[20], A North American tour started on February 23, 1982, in Wilmington, Delaware, and ended on July 17, 1982, in Toronto, Ontario. 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. 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. By what name was Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1982) officially released in Canada in English? The film was well received by critics and theatregoers and also won the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. 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 production plays at DC's Warehouse Theatre in August 2014. Mrs. Lovett then informs Todd that Toby has found out about their secret and they plot to kill him. Like the London production, the transfer was directed by Bill Buckhurst, designed by Simon Kenny and produced by Rachel Edwards, Jenny Gersten, Seaview Productions, and Nate Koch, executive producer, in association with Barrow Street Theatre. Have a little priest. No, we all . Nellie Lovett: [singing] No, you see the trouble with poet is how do you know it's deceased try the priest! [71] He also relies heavily on leitmotif at least twenty distinct ones can be identified throughout the score. Our production was larger in scope. 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. The tour ran for 8 months, starring Barry Howell as Sweeney Todd & Isabell Wyer as Ms. Lovett. 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. The 1982 taped stage version of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, starring Angela Lansbury and George Hearn, will air on Turner Classic Movies March 21 at 1 PM ET; check local . 1980 musical by Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler, This article is about the 1979 musical. [33] The opening night cast featured four members of the London cast: Jeremy Secomb as Sweeney Todd, Siobhan McCarthy as Mrs. Lovett, Duncan Smith as the Judge and, Joseph Taylor as Tobias, alongside Brad Oscar as the Beadle, Betsy Morgan as Pirelli and the Beggar Woman, Matt Doyle as Anthony and Alex Finke as Johanna. This song was moved to after "The Ballad of Sweeney Todd. Sweeney Todd rises forth ("The Ballad of Sweeney Todd"), and introduces the drama. On September 12, 2015, Sweeney Todd opened at the San Francisco Opera with Brian Mulligan as Todd, Stephanie Blythe as Mrs. Lovett, Matthew Grills as Tobias, Heidi Stober as Johanna, Elliot Madore as Anthony and Elizabeth Futral as the Beggar Woman/Lucy. 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. WBAL NewsRadio 1090/FM 101.5 - Angela Lansbury and Len Cariou were partners-in-crime on stage in "Sweeney Todd" and crime busters in episodes of TV's "Murder, She Wrote." Set in 1785, the story featured as its principal villain a certain Sweeney Todd and included all the plot elements used in later versions. Anthony finds Johanna locked away in a private lunatic asylum, but barely escapes being placed under arrest by the Beadle. A barber (Ray Winstone) and a young pie-maker (Essie Davis) forge a complex and murderous partnership in 18th-century London. [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. 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"). In spring 2006, the production toured the UK with Jason Donovan as Todd and Harriet Thorpe as Mrs. Lovett. It is based on the 1970 play of the same name by Christopher Bond. An original Broadway cast recording was released by RCA Red Seal in 1979. Mrs. Lovett frantically denies it, explaining that Lucy did indeed poison herself, but lived, although the attempt left her insane. [51], In 2015, Victorian Opera's production was performed at the Melbourne Arts Centre. This performance would later be repeated on Showtime and PBS (the latter as part of its Great Performances series);[19] It was later released on home video through Turner Home Entertainment, and on DVD from Warner Home Video. Share to iMessage. 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 production began a workshop three days after Sondheim's death who had been planning to attend the workshop's final day. The show's design was slightly altered to fit a proscenium arch theatre space for the Lyttleton Theatre. The food is very popular ("God, That's Good!"). They made a point of speaking on their birthdays Oct. 16 for Lansbury, Sept. 30 for Cariou and on each anniversary of the play's opening night, Cariou said Wednesday, a day after Lansbury, 96, died in her Los Angeles home. Brown. Sondheim. It is based on the 1970 play Sweeny Todd by Christopher Bond. The Icelandic Opera performed Sweeney Todd in the fall of 2004, the first time in Iceland. Top marks for a wonderful show. Then again, they don't commit sins of the flesh, so it's pretty fresh. 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. 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. 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]. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (TV Movie 1982) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. 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. Lansbury died peacefully at her home in Los Angeles on Tuesday, Oct. 11. It was also the first time the show had been presented in an intimate house (Equity 99-seat). Lansbury died Oct. 11. [4], Sondheim decided to pair one of the most nightmarish songs (Sweeney Todd's "Epiphany") with the comic-relief of "A Little Priest". 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. It was brought back for limited runs in 1986 and 2004. [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. 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. Anthony leaves to seek a coach after he and Johanna reaffirm their love ("Ah Miss" reprise). The Judge recognizes him as "Benjamin Barker!" The production employed a minimalistic approach: the cast consisted of a small ensemble of 14 performers, and the orchestra was a seven-piece band. Dorothy Loudon and George Hearn replaced Lansbury and Cariou on March 4, 1980. In June 2019, for the show's 40th anniversary, a limited run of the production presented by Life Like Company was performed at Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne and Darling Harbour Theatre, ICC Sydney. "[6], Canadian actor and singer Len Cariou was Sondheim's personal choice to play the tortured barber. The show was cast extremely well, my only complaint being of Betsy Joscelyn's portrayal of Johanna. 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. [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. In the crowded London marketplace, flamboyant Italian barber Adolfo Pirelli and his simple-minded young assistant Tobias Ragg pitch a dramatic cure-all for hair loss ("Pirelli's Miracle Elixir"). [80] Opera North's production was also broadcast by the BBC on March 30, 1998, as was the Royal Opera House production in 2003. An alternate orchestration is available from Music Theatre International for a 9 piece orchestra. just before Todd slashes his throat and sends him hurtling down the chute ("The Judge's Return"). 2015 London and 2017 Off-Broadway revival, 2010 National Youth Music Theatre, London. With Ben Kingsley, Campbell Scott, Joanna Lumley, Selina Boyack. I had a feeling it would be a new animal. Conducted by John DeMain, the production used scenic designs by Eugene Lee, costume designs by Franne Lee, and lighting designs by Ken Billington. 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 expanded edition appeared in 1850, an American version in 1852, a new play in 1865. Notably the 2004 production starred Mark Delavan and Elaine Paige. 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). She said to me on her last birthday, a year ago, Its just silly being this old.'". A 4-day concert took place in July 2007 at the same venue with Bryn Terfel, Maria Friedman, Daniel Boys and Philip Quast. And he gave her the key to the character, saying "I want Mrs. Lovett to have a music hall character." 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. Originally broadcast in 1980 and. HeatherAnn Layman, Parkland Theatre's operations manager, said two people involved in the original Broadway rendition of "Sweeney Todd" passed away recently. Casually slitting his customers' necks, Todd despairs of ever seeing Johanna, while Anthony searches London for her ("Johanna Quartet"). Todd feigns forgiveness, dancing manically with Mrs. Lovett until he hurls her into the oven, burning her alive. Movie Info. [38], The musical was premiered on June 5, 1992, at the Erkel Theater in Budapest, Hungary. She was a star and, as she pointed out to Sondheim, "Your show is not called 'Nellie Lovett', it's called 'Sweeney Todd'. Toby, heedless of them, begins turning the meat grinder, crooning Mrs. Lovett's previous instructions to him ("Final Scene"). On the Saturday performances, Bryonha Marie Parham played the role of the Beggar Woman, while McDonald played it at the other performances. Share to Facebook. "[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. 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 Christopher Chew as Sweeney Todd and Amelia Broome as Mrs. In the basement, Toby discovers hair and fingernails in a pie he has been eating, just as the Beadle's fresh corpse comes tumbling through the chute. 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"). I just figured hell, I've done everything else on Broadway, I might as well go with Mrs. Report. Book by Hugh Wheeler. The first London production opened on July 2, 1980, at the West End's Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, starring Denis Quilley and Sheila Hancock along with Andrew C. Wadsworth as Anthony, Mandy More as Johanna, Michael Staniforth as Tobias, Austin Kent as Judge Turpin, Dilys Watling as the Beggar Woman, David Wheldon-Williams as Beadle Bamford, Oz Clarke as Jonas Fogg, and John Aron as Pirelli. 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. It won the Tony Award for Best Musical and Olivier Award for Best New Musical. Original orchestrator Jonathan Tunick revised his large orchestration for the 1993 London revival, adding a dirtier, grittier texture to the score's arrangements. In 1846,[9] young sailor Anthony Hope and the mysterious Sweeney Todd, whom Anthony has recently rescued at sea and befriended, dock in London. [67], A feature film adaptation of Sweeney Todd, directed by Tim Burton with a screenplay by John Logan, was released on December 21, 2007. The production received 5 Ovation Awards including the Franklin Levy Award for Best Musical (Smaller Theatre) and Best Director (Musical) for Dang. Lansbury. Hearing the Judge outside, a frantic Todd kills the beggar woman, sending her body down the chute barely a moment before the Judge bursts in. Whilst it remained unclear if the casting of predominantly unknown actors helped the tour, the production was applauded for its use of emerging performers and played to almost exclusively sold-out venues. [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. A modern American opera."[3]. Sweeney Todd: Cris Groenendaal . [46] The company revived the show in 2011 for the International Youth Arts Festival at the Rose Theatre in Kingston upon Thames. Nellie Lovett: [singing] Sir, it's too good, at least. 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. It consists of the characters Sweeney Todd and. Like the 1979 Broadway original, which starred Angela Lansbury and Len Cariou, Kail's production is jaw-dropping in its scale. [81] This recording was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album. Todd sneers at the audience for a moment and vanishes. A beggar woman sexually solicits them, appearing to recognize Todd for a moment ("No Place Like London"), and Todd shoos her away. Nellie Lovett: [singing] It's priest. He didn't get the part at the time, but he . Other changes included Michael James Leslie as Judge Turpin and Zachary Noah Piser as Tobias. Because of the small scale of the musical, it cost $3.5 million to make, a sum small in comparison to many Broadway musicals and recouped in nineteen weeks. 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. Worst Pies In London. The resulting program was televised on September 12, 1982, on The Entertainment Channel. 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. After a day of hard work, while Todd remains fixated on his revenge, Mrs. Lovett envisions a seaside retirement ("By the Sea"). "[23] This production received Olivier Awards for Best Musical Revival, Best Actor in a Musical (Armstrong) and Best Actress in a Musical (McKenzie), and Best Director Of A Musical for Donnellan. Lansbury, who had grown up in British music hall, immediately got it. Todd joins. [25] This marked the first time in nearly ten years that a Sondheim show had been presented in the commercial West End. 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. 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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. Hutchins, Michael H. (February 18, 2006). 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. 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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). 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. Lovett. The Sunday Times wrote that "The black backdrop of David Farley's rough hewn set and the stark minimalism of Rick Fisher's lighting suggest a self-conscious edginess, with Shannon's stylised make-up, long leather coat and brooding countenance only adding to the feeling. For other uses, see, "Pretty Women" redirects here. Directed by Gale Edwards, it featured Lyndon Terracini as Todd, Nancye Hayes as Mrs. Lovett and Peter Cousens as Anthony. 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. 'Sweeney Todd' Review: Josh Groban and Annaleigh Ashford Lead a Soaring but Remote Sondheim Revival on Broadway . The cast included Jeremy Secomb as Sweeney Todd, Siobhn McCarthy as Mrs. Lovett, Nadim Naaman as Anthony, Ian Mowat as the Beadle, Duncan Smith as the Judge, Kiara Jay as Pirelli and the Beggar Woman, Joseph Taylor as Tobias and Zoe Doano as Johanna. Sweeney Todd: [singing] Is it really good? Despite being cut in previews for reasons of length, these numbers were included on the Original Cast Recording. 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. [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]. 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