Angela Lansbury . [22] This production received four Tony Award nominations: for Best Revival of a Musical, Best Actor in a Musical, Best Actress in a Musical and Best Direction of a Musical, but failed to win any. The cast consisted of Lajos Miller as Sweeney Todd, Zsuzsa Lehoczky as Mrs. Lovett, Sndor Sasvri as Anthony, Mnika Vsri as Johanna, Rbert Rtonyi as Judge Turpin, Tibor Olh as Tobias, Pter Kocsmros as Pirelli, Ildik Kishonti as Lucy/Beggar woman, and Istvn Rozsos as Beadle Bamford. 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). Toby, now insane and his hair turned white, crawls up from the sewer babbling nursery rhymes to himself. Cariou told him he was prepared to give Sondheim a couple of octaves to deal with, and Sondheim immediately replied, "That would be more than sufficient. There are opera houses. In Bond's reincarnation of the character, Todd was the victim of a ruthless judge, who exiled him to Australia and raped his young wife, driving her mad. Like the 1979 Broadway original, which starred Angela Lansbury and Len Cariou, Kail's production is jaw-dropping in its scale. It starred Paul Hegarty as Todd, Karen Mann as Mrs. Lovett, Rebecca Jackson as The Beggar Woman, Sam Kenyon as Tobias, Rebecca Jenkins as Johanna, David Ricardo-Pearce as Anthony and Colin Wakefield as Judge Turpin. Dame. In 2004, John Doyle directed a revival of the musical at the Watermill Theatre in Newbury, England, running from July 27, 2004, until October 9, 2004. Opened on July 7, 2018, at the Foro Cultural Coyoacanense's starring Lupita Sandoval and Beto Torres along with Jos Andrs Mojica, Mario Beller, Eduardo Ibarra, Alejandra Desiderio, Sonia Monroy, Daniel Paz and Adrian Mejia. The libretto was adapted by Roser Batalla Roger Pena, and was directed by Mario Gas. But other than that, it's all phenomenal-- Angela Lansbury *made* the role of Mrs. Lovette, and she just does it so well. "The American Musical and the Performance of Personal Identity (2009)". Panicked at first on learning of Pirelli's murder, Mrs. Lovett swipes his leftover coin purse and then asks Todd how he plans to dispose of the body. [37] While the production was still in preview performances, the run was extended through January 2024. [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. Radio programs. >>LABEL: RCACATALOG #: CBL2-3379COMPOSER: STEPHEN SONDHEIM / Harold PrinceWORKS: SWEENEY TODD - Original Cast Recording.PERFORMERS: Angela Lansbury, Len Cariou, etc . (AP Photo/Ray Stubblebine, File), Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. There are opera audiences, and there is an opera sensibility. 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"). PBS - Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street For almost two centuries, the enduring legend of maniacal barber Sweeney Todd and his savory human pies has inspired terror in the. Starring Len Cariou and Angela Lansbury and music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. Anthony finds Johanna locked away in a private lunatic asylum, but barely escapes being placed under arrest by the Beadle. Report. In 1984 the show was presented by the New York City Opera. [47], A major new production opened in April 2011 at the Thtre du Chtelet (Paris), which first gave Sondheim a place on the French stage with their production of A Little Night Music. [46] The company revived the show in 2011 for the International Youth Arts Festival at the Rose Theatre in Kingston upon Thames. 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. She was a star and, as she pointed out to Sondheim, "Your show is not called 'Nellie Lovett', it's called 'Sweeney Todd'. Other changes included Michael James Leslie as Judge Turpin and Zachary Noah Piser as Tobias. We were really proud of what we did, and really grateful for it.. This production subsequently transferred to the West End's Trafalgar Studios and then the Ambassadors Theatre. In the pie shop, Toby tells Mrs. Lovett of his skepticism about Todd and his own desire to protect her ("Not While I'm Around"). He knows Todd's true identity (having recognized Barker's illustrious shaving tools during their earlier competition) and demands half his income for life. Lovett. Angela Lansbury, one of the most beloved and respected performers in show business, passed away October 11. It's nothing to do with Grand Guignol. 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. Sondheim's version more carefully reveals the developing ideas in Sweeney Todd and Mrs. Lovett's demented minds. Todd enters and tries to force her to leave as she again seems to recognize him ("Beggar Woman's Lullaby"). Then again, they don't commit sins of the flesh, so it's pretty fresh. 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. Todd and Lovett soon arrive; as part of his plan to establish his new identity, Todd exposes the elixir as a sham, challenges Pirelli to a shaving competition and easily wins ("The Contest"), inviting the impressed Beadle for a free shave ("The Ballad of Sweeney Todd" reprise 2). [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. 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. With Ben Kingsley, Campbell Scott, Joanna Lumley, Selina Boyack. Sondheim praised Donnellan for the "small 'chamber' approach to the show, which was the composer's original vision for the piece. Brown. It has been revived in many productions as well as inspiring a film adaptation. Sondheim once observed, It had a weight to it because [Bond] wrote certain characters in blank verse. 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. [19] It was later released on both VHS and DVD.[79]. He returned to the role . "Prelude: The Ballad of Sweeney Todd: 'Attend The Tale Of Sweeney Todd'" Full Cast, "No Place Like London" Anthony, Todd, Beggar Woman, "The Ballad Of Sweeney Todd: 'Lift Your Razor High, Sweeney!' It was notably set in the 1930s instead of 1846 and restored the oft-cut song "Johanna (Mea Culpa)". When the show transferred to the Lyttleton, Quilley replaced Armstrong in the title role. 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. Toby, heedless of them, begins turning the meat grinder, crooning Mrs. Lovett's previous instructions to him ("Final Scene"). [2], The musical was based on Christopher Bond's 1973 play Sweeney Todd, which introduced a psychological backstory and motivation to Todd's crimes. 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. Todd has acquired a special mechanical barber's chair that allows him to kill clients and then send their bodies directly through a chute into the pie shop's basement bakehouse. Directed by Hal Prince and choreographed by Larry Fuller, the scenic design was by Eugene Lee, costumes by Franne Lee and lighting by Ken Billington. The fictional tale of the murderous nineteenth century barber (Sir Ben Kinglsey) who sold his kills to a neighboring butcher (Joanna Lumley) for her renowned meat pies. In February 2018, Panaro and Carmello were replaced by Thom Sema and Sally Ann Triplett, respectively. Sweeney Todd: [singing] Haven't you got poet, or something like that? Share to Facebook. The production is directed by Thomas Kail, with orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick, musical supervision by Alex Lacamoire and choreography by Steven Hoggett. [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. Movie Info. Mrs. Lovett stalls the Beadle with "Parlor Songs" until Todd returns to offer the Beadle his promised "free shave"; Mrs. Lovett loudly plays her harmonium to cover the Beadle's screams above as Todd dispatches him. 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). This production was notable for having no orchestra, with the 10-person cast playing the score themselves on musical instruments that they carried onstage. 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"). HeatherAnn Layman, Parkland Theatre's operations manager, said two people involved in the original Broadway rendition of "Sweeney Todd" passed away recently. [31] This production takes place in a pie shop that has been recreated for the occasion in Shaftesbury Avenue and ran from March 19 to May 16, 2015. Directed by Gale Edwards, it featured Lyndon Terracini as Todd, Nancye Hayes as Mrs. Lovett and Peter Cousens as Anthony. Alone with Todd, Pirelli drops his Italian accent and reveals that he is really Daniel O'Higgins, Benjamin Barker's former assistant. The centerpiece of Mimi Lien's shapeshifting scenic design is an . 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. 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.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.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. Beggar Woman . 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"). Free shipping for many products! Sweeney Todd opened on Broadway in 1979 and in the West End in 1980. It was Lansbury's fourth best musical actress award in 13 years, to be followed by a 2009 award for Blithe Spirt and a lifetime achievement award at the Tonys in June. 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. 2015 London and 2017 Off-Broadway revival, 2010 National Youth Music Theatre, London. An expanded edition appeared in 1850, an American version in 1852, a new play in 1865. [3], Bond's sophisticated plot and language significantly elevated the lurid nature of the tale. (In the film, the name is not Daniel O'Higgins but "Davy Collins".) This production was taped for PBS and broadcast in 2001, and won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Classical Music-Dance Program. Music Direction by Charles W. Johnson. Even if you're not a "theatre person," I highly recommend that you see this. Menu. Sign in to rate and Watchlist for personalized recommendations. The character of Sweeney Todd first appeared in a Victorian penny dreadful titled The String of Pearls. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Original Cast Recording) This song is the Act 1 finale of Sondheim's musical Sweeney Todd. A "Reprise!" 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. [17], The first national U.S. tour started on October 24, 1980, in Washington, D.C. and ended in August 1981 in Los Angeles, California. The beggar woman seems to recognize the room. "[5], It is said that on opening night Harold Clurman, the doyen of American theatre critics, rushed up to Schuyler Chapin, former general manager of the Metropolitan Opera, demanding to know why he had not put it on at the Met. The production began a workshop three days after Sondheim's death who had been planning to attend the workshop's final day. 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]. [44], The 2008 Gothenburg production premiered on May 15, 2008, at The Gteborg Opera. [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. Sweeney Todd is a man bent on personal revenge, the way we all are in one way or another, and it has nothing whatsoever to do with the time he lived in, as far as I'm concerned.[4] However, Sondheim accepted Prince's vision as a different way to do the show, and as an opportunity to do the show on a large scale, knowing that small-scale productions could be done at any time. Share to Reddit. 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. 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. 'Sweeney Todd' Review: Josh Groban and Annaleigh Ashford Lead a Soaring but Remote Sondheim Revival on Broadway . The score is one vast structure, each individual part meshing with others for the good of the entire musical machine. [41], Irish tenor David Shannon starred as Todd in a highly successful Dublin production of the show at the Gate Theatre, which ran from April 2007 through June 2007. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (TV Movie 1982) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. I know she's with Peter (Shaw) now, her husband, who I think she missed terribly. [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). The cast included Christopher Chew as Sweeney Todd and Amelia Broome as Mrs. The cast featured Rod Gilfry and Franco Pomponi (Sweeney Todd) and Caroline O'Connor (Mrs Lovett). The Tale of Sweeney Todd: Directed by John Schlesinger. 1980 musical by Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler, This article is about the 1979 musical. Despite being cut in previews for reasons of length, these numbers were included on the Original Cast Recording. 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"). 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. After a day of hard work, while Todd remains fixated on his revenge, Mrs. Lovett envisions a seaside retirement ("By the Sea"). Director . 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 play won eight Tonys, including best musical and actress and actor. "Not just music hall but dotty music hall", as she put it. The first Broadway revival opened on September 14, 1989, at the Circle in the Square Theatre, and closed on February 25, 1990, after 189 performances and 46 previews. The other voices in the cast also were known quantities. A corrupt judge who became obsessed with Lucy Barker, and later with her daughter Johanna. ANN MARIE BALDONADO, BYLINE: Josh Groban first auditioned for the role of Sweeney Todd back in high school for a summer camp production of the musical. A cheerful, talkative, but amoral owner/proprietress of a meat pie shop; Todd's former landlady, but enamored of him. "That cuckoo style of playing Mrs. Lovett, that was pretty much Angela She invented that character", Cariou said. 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. An Irish charlatan and former employee of Benjamin Barker who has since developed a public persona as a flashy Italian barber; he attempts to blackmail Todd, but is immediately killed. Todd feigns forgiveness, dancing manically with Mrs. Lovett until he hurls her into the oven, burning her alive. Todd joins forces with Mrs. Lovett, the unhinged proprietress of a failing pie shop, and together they develop a spinetingling plot to exact revenge. 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. It later was released as a feature film in . Sondheim grants DC's Landless Theatre Company permission to orchestrate a "prog metal version" of Sweeney Todd, the first rock orchestration of the score. A mad crone whose interjections go unheeded, eventually identified as Benjamin Barker's wife, Lucy, who was raped by Judge Turpin. An alternate orchestration is available from Music Theatre International for a 9 piece orchestra. The production was nominated for nine Tony Awards, winning eight including Best Musical. He asserted, "what the show is really about is obsession. 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) Dorothy Loudon and George Hearn replaced Lansbury and Cariou on March 4, 1980. The tour ran for 8 months, starring Barry Howell as Sweeney Todd & Isabell Wyer as Ms. Lovett. Not to be confused with, Artwork from the original Broadway production. [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. 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. Sweeney Todd: Cris Groenendaal . [66] This production transferred to London Coliseum Theatre for 13 performances from March 30 through April 12, 2015. Lansbury died peacefully at her home in Los Angeles on Tuesday, Oct. 11. 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. When the lights go down and the curtain goes . No, we all . 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. [72] Sondheim himself has described the piece as a "black operetta",[73] and indeed, only about 20% of the show is spoken; the rest is sung-through. And the one with his foot. The show was a collaboration with West End International Ltd. Sweeney Todd has its occasional operatic moments, but its music overall has the chest notes, the harmonic language, the muscularity, and the edge of Broadway theater. 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 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. 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]. The cast included David Arnsperger as Sweeney Todd and Janis Kelly as Mrs. Lovett. 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]. 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