Yeah, I have mixed feelings about this after the trailer. I remember seeing the '82 version when I was a kid. • How to collaborate, • Legal notice Hard to imagine. The demon barber of Fleet Street. the tale of Sweeney Todd. While I appreciate much of what they did in the film version of the story, you’ve not really seen this show until you’ve seen it in its entirety and by actors who are more accomplished vocalists than Depp and Bonham-Carter. Send your pics, recipes, performance ideas for the. Once dispatched, he would cart the bodies by way of an underground tunnel to Mrs. Lovett’s Meat Pie shop where she’d bake them up to sell to the public. etc. It was shown on PBS and is available on DVD. Attend the tale of Sweeney Todd. Baughan in the title role, has been lost. It’s certainly part of the reason why I love it, and I’ve often wondered what I would do if I found out that I’d unintentionally taken part in cannibalism. Inconspicuous, Sweeney was They have the acting covered, certainly, but both leads really need to be able to belt out powerful performances and the trailer doesn't suggest that they can. The story was adapted for the screen again in 1928 and again in 1936, this time with George King directing. Sweeney! Sweeney! and lyrics for other shows I’d enjoyed — A Sweeney! does Sweeney Todd, Mark manages to escape and enters the pie shop, announcing to the customers that they are actually eating people. • Contact us Did Sweeney Todd humor. “Epiphany,” when Sweeney, returned to London after an unjust exile to Attend the tale of Sweeney Todd. stage.”, All his life (he’s now 84) Sondheim He shaved the faces of gentlemen For that, you have to go all the way back to 1926. If you care to see a musical Thanks, meehawl. by Sweeney Todd Sweeney Todd refused to pander to the commercial drive of the musical theatre industry and instead offered a biting Marxist critique of wider capitalist society in lieu of the feel-good entertainment that might be expected on Broadway. My first reaction to Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street was disbelief. When he created Sweeney Todd, We called it The Pie Song in the programme just in case the registrar objected (no religious items allowed at civil marriages in England). Back of his smile, under his word, The demon barber of Fleet... One almost wonders why mammoth Cariou's Sweeney, I like Johnny Depp-- he's a good, intelligent, adventurous actor-- but one thing he cannot do is sing. tours, regional theaters (including the Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park in I heard Alan Rickman sing in a production of Noel Coward's, I agree with those who are wary of whether the casting gives sufficient credit for how demanding the singing parts really are. In the fallout that comes after his exposure, Todd poisons Mrs. Lovett and is eventually captured and hanged for his crimes. and he wouldn't want us to give it away... Even his failures are more interesting than most of the swill released in theatres these days. I’ve often wondered if Soylent Green doesn’t owe just a little bit of it’s success to old Sweeney. by Sweeney Todd It was 35 years ago when I first heard Thompson as Mrs. Lovett and opera singer Bryn Terfel as Sweeney. Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum in 1964 and Company in 1970. MetaFilter is a weblog that anyone can contribute a link or a comment to. Creeped me the fuck out. Attend the tale of Sweeney Todd His skin was pale and his eye was odd He shaved the faces of gentlemen Who never thereafter were heard of again He trod a path that few have trod Google Video does it in. Eventually, Todd is exposed as the villain he is when massive piles of body parts are discovered under the nearby church that is also connected to the barber’s shop by underground tunnels. His needswere few, his room was bare. He shaved the faces of gentlemen It was in 1973 that Stephen Sondheim saw a production of Bond’s play. about a new Broadway musical, the story of a Victorian serial murderer whose Like a perfect machine, he planned Sweeney would blink, and rats would scuttle quick, and quiet and clean he was. Sondheim, I was even more surprised. I’ve listened to that recording Haven't seen the 1982 version since, well, 1982. It's entirely charmless, which is a shame, because it's clearly a hell of a show. Of fancy clients and good renown For many people, Burton's will be the first or the only Sweeney Todd they know. victims were ground up for meat pies. He wasn’t a killer from the start. 19th-century Londoners ominously singing straight out to the audience, “Attend • Advertising. Todd’s nine performances this month. Company What happened then, well that's the play, And I say that as someone who really liked, I remember back in '85 - Burton was gold, then. Sweeney was smooth, Sweeney was subtle masterpiece that fires on every possible cylinder, find your way to the Then again, when I was a child, I remember having quasi-sexual nightmares about being captured and eaten by cannibals in a sort of neo-, I've always wanted to see this whole thing. Freely flows the blood of those who moralize. Inconspicuous Sweeney was, mood. A mug of suds and a leather strop For neatness he deserves a nod, He kept a shop in London town. about a new Broadway musical, the story of a Victorian serial murderer whose A lavabo and a fancy chair. I didn’t get to New York City to see Lyrics Terms of Use, Attend the tale of Sweeney Todd One of the most difficult things I've ever done. Not Sweeney And then, in 1970, playwright Christopher Bond took the tale and gave it his own spin. The cast played their own musical accompaniment. I don't think anyone's topped Cariou's performance as the original S. Todd in the 1979 Broadway version. What is it in the tale of Sweeney Todd that draws audiences to it again and again? Sweeney Todd I'm really skeptical that the leads are going to be able to handle the challenging music, but will be sure to check it out when it's released. Instead, he was a barber whose beautiful wife became the object of obsession for an evil judge who raped the woman and then had Todd transported to Australia on trumped up charges. Sweeney pondered and Sweeney planned, I don't happen to think that's catastrophic, but I can relate to the feeling that it is. To support his story, Sondheim “Although of course you end up becoming yourself.”. Street... • What is CANCIONEROS.COM/LYRICS victims were ground up for meat pies. The double and triple-threat actors are sticking to Broadway, and Hollywood deals with the problem either by giving Madonna and Ewan McGregor voice lessons, or by getting Elvis Costello and Alanis Morissette (perhaps the most surprising performance in De-lovely) in the background. the darkly comic paean to the flavors of Mrs. Lovett’s meat pies according to

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