phantom of the opera national tour? — Page 2

"NoName3, I didn't mean to imply that Forbidden Broadway's Sweeney Todd parody had anything directly to do with Phantom. Instead, I said that Cameron Mackintosh avoided doing what Sweeney Todd's producers did -- making everything less expensive, till the show became a pale imitation of the original."

The first national tour was NOT a "pale imitation of the original." Although the set was slightly scaled down to facilitate touring, it starred the original Mrs. Lovett, Angela Lansbury, and the wonderful George Hearn, who took over from Len Cariou. All anyone has to do is to look at the video of that production, widely available on DVD and various tube sites after having been a national cable broadcast, to confirm it was anything but a "pale imitation" of the original. I saw the original production three times and although the tour may not have quite equaled that, you don't know what you're talking about when you claim "pale imitation."

If you want to talk about pale imitations of the original, talk about the national tour of Camelot with Jeannie Carson and Biff McGuire.

Updated On: 12/17/14 at 01:13 AM

Well, Sweeney's original producers, ie, Hal Prince and his associates, had nothing to do with the revival, which was not meant to be a recreation of the original production, but a different conception of the material.

Stop trying to dig yourself out of the hole you created by misstating facts and instead digging yourself deeper.

Then which production, exactly, by the original producers, was a "pale imitation" of the original Sweeney Todd, as you claimed?

LOL goodnight.