benjivaudeville
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Concert version?What is everyone's opinion on the concert version of Sweeney featuring George Hearn and Patti LuPone?
This is my first experience of Sweeney in any form and I was wondering how you all rate it.
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TychoBrahe
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It's a great version. Todd's score just sounds so good played by a big honkin' orchestra. And Hearn's voice has aged very well. The whole cast is brilliant. Nolan is a fantastic Turpin. You will want to see the touring prodution DVD, though. The concert recording being a concert recording is lacking many great moments (such as Pirelli's protruding hand).
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benjivaudeville
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I plan on buying more versions as soon as possible. It's just the only DVD I could find in the shop. 
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Salome
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Hearn is wonderful. but he is even better i nthe full production with Angie.
LuPone is all surface..she isnt a great Lovett and it brings the concert down a bit.
Nolan is a perfect Judge..creepy...driven..frightening.
Joanna is steller as is Davis Gaines as Anthony.
Beadle is a but lackluster.
Victoria Clarke is perfection as Beggar Woamn.
over all I'd give it a B.
get the full production with Hearn and Lansbury.
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EponineBarker
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| Salome wrote: | Hearn is wonderful. but he is even better in the full production with Angie.
LuPone is all surface..she isnt a great Lovett and it brings the concert down a bit.
Nolan is a perfect Judge..creepy...driven..frightening.
Joanna is steller as is Davis Gaines as Anthony.
Beadle is a but lackluster.
Victoria Clarke is perfection as Beggar Woman.
over all I'd give it a B.
get the full production with Hearn and Lansbury. |
I have to agree with everything Salome says, almost... IMO, I think that Patti LuPone makes a fine Lovett. She's very dark in that role. Now don't get me wrong, I like Angie's performance (from what I've seen and heard) but I think that Patti is a good Lovett.
Personally, I'd give it an A-. It's great!
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Salome
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I felt Patti ddint have the depth to make lovett the wolf in sheeps clohing....if i were todd i'd have dismissed her as a lunatic from the start. it was evident in the concert and even moreso when she played the role opposite mumble mouth on broadway.
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EponineBarker
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| Salome wrote: | | I felt Patti ddint have the depth to make lovett the wolf in sheeps clohing....if i were todd i'd have dismissed her as a lunatic from the start. it was evident in the concert and even moreso when she played the role opposite mumble mouth on broadway. |
"Mumble Mouth" you don't know how right you are. lol
Mrs. Lovett was supposed to be somewhat crazy or she wouldn't have thought of that "meat-pie scheme."
Oh, and BTW, how long are we going to argue about this?
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Cake_in_Song
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Salome, you forgot the best part: Neil Patrick Harris as Tobias!
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EponineBarker
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| Cake_in_Song wrote: | | Salome, you forgot the best part: Neil Patrick Harris as Tobias! |
Ya know, I forgot about that too. (Shame on both of us, Salome!)
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what_the_heck013
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I really enjoyed LuPone's performance in the concert and liked it better than her Broadway Lovett.
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EponineBarker
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| what_the_heck013 wrote: | | I really enjoyed LuPone's performance in the concert and liked it better than her Broadway Lovett. |
YAY! Someone agrees with me!
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what_the_heck013
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| EponineBarker wrote: | | YAY! Someone agrees with me! |
But I do NOT think she's better than Lansbury.
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EponineBarker
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| what_the_heck013 wrote: | | EponineBarker wrote: | | YAY! Someone agrees with me! |
But I do NOT think she's better than Lansbury. |
But she's just as good. I'm not usually one to compare these things. I think they both did a wonderful job and potrayed the parts the way they felt they should be played. So they're BOTH good.
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Kaiana
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| Salome wrote: |
Joanna is steller |
I didn't like this Johanna. I much prefer the energy that Lauren Molina brought to the role. In the concert version I found Green Finch and Linnet Bird somewhat boring...
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what_the_heck013
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| Kaiana wrote: | | I didn't like this Johanna. I much prefer the energy that Lauren Molina brought to the role. In the concert version I found Green Finch and Linnet Bird somewhat boring... |
Lauren Molina is my all-time favorite Johanna. She made the role so sweet and innocent and young.
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Salome
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| EponineBarker wrote: | | Cake_in_Song wrote: | | Salome, you forgot the best part: Neil Patrick Harris as Tobias! |
Ya know, I forgot about that too. (Shame on both of us, Salome!) |
I normally love neil..but i am not a toby fan so..i didn really care. lol
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EponineBarker
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| what_the_heck013 wrote: | | Kaiana wrote: | | I didn't like this Johanna. I much prefer the energy that Lauren Molina brought to the role. In the concert version I found Green Finch and Linnet Bird somewhat boring... |
Lauren Molina is my all-time favorite Johanna. She made the role so sweet and innocent and young. |
I liked her in the songs "Kiss Me" and "Kiss Me: Part 2" I have them both on my ipod. She a great Johanna. I also really like Lisa Vorman (the Concert Johanna) too.
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Salome
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thats her name! lisa Vroman. i loved her in the concert.
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EponineBarker
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| Salome wrote: | | thats her name! lisa Vroman. i loved her in the concert. |
Me too. She's one of my top Johanna's. Has anyone heard her as Christine in POTO? (Wrong thread, I know  , but I'm curious to see if she was good in that role.)
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BenjaminB
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I saw her as Christine and she was amazing.
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