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| RainbowJude |
SWEENEY TODD: New London RevivalPlaybill has announce a new upcoming revival of Sweeney Todd:
There is a website of sorts called "Sweeney is Coming". Later days David |
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| Salome |
who the f*ck are these people? | ||||||
| mastachen |
Funny typo in the title of this thread!!! | ||||||
| actor |
Never heard of anyone in the cast  but still YAYY!!!
London needed a revival of Sweeney. Let's hope it stays true to the original production and is nothing like the Broadway Revival. I'll definately try to catch this. |
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| Salome |
I still wish they had a cast recording of the OLC starring Dennis Quilley. | ||||||
| Catherine |
Ooh! If I hear good things about it I'll def try to get down to London and see it. | ||||||
| actor |
There are some short video clips on youtube of the OLC. But they are quite bad quality.
A Little Priest: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fj7rI4oYFTw Johanna and Finale: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Unfc4t1VaNA |
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| Yakko |
For a revival it doesn't seem it'll last that long! You sure this is a West End production? | ||||||
| dolbinau |
There is the 1993 BBC recording (radio broadcast) of the opening night. Not the best quality but still better than nothing! |
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| RainbowJude |
SWEENEY TODD: New London Revival
I'm not sure if it counts as a West End production. It's a small scale, limited engagement by the company who did The ALL MALE Mikado, which, it seems was West End - if you go by the review on the website. At any rate, with that in mind, I'd imagine there's a chance that there's a chance it might be high-concept in some way.
As for the cast, a guy from London who posts on another board I belong to who says the cast sounds pretty solid. I think their previous credits are mentioned in the full article at Playbill. Later days David |
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| jackissensational |
UH-GREED! |
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| dolbinau |
I e-mailed the guy and he said it will be piano+organ only which is..... interesting.. | ||||||
| Monsieur D'Arque |
I hope it looks nothing like the original and has a new, bold visual statement to make. But that's just me. | ||||||
| TheHappySandMan |
I thought London already had a revival. Didn't John Doyle's production open in London just a few years ago? I think that definitely qualified as a legitimate "revival." Does Trafalgar Studios count as a West End theatre? It's only a short walk from the majority of the theatre district. | ||||||
| dolbinau |
I have a feeling this won't be technically west end. | ||||||
| RainbowJude |
Original London Sweeney
They are interesting to see. I quite enjoyed Sheila Hancock for the brief moments you get to see her, but I felt that Denis Quilley just didn't have the fire of Len Cariou or George Hearn in the clip of "A Little Priest". I enjoyed him far more in the "Johanna" reprise. Later days David |