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#76

re: WARNING: Do not enter if You're sick of my endless talk about Sweeney T

Posted: 8/29/04 at 11:58pm

Priest- yes, I am a tenor, but I've never had voice lessons. I can reach that note, but I can't seem to sustain it is all. When I come down off of it, it is sometimes not so pretty.

So has anyone here seen the "Sondheim DVD Set" with "Into the Woods", "Sweeney Todd", "Sunday in the Park With George" AND "Follies In Concert"? It is over $100- and I'm tempted, but I don't have that kind of cash right now.

#77

re: WARNING: Do not enter if You're sick of my endless talk about Sweeney T

Posted: 8/29/04 at 11:59pm

That set also comes with PASSION and the SONDHEIM: A CLEBRATION AT CARNEGIE HALL DVD we were talking about.

It is a good deal.

"One no longer loves one's insight enough once one communicates it."

The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.

#78

re: WARNING: Do not enter if You're sick of my endless talk about Sweeney T

Posted: 8/30/04 at 12:00am

Judi Dench doesn't have the best singing voice either, but I would have killed to have seen her in A Little Night Music in London years ago. Though we did get a treat in the Cameron Mackintosh "Hey Mr. Producer" celebration...

#79

re: WARNING: Do not enter if You're sick of my endless talk about Sweeney T

Posted: 8/30/04 at 12:04am

point well taken -- it's just I still shudder when I think of what Gelnn did to another show written by another composer about a big house in Hollywood....

"Sir K, the Viscount of Uppity-shire...." -- kissmycookie

#80

re: WARNING: Do not enter if You're sick of my endless talk about Sweeney T

Posted: 8/30/04 at 12:10am

Which was made better when she was replaced by Betty Buckley. Who had once really wanted to do Desiree in ALNM

#81

re: WARNING: Do not enter if You're sick of my endless talk about Sweeney T

Posted: 8/30/04 at 12:12am

Oops, sorry, I should have read the whole thread.

What I've been looking for is the "Company" OBCR. I found the revival cast, but I want the recording with Stritch. Sooner or later I'll either find it or order it.

#82

re: WARNING: Do not enter if You're sick of my endless talk about Sweeney T

Posted: 8/30/04 at 12:13am

The Copany OBCR was recently reissued. you can get for, I think, 10 bucks.

"One no longer loves one's insight enough once one communicates it."

The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.

#83

re: WARNING: Do not enter if You're sick of my endless talk about Sweeney T

Posted: 8/30/04 at 1:26am

Not a fan of that recording...I can't stand the actor who plays Bobby...dean Jones, is it?

Updated On: 8/30/04 at 01:26 AM

#84

re: WARNING: Do not enter if You're sick of my endless talk about Sweeney T

Posted: 8/30/04 at 1:37am

Dean Jones is the only bad thing about that recording.

He has more vibrato then Patti.

"One no longer loves one's insight enough once one communicates it."

The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.

#85

re: WARNING: Do not enter if You're sick of my endless talk about Sweeney T

Posted: 8/30/04 at 1:43am

I guess he is the only bad thign about the recording, but I just CANNOt listen to him sing, so when I want to listen to Company all the way through, I listen to the revival recording. I don't even think it's just his vibrato that annoys me, its the sound of his voice...it's like he has a bubble in his throat or something.

#86

re: WARNING: Do not enter if You're sick of my endless talk about Sweeney T

Posted: 8/30/04 at 1:44am

I like the revival better (no throwing of tomatoes please)

"They're eating her and then they're going to eat me. OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!" -Troll 2

#87

re: WARNING: Do not enter if You're sick of my endless talk about Sweeney T

Posted: 8/30/04 at 1:48am

Well if tomatoes will be thrown, they'll probably throw them at me too...I prefer the revival recording as well.

#88

re: WARNING: Do not enter if You're sick of my endless talk about Sweeney T

Posted: 8/30/04 at 2:10am

The revival is probably better. But the OBCR is legendaryy.

"One no longer loves one's insight enough once one communicates it."

The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.

#89

re: WARNING: Do not enter if You're sick of my endless talk about Sweeney T

Posted: 8/30/04 at 3:47am

Why did Angela Lansbury hate Bedknobs and Broomsticks?

Who can explain it, who can tell you why? Fools give you reasons, wise men never try -South Pacific

#90

re: WARNING: Do not enter if You're sick of my endless talk about Sweeney T

Posted: 8/30/04 at 1:42pm

bumping sondheim back to the front

#91

re: WARNING: Do not enter if You're sick of my endless talk about Sweeney T

Posted: 8/30/04 at 2:03pm

no tomatoes here -- I think the 95 revival as a whole is superior to the OBC - the redone (and in tune) harmonies in the opening are spectaular -- especially the We Love, We Love We Love yous....as well as the inclusion of Marry Me a Little (one of my fav SS songs)

OBC is a classic and should be a part of anyone's collection, but for pure sound -- 95 revival is terrific

"Sir K, the Viscount of Uppity-shire...." -- kissmycookie

Updated On: 8/30/04 at 02:03 PM

#92

re: WARNING: Do not enter if You're sick of my endless talk about Sweeney T

Posted: 8/30/04 at 2:13pm

I'm not sure about Glenn Close. Judith Ivey was in the recent Los Angeles production and she was simply perfect.

Of course, we also had Marc Kudisch, Michelle Pawk, Victor Garber and Laura Benanti. Okay, do I sound like I am gloating? Well, hey! Why not? LA is not known for its excellent theater productions. Sondheim even came out to see the show and said it was the best production of ALNM he has seen. And, well...he IS the master!

Priest: Please don't ever stop talking about Sondheim or Sweeney. There are many of us who could never get bored! :

Everybody goes down well with beer.

#93

re: WARNING: Do not enter if You're sick of my endless talk about Sweeney T

Posted: 8/30/04 at 2:20pm

Did anyone see the Sondheim shows in DC last year? Stephen came to DC to help smooth things out in some of the shows and they were great. Sweeney was the only one I missed - and I'm still kicking myself because Christine Baranski and Brian Stokes Mitchell got such great reviews.

By the way, regarding Glen Close, she sang "Send in the Clowns" on a Sondheim Celebration CD and it made my ears bleed.

I sing for myself. I sing when I want, whenever I want to, just for me. I sing for my own pleasure. Do you understand that?

#94

re: WARNING: Do not enter if You're sick of my endless talk about Sweeney T

Posted: 8/30/04 at 2:22pm

I saw Sweeny and Passion in DC -- both good -- but not my favorite productions of either show, but certainly worth the Acela ride to DC....

I agree -- anything CLose sings makes my ears bleed

"Sir K, the Viscount of Uppity-shire...." -- kissmycookie

#95

re: WARNING: Do not enter if You're sick of my endless talk about Sweeney T

Posted: 8/30/04 at 2:25pm

how did i miss this??

shalom kitty

#96

re: WARNING: Do not enter if You're sick of my endless talk about Sweeney T

Posted: 8/30/04 at 2:27pm

Here are some overviews of the shows they did at the Sondheim celebration in DC:
http://www.kennedy-center.org/programs/newseason/sondheim/

I sing for myself. I sing when I want, whenever I want to, just for me. I sing for my own pleasure. Do you understand that?

#97

re: WARNING: Do not enter if You're sick of my endless talk about Sweeney T

Posted: 8/30/04 at 2:46pm

thanks BT. wow i must have been living under a rock....

shalom kitty

#98

re: WARNING: Do not enter if You're sick of my endless talk about Sweeney T

Posted: 8/30/04 at 3:09pm

andless than a week for SUnday in the Park with George at the Ravinia festival -- Chicago bound this weekend!

"Sir K, the Viscount of Uppity-shire...." -- kissmycookie

#99

re: WARNING: Do not enter if You're sick of my endless talk about Sweeney T

Posted: 8/30/04 at 3:12pm

I saw "Merrily We Roll Along" and "Company" at the Kennedy Center Festival. Both were first-rate and the casts were excellent.

"What a story........ everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." -- Birdie [http://margochanning.broadwayworld.com/] "The Devil Be Hittin' Me" -- Whitney

#100

re: WARNING: Do not enter if You're sick of my endless talk about Sweeney T

Posted: 8/30/04 at 3:18pm

gotta love Sondheim. The Signature theater here in DC is doing Pacific Overtures early next year in a kubuki style. It should be fun. They are also doing a new show starring Marc Kudisch called 'The Highest Yellow'. Something for us outside of NYC!!

I'm watching the interview they did with Sondheim at the Kennedy Center a while back - ooops - I mean, I am hard at work at my desk.

I sing for myself. I sing when I want, whenever I want to, just for me. I sing for my own pleasure. Do you understand that?

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