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. In 1993, the show received its first London revival at the Royal National Theatre. [77] It was selected by the National Recording Registry for preservation in 2013. She then attempts to drag the beggar woman's body into the oven, but Todd arrives and, through a shaft of light, sees the lifeless face clearly for the first time: the beggar woman was his wife Lucy. Director Terry Hughes Writers Hugh Wheeler Christopher Bond Stars Angela Lansbury George Hearn Cris Groenendaal See production, box office & company info Search on Amazon The film was well received by critics and theatregoers and also won the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. Sweeney Todd GIF SD GIF HD GIF MP4. [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. The production closed on November 14, 1980. 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. This pair of songs at the end of Act I was the most significant musical addition which Sondheim made to Bond's version of the story. Like the 1979 Broadway original, which starred Angela Lansbury and Len Cariou, Kail's production is jaw-dropping in its scale. Previews began February 14, 2017, before officially opening night on March 1. The ending will give you chills. The 1997 Finnish National Opera production premiered on September 19, 1997. Sweeney Todd rises forth ("The Ballad of Sweeney Todd"), and introduces the drama. He asserted, "what the show is really about is obsession. In contrast to the original Broadway version, the production was designed on a relatively intimate scale and was affectionately referred to as "Teeny Todd." 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. The ensemble cast, soon joined by the risen Todd and Mrs. Lovett, sing a final reprise of "The Ballad of Sweeney Todd" warning against revenge (though admitting that "everyone does it"). 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[51], In 2015, Victorian Opera's production was performed at the Melbourne Arts Centre. Mrs. Lovett frantically denies it, explaining that Lucy did indeed poison herself, but lived, although the attempt left her insane. 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. It later was released as a feature film in . The production employed a minimalistic approach: the cast consisted of a small ensemble of 14 performers, and the orchestra was a seven-piece band. Genre: Crime, Drama. It included the Judge's "Johanna" and the tooth-pulling contest from Act I, which had been cut in previews. It was directed by Christopher Ashley with choreography by Daniel Pelzig. The other voices in the cast also were known quantities. 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[85] This recording was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album. 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. "[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. 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. An original Broadway cast recording was released by RCA Red Seal in 1979. The cast included David Arnsperger as Sweeney Todd and Janis Kelly as Mrs. Lovett. It is based on the 1970 play Sweeny Todd by Christopher Bond. There is no one with whom Id rather run a cutthroat business with, Cariou said in accepting the award for Lansbury. 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. 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 show ran for 157 performances. The Tony Award-winning actor starred in the Broadway musicals Mame, Gypsy and S weeney Todd, as well as the TV series Murder, She Wrote. When the show transferred to the Lyttleton, Quilley replaced Armstrong in the title role. 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. Because it is an opera. A story called The String of Pearls was published in a weekly magazine during the winter of 184647. Nellie Lovett: [singing] Only where it sat. Anthony leaves to seek a coach after he and Johanna reaffirm their love ("Ah Miss" reprise). The production was nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards, winning one for Outstanding Special Class Program. Len Cariou. When Anthony tells Todd of his plan to ask Johanna to elope with him, Todd, eager to reunite with his daughter, agrees to let them use his barbershop as a safehouse. 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. 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. Todd swears revenge on the Judge and the Beadle, and Mrs. Lovett presents Todd with his old collection of sterling silver straight razors, which persuades Todd to take up his old profession ("My Friends" and "The Ballad of Sweeney Todd" reprise). 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). Other changes included Michael James Leslie as Judge Turpin and Zachary Noah Piser as Tobias. After Norm Lewis left, he was replaced by Hugh Panaro in the titular role. Angela. She makes meat pies from Todd's victims. Worst Pies In London. 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. [52] The production was revived for New Zealand Opera in 2016, visiting Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. 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]. [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. CAPTION. It was revealed that the production has a budget of $14 million with a cast of 26 and an orchestra of 27. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Original Cast Recording) This song is the Act 1 finale of Sondheim's musical Sweeney Todd. March 04, 2021 Angela Lansbury and George Hearn in Sweeney Todd ( Martha Swope) Sweeney Todd the taped edition of the original production has returned to BroadwayHD as of March 1. Despite receiving mixed reviews, the production won the Olivier Award for Best New Musical in 1980. "[75], Donal Henahan wrote an essay in The New York Times concerning the 1984 New York City Opera production: "The difficulty with Sweeney was not that the opera singers were weaklings incapable of filling the State Theater with sound Miss Elias, who was making her City Opera debut, has sung for many years at the Metropolitan, a far larger house. [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. 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