Unique Sweeney Todd productions?

[aces25]

Posted: 7/23/15 at 10:43pm

What are some interesting, unique and very different productions of Sweeney Todd you've seen? 

[gypsy101]

Posted: 7/23/15 at 11:15pm

I didn't see it, but the 2005 Broadway revival was (I believe) set in an insane asylum and the cast played their own instruments (Patti playing the tuba). That's pretty unique in my opinion.

[cardamon]

Posted: 7/23/15 at 11:26pm

I came across this picture a few months ago and saved it because of Toby's hat. It's from a production in Kentucky. 

[Scarywarhol]

Posted: 7/23/15 at 11:30pm

In an otherwise big, traditional, gorgeous production, the Chichester Festival chose to set the show in the 1930s. I forgot while watching it, so at least it wasn't an intrusive concept? Later went to the West End.

[cardamon]

Posted: 7/23/15 at 11:48pm

[beilis32]

Posted: 7/24/15 at 12:17am

Wow! The aesthetics of that one are really weird, and Sweeney's facial expressions creep me out!

[imeldasturn]

Posted: 7/24/15 at 2:35am

Tooting Arts Club staged a new production of Sweeney Todd in the original Victorian pie shop "Harrington's Pie and Mash" in London, which was truly amazing. It worked wonderfully and it was great at conveying the great intimacy of the show.

Here there are some pictures:

Updated On: 7/24/15 at 02:35 AM

[Mr. Nowack]

Posted: 7/24/15 at 3:02am

There was the prog rock version in DC.

[nasty_khakis]

Posted: 7/24/15 at 10:39am

The Harrington's Pie and Mash production was very fun and interesting, but I found the acting to be...lackluster. No one was terrible, but no one was doing anything new. I'm still very glad I saw it though.

[g.d.e.l.g.i.]

Posted: 7/24/15 at 11:54am

"I came across this picture a few months ago and saved it because of Toby's hat. It's from a production in Kentucky. 
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Am I the only one who did a spit-take because I thought Mrs. Lovett was being played by Bette Midler?

[henrikegerman]

Posted: 7/24/15 at 12:15pm

She does look exactly like Midler's Dixie Leonard in For the Boys, or rather the much younger version of older Dixie with Midler's preposterous old age make-up and hairstyle at the end of the movie.

Updated On: 7/24/15 at 12:15 PM

[kytheatrefan]

Posted: 7/24/15 at 2:15pm

"I came across this picture a few months ago and saved it because of Toby's hat. It's from a production in Kentucky. 
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 I've been a long time lurker on this board and never made an account, but I saw this and wanted to comment on it! I was actually in this production of Sweeney, and it was a VERY different approach to the show - complete with a rain shower of red confetti during the final ballad of the show. This was my second time performing in a production Sweeney and it was vastly different from the first time around. It was definitely an interesting concept.

[imeldasturn]

Posted: 7/24/15 at 2:36pm

The Norwegian production of Sweeney Todd was, well, let's say "peculiar"

[hockeynut2]

Posted: 7/25/15 at 10:07am

Landless Theatre Company's Prog Metal Sweeney Todd is playing now through August 2nd at Atlas Performing Arts Center. Info is here:

http://dcmetrotheaterarts.com/2015/07/15/an-interview-with-andrew-and-melissa-baughman-on-sweeney-todd-prog-metal-version-playing-now-at-atlas-through-august-2nd/

On the bottom you can read all the exclusive coverage we received on DCMetroTheaterArts.

 

[jimmycurry01]

Posted: 7/25/15 at 3:16pm

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 I would love to see this production. It almost has a film noir feeling to it.

[morosco]

Posted: 7/25/15 at 3:26pm

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