tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6988729.post7536439551148815677..comments2024-03-27T11:42:47.601-04:00Comments on Another Monkey: Sweeney Todd reviewD.B. Echohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01797128570217627410noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6988729.post-31686643120844394412011-01-07T20:36:50.778-05:002011-01-07T20:36:50.778-05:00AAAAAGH!!! Well, too late to change it now. Well...AAAAAGH!!! Well, too late to change it now. Well, I could. Dammit.D.B. Echohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01797128570217627410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6988729.post-14971428191798382972011-01-07T20:33:23.331-05:002011-01-07T20:33:23.331-05:00Uh, you spelled COPPELIA wrong. FAIL!Uh, you spelled COPPELIA wrong. FAIL!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6988729.post-11208682316120715262009-04-11T00:31:00.000-04:002009-04-11T00:31:00.000-04:00Having now seen both the original and the revival,...Having now seen both the original and the revival, I would say that the problem is in the version you saw. The staging of this latest rendition quite literally sucks the life out of what was, as originally presented, a very good show.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6988729.post-90966704097490541932009-02-26T08:26:00.000-05:002009-02-26T08:26:00.000-05:00I think Sweeney Todd is one of the greatest musica...I think <I>Sweeney Todd</I> is one of the greatest musicals ever written, but I was intrigued by your review, which identifies precisely what the major pitfalls are for performers acting the piece. Try to get your hands on the complete version of the Original Broadway Cast Album with Angela Lansbury and Len Cariou.Oliver Brownlowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08928951789011837345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6988729.post-63289673675555440932009-02-23T22:52:00.000-05:002009-02-23T22:52:00.000-05:00I saw Sweeney Todd live in San Francisco a couple ...I saw <I>Sweeney Todd</I> live in San Francisco a couple of decades ago. I agree with your review. No matter how competent the cast, it's a dismal, depressing story about unlikeable people. And none of the songs stick in your head. (Some years ago my pick-up chorus at work used to do <I>Bring Him Home</I> from <I>Les Miz</I> as a showstopper.)hederahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01696592301686568456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6988729.post-80438804272405965532009-02-19T20:45:00.000-05:002009-02-19T20:45:00.000-05:00I loved RENT last year, but now I think it would b...I loved RENT last year, but now I think it would be weird seeing it with a different cast - even if it is the Broadway cast!<BR/><BR/>I am now MySpace friends with Christine Dwyer, who was Maureen in last year's tour of RENT. I rock.D.B. Echohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01797128570217627410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6988729.post-68557782998114147132009-02-19T04:06:00.000-05:002009-02-19T04:06:00.000-05:00i tried to watch the sweeney todd movie. meh, i sa...i tried to watch the sweeney todd movie. <BR/>meh, i say.<BR/>LOVE les mis, though.<BR/>now i have 'one day more stuck in my head.'<BR/><BR/>i wish it would go on national tour again, so i could take my littlest sisters.<BR/><BR/>tomorrow, we're going to see RENT again. and some of the original cast members will be performing.<BR/>i'm super excited.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com