Megan the Phantom Girlie
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We are now entering... THE AGE OF SWEENEY!I just found out that the entire curriculum in my drama class for the next month will be Sweeney-based.
Everybody now: YES!
First we watch the Lansbury/Hearn video, then we perform it in class. The funniest part is, I'm the only person other than the teacher who knows anything about it, so he's already treating me like an expert, and has confided to me that he's in a quandary as to who to cast me as. I'm aiming for Lucy.
However, I'm not sure he knows what to do with the- uh, ways I express my fanaticism for the show. Over the last week I've shared stories of teaching my 5-year-old brother to impersonate Angela Lansbury, the time I reproduced the play as a photo essay starring a herd of My Little Ponies (with tiny pony-pies, a disgruntled-looking Pony Todd holding a tin-foil straight razor, Mrs. Swirl-ett actually being trapped in the microwave in the finale, and neck wounds created by putting a piece of Scotch tape over the neck seam and drawing on a bloody ooze with red Sharpie), and my lovely Mrs. Lovett costume from two years ago. When he started critiquing the video, my first comment was "Ever notice how George Hearn sings into his chest? Weird!"
God help us all.
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Descartes
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My jealousy knows no bounds.
Des.
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Theatrelife101
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That is mighty cool. Also, the My Little Pony thing is mighty funny. 
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Descartes
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Re: We are now entering... THE AGE OF SWEENEY! | Megan the Phantom Girlie wrote: |
First we watch the Lansbury/Hearn video, then we perform it in class. The funniest part is, I'm the only person other than the teacher who knows anything about it, so he's already treating me like an expert, and has confided to me that he's in a quandary as to who to cast me as. I'm aiming for Lucy.
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It'll probably suck since only you know anything about the show, and how does one sing Sweeney if one doesn't know the show?
Des.
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Megan the Phantom Girlie
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Everybody else is going to have to learn it, and I have to say that they've done a fairly good job so far, for most of them not knowing much about singing.
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SimplyElymas
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I am sick with jealousy. Sick, I tell you. Dear God. My drama folks have us do such vanilla stuff. Guys and Dolls, which I love, but which doesn't really present a challenge, The Music Man - again, a great show, but nothing I can sink my teeth into. Let's have a little SONDHEIM IN THE HOUSE! (Ahem.)
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