[actor]

I just found on youtube some audio clips of the opening night of Sweeney Todd in 1979. They are quite bad quality but still worth listening to.

Prelude and Ballad: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=dt1KMnnDHQI
Worst Pies in London: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=rNSFTo5dK8M
A Little Priest: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Tib1w2U-OOg
God That's Good: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=j5KrVwbSnoo
By the Sea: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=LZbVQXeVelY
The Ballad [Epilogue]: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=A9mAQBEMoQM

[theatre_grl]

what happened to half the audience walking out? they sound like they all love it in these clips

[The Duchess of Mint]

Dear actor,

Thank you, thank you, thank you!

Being able to hear audio footage from 1979 is special to me, because I was born during that same year, and I love "Sweeney Todd" so much!

I think that Len Cariou could have sounded much more British, but the audience seemed to really love some of those humorous lines, and they seemed to like the songs, too!

I think that it's interesting that nobody laughed when Lovett sang about her "rumpled bedding". LOL!

[KevinMHofer]

[theatre_grl]

^I've heard several places that during the first performance, about half of the audience walked out in disgust during the intermission (possibly because of the judge's very realistic acting during mea culpa )

[Pannic]

[javertim]