tuesday" but on the Lansbury-Hearn DVD it was "Friday" as it was when I saw the show on Broadway... Hmmm...
ETA: I think they changed it to "friday" to help the continuity of the show, to so that Kiss Me and Wait happen on the same day...

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Updated On: 2/3/08 at 03:49 PM

Not to further confuse things but I seem to recall a recording where Lovett says Thursday.

As far as the whole curtain/ scrim discussion goes, When I saw the show on Broadway (circa March '06) there were definitely actual slashes in the main drape/ scrim thing with light coming through. I remember because my friend who saw the production with me kept commenting on how cool it was that the curtain looked like it had been slashed with a razor... and because from where we were sitting (in those two seats on the end BEHIND the last row of the balcony) we could see Michael get into the casket before the show started... which we thought was cool.

I haven't seen the tour though... so I'm really no help there...

The laugh is that Sweeney is so obsessed and impatient for revenge that he is wondering why the Beadle is taking so long, when in reality it's very early in the week.

The line has always gotten a laugh in the film when I've seen it.

LOL and here i always thought they changed it to friday live because that was the day i saw the show on LOL

But yeah i always thought it sounded a bit weird.

The other thing, which I forgot to mention, is that in the original version, at the beginning of the Pirelli scene, Mrs. Lovett says that Pirelli is "always here Thursdays."

So if Lovett says it's Friday in the next scene, that clarifies that it's the next day. And also clarifies that Sweeney is so impatient that he's freaking out that the Beadle hasn't come yet, even though it's just the next morning.

Yes, she did take his purse. It was real fast though around the time Pirelli put his coat on. He sort of put his hand up through the air in an arch and passed it to Mrs. Lovett, who put it in her pocket, I think. There was alot of movement going on all over the stage so it was easy to miss.

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