Sweeney Todd: throats slit; cast hospitalised.
Sweeney Todd: throats slit; cast hospitalised.
#1Sweeney Todd: throats slit; cast hospitalised.
Posted: 4/7/16 at 3:05am
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
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#2Sweeney Todd: throats slit; cast hospitalised.
Posted: 4/7/16 at 3:25am
Oh my, that's terrible, glad to hear that they were okay. A little odd that they wouldn't just use a prop razor. Even with all that protection, I think it would be just as easy to find a simple prop rather than the real thing. Well, either way, glad that they're alright.
dramamama611
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#3Sweeney Todd: throats slit; cast hospitalised.
Posted: 4/7/16 at 3:32am
I don't remember what I ended up purchasing, but I know I had to dull the blades, too. Took forever by hand. I'm going to guess that there was a rough knick on the blade that cut them.
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#4Sweeney Todd: throats slit; cast hospitalised.
Posted: 4/7/16 at 3:34am
Wasn't this the plot of a Midsomer Murders episode?
Smaxie
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/26/05
#5Sweeney Todd: throats slit; cast hospitalised.
Posted: 4/7/16 at 6:06am
Why would the show have continued for a second throat to have been slit? Shouldn't it have been stopped the first time it happened?
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#6Sweeney Todd: throats slit; cast hospitalised.
Posted: 4/7/16 at 6:24am
For the TV show Dexter, John "Trinity Killer" Lithgow was asked about having his cheek cut by Dexter's scalpel. He responded that the scalpel was a prop. "Blood" exuded from channels in the scalpel to look like blood. There is probably a safe razor prop that can be used for Sweeney Todd productions.
#7Sweeney Todd: throats slit; cast hospitalised.
Posted: 4/7/16 at 8:02am
Some day that won't be a blank they use in Hamilton, and L-M M is gonna be in a heap of trouble.
#8Sweeney Todd: throats slit; cast hospitalised.
Posted: 4/7/16 at 8:13am
If the blade was wrapped in duct tape and cellophane what exactly was the point of using a real blade in the first place?
JM226
Broadway Star Joined: 11/10/15
#9Sweeney Todd: throats slit; cast hospitalised.
Posted: 4/7/16 at 9:06am
it would have taken them less time to find and order a prop razor, rather than tape up and dull a REAL one. so dumb.
#10Sweeney Todd: throats slit; cast hospitalised.
Posted: 4/7/16 at 9:14am
I've heard of going for realism but this is just friggin' ridiculous.
#11Sweeney Todd: throats slit; cast hospitalised.
Posted: 4/7/16 at 9:26am
Smaxie said: "Why would the show have continued for a second throat to have been slit? Shouldn't it have been stopped the first time it happened? "
My first thought is that it must have been during the "Johanna-Quartet" when he gets the new chair.
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#12Sweeney Todd: throats slit; cast hospitalised.
Posted: 4/7/16 at 10:25am
CATSNYrevival said: "If the blade was wrapped in duct tape and cellophane what exactly was the point of using a real blade in the first place?
I was surprised they used a real blade too - and in a high school production, yet. Even if you're super careful, that's a naked razor blade you've got there. Just get a prop and then you don't have to worry about it.
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#13Sweeney Todd: throats slit; cast hospitalised.
Posted: 4/7/16 at 11:11am
sarahb22 said: "CATSNYrevival said: "If the blade was wrapped in duct tape and cellophane what exactly was the point of using a real blade in the first place?
I was surprised they used a real blade too - and in a high school production, yet. Even if you're super careful, that's a naked razor blade you've got there. Just get a prop and then you don't have to worry about it.
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