Sweeney Todd (2005 Broadway Revival Cast)
The 2005 revival of Stephen Sondheim's 1979 Grand Guignol masterpiece Sweeney Todd illustrates what happens when you have a director with genuine vision. The show has been completely reivented, yet at the same time its dark core has been masterfully unveiled, not betrayed. In John Doyle's radically pared-down version (which originated in England), there's no orchestra in the pit: Each member of the small cast is on stage the entire time and plays one or more instrument in addition to singing. Thus Michael Cerveris (Sweeney) also plays guitar, Patti LuPone (Mrs. Lovett) plays percussion and tuba, Donna Lynne Champlin (Pirelli) plays accordion, piano, and flute, etc. Of course this means that those used to hearing Sondheim's operatic score delivered by a full orchestra (LuPone herself starred in a 2000 version recorded with the New York Philharmonic) will have to get used to Sarah Travis's minimalist arrangements. But the setting works wonders and the cast rises to the challenge. Cerveris is intensely charismatic as the murderous barber and LuPone finds great dark humor in Mrs. Lovett, while the younger Lauren Molina (Johanna) and Manoel Felciano (Tobias) aptly go from innocence to despair. While completely different in style, this recording stands proudly next to the original one. No small feat, that. --Elisabeth Vincentelli
Tony Award winners Michael Ceveris (Assassins) and Patti Lupone (Evita) lead a ten-person ensemble as Sweeney Todd and Mrs. Lovett in the cast album from the celebrated new Broadway production of Sweeney Todd: the Demon Barber of Fleet Street, with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. Originally produced in 1979, and considered a core work of Sondheim canon, Sweeney Todd has not been seen on Broadway in more than sixteen years. The revival opened to unanimous raves at the Eugene O'Neill Theater.
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| From: Amazon Posted: Jun 28, 2008 Type: User Review |
In this case, less is NOT more!
To anyone looking to buy the best recorded version of the Sweeny saga, stick with the original cast version with Len Cariou and Angela Lansbury. It cannot be beat! The soundtrack to the Burton film falls flat because the singers on it cannot...
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| From: Amazon Posted: Jun 13, 2008 Type: User Review |
This Should Be Entitled: The Best of Sweeney Todd!
And so it is: the best numbers chosen and performed by very talented singers.
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| From: Amazon Posted: Jun 08, 2008 Type: User Review |
If you are a fan of this show, you must have this version
So I was lucky enough to see this live on Broadway. What a treat to see the entire show distilled down to a small cast, all playing their instruments LIVE while singing. Not everyone loved it, but most did. The effect was chilling, it created a...
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| From: Amazon Posted: May 03, 2008 Type: User Review |
its good...but the new sweeney is bettter
The Sweeney todd soundtrack is wayyyy better than this one, I have both, both are great. However, this sweeney is not that "touching".
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| From: Amazon Posted: Mar 18, 2008 Type: User Review |
Great Production
You haven't heard Sweeney Todd unless you have heard this production. The orchestrations for the small band (instruments played by the cast members) squeeze the essence from the songs, and allow you to focus on the cleaver language, beautiful...
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