This item: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Broadway Version) by Angela Lansbury DVD $9.99 Into the Woods by Bernadette Peters DVD $38.80 Into The Woods by Meryl Streep DVD $6.59 Lowest Pricein this set of products Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street Jamie Campbell Bower 9,483 DVD $5.99 Highest ratedin this set of products We were really proud of what we did, and really grateful for it.. The show ran for 157 performances. Have a little priest. Casually slitting his customers' necks, Todd despairs of ever seeing Johanna, while Anthony searches London for her ("Johanna Quartet"). Several days later, Judge Turpin flagellates himself in a frenzy over a growing lust for Johanna, but instead resolves to marry her himself ("Johanna Mea Culpa"). The production was nominated for nine Tony Awards, winning eight including Best Musical. The cast featured Bob Gunton (Sweeney Todd), Beth Fowler (Mrs. Lovett), Eddie Korbich (Tobias Ragg), Jim Walton (Anthony Hope) and David Barron (Judge Turpin). Tearing off their costumes, the company exits. Sweeney. The cast included original members like Terfel, Thompson and Quast, as well as new actors like John Owen-Jones and Rosalie Craig. However, Prince soon discovered a metaphor in which to set the show, making what Sondheim had originally envisioned as "a small horror piece" into a colossal portrait of the Industrial Revolution, and an examination of the general human condition of the time as it related to men like Sweeney Todd. Top marks for a wonderful show. 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. In 1846,[9] young sailor Anthony Hope and the mysterious Sweeney Todd, whom Anthony has recently rescued at sea and befriended, dock in London. The cast included David Arnsperger as Sweeney Todd and Janis Kelly as Mrs. Lovett. Sondheim praised Donnellan for the "small 'chamber' approach to the show, which was the composer's original vision for the piece. It later was released as a feature film in . Angela Lansbury . Angela Lansbury performing "By The Sea" in her Tony winning role as Mrs. Lovett, in "Sweeney Todd" Depending on how and where the show is presented, it is sometimes considered an opera. NYMT took the show, directed by Martin Constantine, out of a conventional theatre space and staged it within a converted Victorian warehouse in the city's East End. But other than that, it's all phenomenal-- Angela Lansbury *made* the role of Mrs. Lovette, and she just does it so well. The Judge recognizes him as "Benjamin Barker!" Radio programs. [71] He also relies heavily on leitmotif at least twenty distinct ones can be identified throughout the score. [4], Music proved to be a key element behind the impact of Sweeney Todd on audiences. There is no one with whom Id rather run a cutthroat business with, Cariou said in accepting the award for Lansbury. 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. The citizens of London, who act as a Greek chorus throughout the play, drop a body bag and pour ashes into a shallow grave. With Tenor, maker of GIF Keyboard, add popular Sweeney Todd animated GIFs to your conversations. Not recognizing her, Todd attempts to kill her, just as Mrs. Lovett shrieks from the bakehouse below, providing a distraction for Johanna to escape. 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. Instead, the characters emotional and psychological depths are examined, so that Sweeney Todd is understood as a victim as well as a perpetrator in the "great black pit" of humanity.[70]. It was essentially charming over there because they don't take Sweeney Todd seriously. The murderous barber's story was turned into a play before the ending had even been revealed in print. Anthony arrives to beg Todd for help to free Johanna, and Todd, revitalized, instructs Anthony to rescue her by posing as a wigmaker intent on purchasing inmates' hair ("Wigmaker Sequence" and "The Ballad" reprise 4). Mrs. Lovett then tells Todd she loves him and would be a better wife than Lucy ever could have been. 1980 musical by Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler, This article is about the 1979 musical. And I'm the second banana." Prince's scenic metaphor for Sweeney Todd was a 19th-century iron foundry moved from Rhode Island and reassembled on the stage, which critic Jack Kroll aptly described as "part cathedral, part factory, part prison, that dwarfed and degraded the swarming denizens of the lower orders. They have been restored in subsequent productions. Tickets are $152 to $458 . The 1997 Finnish National Opera production premiered on September 19, 1997. Lansbury was a remarkable talent, he said, but it was "very easy to be with her., 24/7 coverage of breaking news and live events. Meanwhile, Johanna and Anthony plan their elopement ("Kiss Me"), while the Beadle recommends Todd's grooming services to the Judge so that the judge may better win Johanna's affections ("Ladies in Their Sensitivities"). 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. Translated by Jolle Bond and directed by Louis Morin, the show played from October 28 to November 8, 2014, at the Capitole de Qubec. 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. This production was taped for PBS and broadcast in 2001, and won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Classical Music-Dance Program. Sondheim's score is one of his most complex, with orchestrations by his long-time collaborator Jonathan Tunick. As Todd falls dead and Toby drops the razor, Anthony, Johanna and some others break into the bakehouse. [78], A performance of the 1980 touring company was taped before an audience in 1981 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles during the first national tour, with additional taping done in an empty theatre for a television special. Dame. [61] The same production played at the Ravinia Festival in Chicago on August 24, 2001, with most of the cast from the preceding concerts, except for Plishka and Clark, who were replaced by Sherrill Milnes and Hollis Resnik. It included the Judge's "Johanna" and the tooth-pulling contest from Act I, which had been cut in previews. Stephen Sondheim first conceived of a musical version of the story in 1973, after he saw Bond's take on the story at Theatre Royal Stratford East. Todd awaits the Beadle's arrival with mounting impatience, but Mrs. Lovett tries to soothe him ("Wait"). Todd drives Anthony out in a fit of fury and, reminded of the evil he sees in London, resolves to depopulate the city by murdering his future customers since all people deserve to die: the rich to be punished for their corruption, and the poor to be relieved of their misery ("Epiphany"). The production was nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards, winning one for Outstanding Special Class Program. [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. [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. Not to be confused with, Artwork from the original Broadway production. The original Broadway pit consisted of a 26-piece orchestra. Suddenly, the judge enters; Todd quickly seats him and lulls him with a relaxing conversation ("Pretty Women"). Mrs. Lovett then informs Todd that Toby has found out about their secret and they plot to kill him. There would have been screams and yells but I wouldn't have given a damn. The cast included George Hearn (a last-minute substitute for Bryn Terfel) in the title role, alongside Patti LuPone (Mrs. Lovett), Neil Patrick Harris (Tobias), Davis Gaines (Anthony), John Aler, Paul Plishka, Heidi Grant Murphy (Johanna), Stanford Olsen (Pirelli) and Audra McDonald (Beggar-Woman/Lucy). Notably the 2004 production starred Mark Delavan and Elaine Paige. They worked together on all their scenes, both of them creative actors who were experienced in giving intense performances. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. "The American Musical and the Performance of Personal Identity (2009)". With Ben Kingsley, Campbell Scott, Joanna Lumley, Selina Boyack. 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The score is one vast structure, each individual part meshing with others for the good of the entire musical machine. The cast was completed by Alex Priat as Anthony, John Atkins as Judge Turpin, Carol Gizzard as Johanna, Sharian Wood as The Beggar Woman, Jack Leager as Beadle Bamford, Enrielos Hetares as Pirelli and Michael Greene & James Feldere who shared the role of Tobias. Lansbury died peacefully at her home in Los Angeles on Tuesday, Oct. 11. It was brought back for limited runs in 1986 and 2004. After 15 years in exile, Sweeney Todd, an unsettling man with a mysterious past, arrives in a dark and gritty London, hungry for vengeance against the judge who destroyed his life. Terrified, he flees into the sewers below the bakehouse. Nellie Lovett: [singing] Only where it sat. 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It's nothing to do with Grand Guignol. The British native did expect tea (preferred type: Yorkshire Gold) and never coffee during set breaks, Cariou recalled. Anthony arrives at the asylum to rescue Johanna, but is exposed when Johanna recognizes him. 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 kills O'Higgins by slitting his throat ("Pirelli's Death" and "The Ballad of Sweeney Todd" reprise 3) and temporarily hides his body. I just figured hell, I've done everything else on Broadway, I might as well go with Mrs. CAPTION. When Todd asks after the empty upstairs apartment, she reveals that its former tenant, Benjamin Barker, was transported for life based on false charges by Judge Turpin, who, along with his servant, Beadle Bamford, then lured Barker's wife Lucy to a masked ball at the Judge's home and raped her ("Poor Thing"). [32], The Tooting Arts Club production transferred to Off-Broadway, transforming the Barrow Street Theatre into a working re-creation of Harrington's pie shop. Share to iMessage. [82], In 2001, the same concert was held in San Francisco with the same leads and minor cast changes. Todd feigns forgiveness, dancing manically with Mrs. Lovett until he hurls her into the oven, burning her alive. The cast included Christopher Chew as Sweeney Todd and Amelia Broome as Mrs. The production was extended and closed on August 26, 2018.[34][35][36]. Promising to keep his secret, Mrs. Lovett explains that Lucy poisoned herself with arsenic and that their then-infant daughter, Johanna, became the Judge's ward. Share to Tumblr. The Icelandic Opera performed Sweeney Todd in the fall of 2004, the first time in Iceland. Directed by Gale Edwards, it featured Lyndon Terracini as Todd, Nancye Hayes as Mrs. Lovett and Peter Cousens as Anthony. I know she's with Peter (Shaw) now, her husband, who I think she missed terribly. In 1984 the show was presented by the New York City Opera. [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. [37] While the production was still in preview performances, the run was extended through January 2024. Johanna hears the beggar woman entering and hides in a trunk in the barbershop. Unaware that Johanna is his friend Todd's daughter, Anthony is immediately enamored ("Ah, Miss"), and he pledges to return for her, even after the judge and the Beadle threaten him and chase him away ("Johanna"). Sweeney Todd earned Tony Awards for both its leading stars Lansbury and Carious as well as designers Eugene and Franne Lee, director Prince and took home the honors for Best Book, Score and. He knows Todd's true identity (having recognized Barker's illustrious shaving tools during their earlier competition) and demands half his income for life. The tour ran for 8 months, starring Barry Howell as Sweeney Todd & Isabell Wyer as Ms. Lovett. As Anthony leaves, Pirelli and Tobias enter, and Mrs. Lovett takes Toby downstairs for a pie. Copy embed to clipboard. Sondheim grants DC's Landless Theatre Company permission to orchestrate a "prog metal version" of Sweeney Todd, the first rock orchestration of the score. It has been revived in many productions as well as inspiring a film adaptation. When the lights go down and the curtain goes . The cast included Angela Lansbury as Mrs. Lovett, Len Cariou as Todd, Victor Garber as Anthony, Sarah Rice as Johanna, Merle Louise as the Beggar Woman, Ken Jennings as Tobias, Edmund Lyndeck as Judge Turpin, Joaquin Romaguera as Pirelli, and Jack Eric Williams as Beadle Bamford. 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 repurposes them for meat pies. The character of Sweeney Todd first appeared in a Victorian penny dreadful titled The String of Pearls. [46] The company revived the show in 2011 for the International Youth Arts Festival at the Rose Theatre in Kingston upon Thames. The film was well received by critics and theatregoers and also won the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. It was filmed at the end of a ten-month road tour of the show, with George Hearn in the title role playing opposite Lansbury. [4], Sondheim has often said that his Sweeney Todd was about obsession and close friends seemed to instinctually agree. The production plays at DC's Warehouse Theatre in August 2014. Nellie Lovett: [singing] It's priest. [85] This recording was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album. The show received over fifteen awards. The play won eight Tonys, including best musical and actress and actor. Concert version was performed at Los Angeles' Ahmanson Theatre on March 1214, 1999 with Kelsey Grammer as Todd, Christine Baranski as Mrs. Lovett, Davis Gaines as Anthony, Neil Patrick Harris as Tobias, Melissa Manchester as The Beggar Woman, Roland Rusinek as The Beadle, Dale Kristien as Johanna and Ken Howard as Judge Turpin. 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"). When the show transferred to the Lyttleton, Quilley replaced Armstrong in the title role. [56], Produced by Atlantis Theatrical Entertainment Group and directed by Bobby Garcia with musical direction by Gerard Salonga, it starred Jett Pangan as Sweeney Todd, Lea Salonga as Mrs. Lovett, Gerald Santos as Anthony Hope, Nyoy Volante as Adolfo Pirelli, Mikkie Bradshaw-Volante as Johanna, Ima Castro as the Beggar Woman, Andrew Fernando as Judge Turpin, Luigi Quesada as Tobias, Arman Ferrer as Beadle, and Dean Rosen as Jonas Fogg. Look at me, Mrs Lovett. just before Todd slashes his throat and sends him hurtling down the chute ("The Judge's Return"). Opera is not just a matter of everything being sung. The Israeli National Opera has performed Sweeney Todd twice. Lansbury died Oct. 11. There are opera audiences, and there is an opera sensibility. Lansbury. [48], The Lyric Stage Company of Boston produced a run in September and October 2014 with the company's Artistic Director Spiro Veloudos staging and directing the show. Downstairs, Mrs. Lovett is struggling with the dying Judge, who claws at her. Lovett. 2015 London and 2017 Off-Broadway revival, 2010 National Youth Music Theatre, London. This song was moved to after "The Ballad of Sweeney Todd. The effect it had at Stratford East in London and the effect it had at the Uris Theater in New York are two entirely different effects, even though it's the same play. Full of despair and in shock, Todd embraces the dead Lucy. She said to me on her last birthday, a year ago, Its just silly being this old.'". Lansbury, Angela, 1925-Motion pictures Motion picture actors and actresses Singers Audiotapes. This production closed February 5, 2005. Sweeney Todd: Cris Groenendaal . 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. The following month, Melbourne Theatre Company's version opened at the Playhouse in Melbourne, directed by Roger Hodgman with Peter Carroll as Sweeney Todd, Geraldine Turner as Mrs. Lovett and Jon Ewing as Judge Turpin. The beggar woman seems to recognize the room. "[42][43] When a character died, flour was poured over them. Angela Lansbury, one of the most beloved and respected performers in show business, passed away October 11. 2014 prog metal version, Landless Theatre Company, Washington, D.C. Knapp, Raymond. 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. Sweeney Todd- The Original Broadway Production. It starred Anthony Warlow as Sweeney Todd, Gina Riley as Mrs. Lovett, Debra Byrne as the Beggar Woman, Michael Falzon as Adolfo Pirelli, Jonathan Hickey as Tobias Ragg, and Daniel Sumegi as Judge Turpin. There's the one staying put. Theatre critic and author Martin Gottfried wrote on this subject: "Does so much singing make it an opera? This number was written for the original London production and first recorded for the 2000 New York Philharmonic concert performance. There are two kinds of men and only two. Sweeney Todd opened on Broadway in 1979 and in the West End in 1980. Tobias, Mrs. Lovett, Todd, Customers, "Johanna (Quartet)" Anthony, Todd, Beggar Woman, Johanna, "Wigmaker Sequence"/"The Ballad Of Sweeney Todd: 'Sweeney'd Waited Too Long Before' (Reprise 4)"/"The Letter" Todd, Anthony, Quintet, "Not While I'm Around" Tobias, Mrs. Lovett, "Parlour Songs (Part 1): Sweet Polly Plunkett" Beadle, "Parlour Songs (Part 2): The 12 Bells In Tower of Bray" Beadle, Lovett, Tobias, "Parlour Songs (Part 3): Sweet Polly Plunkett (Reprise)" Lovett, "The Ballad Of Sweeney Todd: 'The Engine Roared, The Motor Hissed' (Reprise 5)"/"Fogg's Asylum"/"City On Fire"/"Searching"/"Ah, Miss (Reprise)"/"Beggar Woman's Lullaby", "The Ballad of Sweeney Todd: 'Attend The Tale Of Sweeney Todd' (Reprise 7)" Company, Todd, Lovett (Full Cast). Festival at the asylum to rescue Johanna, but Mrs. Lovett is struggling with the same leads minor... Show, which had been cut in previews often said that his Sweeney Todd on.! 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