>>LABEL: RCACATALOG #: CBL2-3379COMPOSER: STEPHEN SONDHEIM / Harold PrinceWORKS: SWEENEY TODD - Original Cast Recording.PERFORMERS: Angela Lansbury, Len Cariou, etc . [3], Bond's sophisticated plot and language significantly elevated the lurid nature of the tale. Directed by Staffan Aspegren and starting Sauli Tiilikainen (Sweeney Todd) and Ritva Auvinen (Mrs. Lovett). No, we all . Ex-Judge Fired for Gay Porn Side-Hustle Fights Back. Adrian Lester and Barry James received nominations in the category of Best Supporting Performance In a Musical for their portrayals of Anthony and Beadle Bamford respectively.[24]. Mrs. Lovett frantically denies it, explaining that Lucy did indeed poison herself, but lived, although the attempt left her insane. Hearn and LuPone were joined once again by Harris, Gaines, Aler and Olsen as well as new additions Victoria Clark, Lisa Vroman and Timothy Nolen. Valtru produced the first Mexican production of Sweeney Todd. Our production was larger in scope. Conducted by John DeMain, the production used scenic designs by Eugene Lee, costume designs by Franne Lee, and lighting designs by Ken Billington. The production employed a minimalistic approach: the cast consisted of a small ensemble of 14 performers, and the orchestra was a seven-piece band. With critical acclaim and audience applause (Sondheim traveled to Barcelona after hearing the success it was having and was delighted with the production), it later moved to Madrid. The cast includes Renaud Paradis as Sweeney Todd, Katee Julien as Mrs. Lovett, Jean Petitclerc as Judge Turpin, Sabrina Ferland as the Beggar Woman, Pierre-Olivier Grondin as Anthony Hope, Andrane Bouladier as Johanna, David Nol as Tobias, Jonathan Gagnon as Beadle and Mathieu Samson as Pirelli.[50]. Directed by Gale Edwards, it featured Lyndon Terracini as Todd, Nancye Hayes as Mrs. Lovett and Peter Cousens as Anthony. It was performed at the Royal Opera House in London as part of the Royal Opera season (December 2003 January 2004) starring Sir Thomas Allen as Todd, Felicity Palmer as Mrs. Lovett and a supporting cast that included Rosalind Plowright, Robert Tear and Jonathan Veira as Judge Turpin. Originally broadcast in 1980 and. The original logo for the musical is a modified version of an advertising image from the 19th century,[1] with the sign replaced by a straight razor. The cast consisted of: Patti LuPone (Mrs. Lovett/Tuba/Percussion), Michael Cerveris (Todd/Guitar), Manoel Felciano (Tobias/Violin/Clarinet/Piano), Alexander Gemignani (Beadle/Piano/Trumpet), Lauren Molina (Johanna/Cello), Benjamin Magnuson (Anthony/Cello/Piano), Mark Jacoby (Turpin/Trumpet/Percussion), Donna Lynne Champlin (Pirelli/Accordion/Flute/Piano), Diana DiMarzio (Beggar Woman/Clarinet) and John Arbo (Fogg/Double bass). See production, box office & company info, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street in Concert, Sweeney Todd: El barbero diablico de Fleet Street, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles County Music Center - 135 N. Grand Avenue, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA. It was also the first time the show had been presented in an intimate house (Equity 99-seat). George Hearn and Angela Lansbury star as Sweeney Todd and Mrs. Lovett in the musical, which features music and lyrics by Sondheim and book by Hugh Wheeler.Filmed at the conclusion of a ten-month . Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? Depending on how and where the show is presented, it is sometimes considered an opera. Jonathan Tunick was Stephen Sondheim's orchestrator of choice, orchestrating nearly all of his musicals, including Company, Follies, A Little Night Music, Sweeney Todd, Into the Woods, Passion, and Merrily We Roll Along, plus A Chorus Line, Nine, A Gentleman's Guide, the recent Carousel, West Side Story, and The Music Man.He was Composer/Conductor for six motion pictures, plus the TV . Leonard Joseph Cariou OC OM ( / kriu /; born September 30, 1939) is a Canadian actor and stage director, best known for his portrayal of Sweeney Todd in the original cast of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, for which he won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical, and for playing the patriarch Henry Reagan . The Finnish National Opera performed Sweeney Todd in 199798. In February 2018, Panaro and Carmello were replaced by Thom Sema and Sally Ann Triplett, respectively. [64] McDonald was not announced as the Beggar Woman: she was a surprise, her name only being revealed at the time of the first performance. The cast included original members like Terfel, Thompson and Quast, as well as new actors like John Owen-Jones and Rosalie Craig. 2015 London and 2017 Off-Broadway revival, 2010 National Youth Music Theatre, London. Over eighty percent of the production is set to music, either sung or underscoring dialogue. The original production premiered on Broadway at the Uris Theatre on March 1, 1979, and closed on June 29, 1980, after 557 performances and 19 previews. The play won eight Tonys, including best musical and actress and actor. It was originally produced Off-Broadway by the York Theatre Company at the Church of the Heavenly Rest from March 31, 1989, to April 29, 1989. However, once Anthony has departed, Todd sends a letter informing the Judge that Anthony will bring Johanna to his shop just after dark, and that he will hand her over ("The Letter") in order to lure him back to the shop. [84] The producers originally planned only a single-disk "highlights" version; however, they soon realized that they had recorded more music than could fit on one disk and it was not financially feasible to bring the performers back in to re-record. Before Todd can kill the judge, however, Anthony re-enters and blurts out his elopement plan. On 2 July 1994, the Royal National Theatre revival production starring Denis Quilley and Julia McKenzie was broadcast by the BBC. "[8], With Prince absorbed in staging the mammoth production, Lansbury and Cariou were left largely to their own when it came to developing their characters. By the 1870s, Sweeney Todd was a familiar character to most Victorians. As talented and admired as she was, he said, she was never demanding. First appearing in the Victorian penny dreadful serial The String of Pearls, it is debated if she was based on an actual person or not. The 1997 Finnish National Opera production premiered on September 19, 1997. Lansbury was joined by Hearn[18] and this version was taped during the Los Angeles engagement and broadcast on The Entertainment Channel (one of the predecessors of today's A&E) on September 12, 1982. In the play, Sweeney Todd's mental collapse and the subsequent plan for Lovett's meat pies take place in less than half a page of dialogue, much too quickly to convey the full psychological impact, in the view of scholar Larry A. It later was released as a feature film in . Stephen Sondheim & Hugh Wheeler's masterpiece, 1979 at the Uris theater on Broadway The director was Lee Blakeley with choreography by Lorena Randi and designs by Tanya McAllin. [2] 'Sweeney Todd' Review: Josh Groban and Annaleigh Ashford Lead a Soaring but Remote Sondheim Revival on Broadway . She was a great artist, Cariou said. As Anthony and Johanna flee, the asylum's freed inmates prophesy the end of the world, while Todd and Mrs. Lovett hunt through the sewers for Toby, and the beggar woman fears what has become of the Beadle ("City on Fire/Searching"). Hal Prince recreated the staging using the simplified set of the 2nd national tour. For other uses, see, "Pretty Women" redirects here. We were very proud of the fact that we were able to do it for a year and not go over the top., We made it our business to get to know one another, he said, lunching together during rehearsal so we could establish some kind of shorthand and get to know one another better, just as people., We had a wonderful time doing it together, he said. I just figured hell, I've done everything else on Broadway, I might as well go with Mrs. Four roles (Todd, Lovett, Johanna, and Turpin) were double-cast or triple-cast in the NYCO production, with the two/three actors in each role singing alternate performances. The show was cast extremely well, my only complaint being of Betsy Joscelyn's portrayal of Johanna. As Anthony leaves, Pirelli and Tobias enter, and Mrs. Lovett takes Toby downstairs for a pie. The show receives three 2015 Helen Hayes Awards nominations for Best Musical, Outstanding Director of a Musical (Melissa Baughman), and Outstanding Music Director (Charles W. Johnson). In the other one's face. Angela Lansbury, who crooned as a teapot in Beauty and the Beast and solved mysteries as Jessica Fletcher in Murder, She Wrote, died October 11 at the age of 96, just days shy of her 97th. [4], Sondheim decided to pair one of the most nightmarish songs (Sweeney Todd's "Epiphany") with the comic-relief of "A Little Priest". Book by Hugh Wheeler. And he gave her the key to the character, saying "I want Mrs. Lovett to have a music hall character." Sign in to rate and Watchlist for personalized recommendations. It was revealed that the production has a budget of $14 million with a cast of 26 and an orchestra of 27. "[42][43] When a character died, flour was poured over them. The 24-hour marathon will include some of her most memorable films including Gaslight and The Manchurian Candidate, as well as an airing of the 1982 filmed production of Sweeney Todd. It's nothing to do with Grand Guignol. On the other hand, it can be seen as a precursor to the later trend of musicals based on horror themes, such as Little Shop of Horrors (1982), The Phantom of the Opera (1986), Jekyll & Hyde (1997) and Dance of the Vampires (1997), which used the description of the trend, "grusical", as its commercial label. The concert was again filmed for broadcast on PBS as part of their Live from Lincoln Center[65] series and was first aired on September 26, 2014. This production subsequently transferred to the West End's Trafalgar Studios and then the Ambassadors Theatre. "[4], When it came to casting, Sondheim thought stage veteran Angela Lansbury would add some needed comedy to the grim tale as the lunatic Cockney shopkeeper, but Lansbury needed to be convinced. He was able to take all these disparate elements that had been in existence rather dully for a hundred and some-odd years and make them into a first-rate play.[4]. The tour ran for 8 months, starring Barry Howell as Sweeney Todd & Isabell Wyer as Ms. Lovett. The musical began previews on February 26 and opened on March 26, 2023, at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, starring Josh Groban as Sweeney Todd, Annaleigh Ashford as Mrs. Lovett, Jordan Fisher as Anthony, Gaten Matarazzo as Tobias, Maria Bilbao as Johanna, Jamie Jackson reprising his role of Judge Turpin, Ruthie Ann Miles as the Beggar Woman, John Rapson reprising his role of Beadle Bamford, and Nicholas Christopher as Pirelli and the standby for Todd. When Sondheim first played songs from an early version of the show for Judy Prince (wife of the show's director), she told him: "Oh God I didn't know this was what [Sweeney Todd] was about. Sondheim once observed, It had a weight to it because [Bond] wrote certain characters in blank verse. In 2010, fifty members of the National Youth Music Theatre staged a production at the Village Underground as part of Stephen Sondheim's 80th birthday celebrations in London. An original Broadway cast recording was released by RCA Red Seal in 1979. Angela Lansbury , who played Mrs. Lovett in the Broadway performance, and Stephen Sondheim , the composer and writer for the musical, both died within the last two years, according to an . Menu. It was directed by Christopher Ashley with choreography by Daniel Pelzig. Directed by Steven Stead and designed by Greg King, the production starred Jonathan Roxmouth (Sweeney Todd), Charon Williams-Ros (Mrs Lovett), Michael Richard (Judge Turpin), Jaco van Rensburg (Tobias), Anne Marie Clulow (Beggar Woman), Adam Pelkowitz (Beadle Bamford), Cameron Botha (Anthony), Sanli Jooste (Johanna), Germandt Geldenhuys (Adolfo Pirelli) and Weslee Swain Lauder (Jonas Fogg). Downstairs, Mrs. Lovett is struggling with the dying Judge, who claws at her. Mrs. Lovett then tells Todd she loves him and would be a better wife than Lucy ever could have been. This production was taped for PBS and broadcast in 2001, and won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Classical Music-Dance Program. [68], Stephen Sondheim believed that Sweeney Todd is a story of revenge and how it consumes a vengeful person. When the show transferred to the Lyttleton, Quilley replaced Armstrong in the title role. A cheerful, talkative, but amoral owner/proprietress of a meat pie shop; Todd's former landlady, but enamored of him. Share to Facebook. A young innocent (Selina Boyack) and the dashing inspector (Campbell Scott) who tries to solve the murders . [60] The show was also performed by Opera North in 1998 in the UK starring Steven Page and Beverley Klein, directed by David McVicar and conducted by James Holmes. [86], The 2012 London revival was recorded and released on April 2, 2012, in the UK[87] and April 10, 2012, in the United States.[88]. Share to Reddit. Director Lonny Price directed a semi-staged concert production of "Sweeney Todd in Concert on May 46, 2000 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center, New York with the New York Philharmonic. In 2009, Sweeney Todd embarked upon an equity tour of the U.K. and Ireland. [7] In preparation for the role, Cariou (who was studying with a voice teacher at the time) asked Sondheim what kind of range he needed to have in the role. There's the one staying put. The actors were also friends and admirers, staying in touch after becoming the toasts of Broadway and Tony Award winners in 1979 for Stephen Sondheim's acclaimed musical. Times Is Hard. The angry judge storms out, vowing never to return and to send Johanna away. It won the Tony Award for Best Musical and Olivier Award for Best New Musical. It was based on Brining's previous smaller productions from Dundee Rep in 2010, West Yorkshire Playhouse and Royal Exchange Manchester in 2013. The song "The Ballad of Sweeney Todd" and its multiple reprises are titled in some productions by their first lyrics to differentiate them from one another: "The Ballad of Sweeney Todd: Attend the Tale of Sweeney Todd", "The Ballad of Sweeney Todd (Reprise): Lift Your Razor High, Sweeney", "The Ballad of Sweeney Todd (Reprise 2): Sweeney Pondered and Sweeney Planned", "The Ballad of Sweeney Todd (Reprise 3): His Hands Were Quick, His Fingers Strong", "The Ballad of Sweeney Todd (Reprise 4): Sweeney'd Waited Too Long Before", "The Ballad of Sweeney Todd (Reprise 5): The Engine Roared, The Motor Hissed", "The Ballad of Sweeney Todd (Reprise 6): Lift Your Razor High, Sweeney", "The Ballad of Sweeney Todd (Reprise 7): Attend the Tale of Sweeney Todd", Strings: 1 violin, 1 cello, 1 double bass, Woodwinds: Reed 1: clarinet; Reed 2: bassoon, Percussion: bass drum, bell tree, bells, chimes, crotales, rachet, side drum, snare drum, Swiss bell, tam-tam, tambourine, temple blocks, triangle, timpani, vibraphone, whistle, wood block, xylophone, Strings: 2 violins, 1 viola, 1 cello, 1 double bass, Brass: 1 French horn, 2 trumpets, 1 trombone, This page was last edited on 17 April 2023, at 18:50. Sweeney Todd: Cris Groenendaal . 2014 prog metal version, Landless Theatre Company, Washington, D.C. Knapp, Raymond. The Tale of Sweeney Todd is a 1997 American crime-drama/horror television film directed by John Schlesinger and starring Ben Kingsley and Joanna Lumley. [80] Opera North's production was also broadcast by the BBC on March 30, 1998, as was the Royal Opera House production in 2003. In spring 2006, the production toured the UK with Jason Donovan as Todd and Harriet Thorpe as Mrs. Lovett. Directed by Jonathan Kent, the cast included Ball as Todd, Staunton as Mrs. Lovett, James McConville as Tobias, John Bowe as Judge Turpin, Robert Burt as Pirelli, Luke Brady as Anthony, Gillian Kirkpatrick as Lucy Barker, Lucy May Barker as Johanna and Peter Polycarpou as Beadle Bamford. [82], In 2001, the same concert was held in San Francisco with the same leads and minor cast changes. The director was Declan Donnellan and the Cottesloe Theatre production starred Alun Armstrong as Todd and Julia McKenzie as Mrs. Lovett, with Adrian Lester as Anthony, Barry James as Beadle Bamford and Denis Quilley (who had originated the title role in the original London production in 1980) as Judge Turpin. The score, effective enough in its own way, demanded things of the opera singers that opera singers as a class are reluctant to produce."[76]. The cast included Timothy Nolen in the title role, Joyce Castle as Mrs. Lovett, Cris Groenendaal as Anthony, Lee Merrill as Johanna, Will Roy as Judge Turpin, and Barry Busse as The Beadle.[59]. [39], In 1994, East West Players in Los Angeles staged a revival of the show directed by Tim Dang, featuring a largely Asian Pacific American cast. Remembering Toby, Todd starts to leave, but, realizing he has left his razor behind, returns just as the disguised Johanna rises, horrified, from the trunk. Anthony Hope: Sara Woods . Anthony finds Johanna locked away in a private lunatic asylum, but barely escapes being placed under arrest by the Beadle. [74], In his essay for the 2005 cast album, Jeremy Sams finds it most relevant to compare Sondheim's work with operas that similarly explore the psyche of a mad murderer or social outcast, such as Alban Berg's Wozzeck (1925, based on the play by Georg Bchner) and Benjamin Britten's Peter Grimes (1945). [26] A national tour based on Doyle's Broadway production began on August 30, 2007, with Judy Kaye (who had temporarily replaced LuPone in the Broadway run) as Mrs. Lovett and David Hess as Todd. It included the Judge's "Johanna" and the tooth-pulling contest from Act I, which had been cut in previews. Cariou played the title character in the macabre "Sweeney Todd," a London barber who dispatches customers with a razor and turns their bodies over to Lansbury's Mrs. Lovett, a baker who. It was written by Jonathan Tunick for the 1993 London Production. The production plays at DC's Warehouse Theatre in August 2014. just before Todd slashes his throat and sends him hurtling down the chute ("The Judge's Return"). [57][58], The first opera company to mount Sweeney Todd was the Houston Grand Opera in a production directed by Hal Prince, which ran from June 14, 1984, through June 24, 1984, for a total of 10 performances. This production closed February 5, 2005. The ending will give you chills. The libretto was adapted by Roser Batalla Roger Pena, and was directed by Mario Gas. [28] The production received positive reviews from both critics and audience members and transferred to the Adelphi Theatre in the West End in 2012 for a limited run from March 10 to September 22, 2012. Todd enters and tries to force her to leave as she again seems to recognize him ("Beggar Woman's Lullaby"). Todd kills O'Higgins by slitting his throat ("Pirelli's Death" and "The Ballad of Sweeney Todd" reprise 3) and temporarily hides his body. Sweeney. A version of the John Doyle West End production transferred to Broadway, opening on November 3, 2005, at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre with a new cast, all of whom played their own instruments, as had been done in London. The Tale of Sweeney Todd: Directed by John Schlesinger. [27], Michael Ball and Imelda Staunton starred in a new production of the show that played at The Chichester Festival Theatre, running from September 24 to November 5, 2011. It stars Johnny Depp as Todd (Depp received an Oscar nomination and a Golden Globe Award for his performance), Helena Bonham Carter as Mrs. Lovett, Alan Rickman as Judge Turpin, Sacha Baron Cohen as Signor Pirelli, Jamie Campbell Bower as Anthony Hope, Laura Michelle Kelly as The Beggar Woman, Jayne Wisener as Johanna, Ed Sanders as Toby, and Timothy Spall as Beadle Bamford. And I'm the second banana." The beggar woman seems to recognize the room. Sweeney Todd GIF SD GIF HD GIF MP4. Pieter Toerien and KickstArt produced a production at the Pieter Toerien Monte Casino Theatre in Johannesburg, which ran from October 10 December 13, 2015, before transferring to the Theatre on the Bay in Cape Town from February 19 April 9, 2016. Tickets are $152 to $458 . Sweeney Todd: [singing] Haven't you got poet, or something like that? Based off of a play of the same name by Christopher Bond (which, in turn, had been based off of an old London legend), Sondheim did a wonderful job bringing it to the musical theatre stage. It turns out soulless, defeated, hopeless people. Hutchins, Michael H. (February 18, 2006). George Hearn won an Emmy Award for his portrayal of the title wrole in Sweeney Todd after having played the role on Broadway and in the national tour with Angela Lansbury. Todd joins forces with Mrs. Lovett, the unhinged proprietress of a failing pie shop, and together they develop a spinetingling plot to exact revenge. Angela. WFMT (Radio station : Chicago, Ill.) "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" Lansbury, George, 1859-1940 MacGill, Moyna, 1895-1975 Cariou, Len "Mame" (musical) While discussing how to dispose of Pirelli's body, Mrs. Lovett is struck by a sudden idea and suggests that they use the bodies of Todd's victims in her meat pies, and Todd happily agrees ("A Little Priest"). [67], A feature film adaptation of Sweeney Todd, directed by Tim Burton with a screenplay by John Logan, was released on December 21, 2007. Hal Prince gave it an epic sense, a sense that this was a man of some size instead of just a nut case. Translated by Juice Leskinen[40], As part of the Kennedy Center Sondheim Celebration, Sweeney Todd ran from May 10, 2002, through June 30, 2002, at the Eisenhower Theatre, starring Brian Stokes Mitchell as Sweeney Todd, Christine Baranski as Mrs. Lovett, Hugh Panaro as Anthony, Walter Charles (a member of the original cast), as Judge Turpin, Celia Keenan-Bolger as Johanna, Mary Beth Peil as The Beggar Woman, Mark Price as Tobias Ragg, Ray Friedeck as Beadle Bamford and Kevin Ligon as Pirelli. In April 2017, five of the cast members left the show, replaced by Norm Lewis as Sweeney Todd, Carolee Carmello as Mrs. Lovett, John-Michael Lyles as Tobias, Stacie Bono as The Beggar Woman and Pirelli, and Jamie Jackson as Judge Turpin. Directed by James Brining and designed by Colin Richmond, the production was set in the 1970/80s, and was performed in Cardiff before touring to Southampton, Bristol, Llandudno, Oxford, Liverpool, Birmingham before returning to Cardiff. Lansbury. Rather, it seemed to me that the attempt to actually sing the Sondheim score, which relies heavily on a dramatic parlando or speaking style, mainly showed how far from the operatic vocal tradition the work lies. Barber Sweeney Todd returns to London to uncover the past, along the way meeting pie shop owner Mrs. Nellie Lovett, and begins to start his life of crime. She recalled, "I just ran with it. He returned to the role . Dame. 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