The All-Sondheim Thread- Page 4
The All-Sondheim Thread
#75re: 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.
#76re: 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.
The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.
kissmycookie
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/21/04
#77re: WARNING: Do not enter if You're sick of my endless talk about Sweeney T
Posted: 8/30/04 at 12:00amJudi 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...
#78re: WARNING: Do not enter if You're sick of my endless talk about Sweeney T
Posted: 8/30/04 at 12:04ampoint 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....
kissmycookie
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/21/04
#79re: WARNING: Do not enter if You're sick of my endless talk about Sweeney T
Posted: 8/30/04 at 12:10amWhich was made better when she was replaced by Betty Buckley. Who had once really wanted to do Desiree in ALNM
#80re: 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.
#81re: WARNING: Do not enter if You're sick of my endless talk about Sweeney T
Posted: 8/30/04 at 12:13amThe Copany OBCR was recently reissued. you can get for, I think, 10 bucks.
The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.
BroadwayGirl107
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/26/03
#82re: WARNING: Do not enter if You're sick of my endless talk about Sweeney T
Posted: 8/30/04 at 1:26amNot 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
#83re: 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.
The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.
BroadwayGirl107
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/26/03
#84re: WARNING: Do not enter if You're sick of my endless talk about Sweeney T
Posted: 8/30/04 at 1:43amI 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.
#85re: WARNING: Do not enter if You're sick of my endless talk about Sweeney T
Posted: 8/30/04 at 1:44amI like the revival better (no throwing of tomatoes please)
BroadwayGirl107
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#86re: WARNING: Do not enter if You're sick of my endless talk about Sweeney T
Posted: 8/30/04 at 1:48amWell if tomatoes will be thrown, they'll probably throw them at me too...I prefer the revival recording as well.
#87re: WARNING: Do not enter if You're sick of my endless talk about Sweeney T
Posted: 8/30/04 at 2:10amThe revival is probably better. But the OBCR is legendaryy.
The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.
rockfenris2005
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/04
#88re: WARNING: Do not enter if You're sick of my endless talk about Sweeney T
Posted: 8/30/04 at 3:47amWhy did Angela Lansbury hate Bedknobs and Broomsticks?
kissmycookie
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/21/04
#89re: WARNING: Do not enter if You're sick of my endless talk about Sweeney T
Posted: 8/30/04 at 1:42pmbumping sondheim back to the front
#90re: 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
jayem1968
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#91re: 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! :
BT
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/16/04
#92re: 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.
#93re: 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
#94re: 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?? 
BT
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/16/04
#95re: 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/
#96re: WARNING: Do not enter if You're sick of my endless talk about Sweeney T
Posted: 8/30/04 at 2:46pmthanks BT. wow i must have been living under a rock....
#97re: WARNING: Do not enter if You're sick of my endless talk about Sweeney T
Posted: 8/30/04 at 3:09pmandless than a week for SUnday in the Park with George at the Ravinia festival -- Chicago bound this weekend!
MargoChanning
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/5/04
#98re: WARNING: Do not enter if You're sick of my endless talk about Sweeney T
Posted: 8/30/04 at 3:12pmI saw "Merrily We Roll Along" and "Company" at the Kennedy Center Festival. Both were first-rate and the casts were excellent.
BT
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/16/04
#99re: 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.
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