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The Demon Barber of Fleet Street | |
Music | Stephen Sondheim |
Lyrics | Stephen Sondheim |
Book | Hugh Wheeler |
Basis | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street by Christopher Bond |
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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street is a 1979 musicalthriller with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Hugh Wheeler. The musical is based on the 1973 play Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street by Christopher Bond.
Sweeney Todd opened on Broadway in 1979 and in the West End in 1980. It won the Tony Award for Best Musical and Olivier Award for Best New Musical. It has since had numerous revivals as well as a film adaptation.
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Background[edit]
The character of Sweeney Todd had its origins in serialized Victorian popular fiction, known as 'penny dreadfuls'. A story called The String of Pearls was published in a weekly magazine during the winter of 1846–47. Set in 1785, the story featured as its principal villain a certain Sweeney Todd and included all the plot elements that were used by Sondheim and others ever since. The murderous barber’s story proved instantly popular – it was turned into a play before the ending had even been revealed in print. An expanded edition appeared in 1850, an American version in 1852, a new play in 1865. By the 1870s, Sweeney Todd was a familiar character to most Victorians.[1]
Sondheim’s musical was, in fact, based on Christopher Bond’s 1973 spooky melodrama, which introduced a psychological background to Todd’s crimes. In Bond's reincarnation of the character, Todd was the victim of a ruthless judge who raped his young wife and exiled him to Australia. Sondheim first conceived of a musical version of the story in 1973, after he went to see Bond's ghoulish take on the story at Theatre Royal Stratford East.[2]
Bond's sophisticated plot and language significantly elevated the lurid nature of the tale. Sondheim once noted, “It had a weight to it . . . because [Bond] wrote certain characters in blank verse. He also infused into it plot elements from Jacobean tragedy and The Count of Monte Cristo. He was able to take all these disparate elements that had been in existence rather dully for a hundred and some-odd years and make them into a first-rate play.”[3]
Sondheim felt that the addition of music would greatly increase the size of the drama, transforming it into a different theatrical experience, saying later:
“What I did to Chris' play is more than enhance it. I had a feeling it would be a new animal. The effect it had at Stratford East in London and the effect it had at the Uris Theater in New York are two entirely different effects, even though it's the same play. It was essentially charming over there because they don't take Sweeney Todd seriously. Our production was larger in scope. Hal Prince gave it an epic sense, a sense that this was a man of some size instead of just a nut case. The music helps to give it that dimension.”[3]
Music proved to be a key element behind the impact of Sweeney Todd on audiences. Over eighty percent of the production is set to music, either sung or orchestrated underneath dialogue. The score is one vast structure, each individual part meshing with others for the good of the entire musical machine. Never before or since in his work has Sondheim utilized music in such an exhaustive capacity to further the purposes of the drama.[3]
Sondheim decided to pair one of the most nightmarish songs (Sweeney Todd's 'Epiphany') with the comic-relief of 'A Little Priest'. This pair of songs at the end of Act I was the most significant musical addition which Sondheim made to Bond’s version of the story. In the play, Sweeney Todd’s mental collapse and the subsequent plan for Lovett's meat pies take place in less than half a page of dialogue, much too quickly to convey the full psychological impact, in the view of scholar Larry A. Brown. Sondheim's version more carefully reveals the developing ideas in Sweeney Todd and Mrs. Lovett's demented minds.[3]
Sondheim has often said that his Sweeney Todd was about obsession – and close friends seemed to instinctually agree. When Sondheim first played songs from an early version of the show for Judy Prince (wife of the show's director), she told him: 'Oh God – I didn't know this was what [Sweeney Todd] was about. It's nothing to do with Grand Guignol. It's the story of your [own] life.'[2]
What Sondheim thought of as 'a small horror piece' eventually became a colossal portrait of the Industrial Revolution in the hands of director Hal Prince. At first, Prince was not interested in directing the show; to him it was just another melodrama, not very experimental structurally. Then he discovered a metaphor which expanded the story into an essay on the human condition.[3]
On the stage of the Uris Theater in New York, this tale of horrors was transformed into a mountain of steel in motion. Prince's scenic metaphor for Sweeney Todd was a 19th-century iron foundry moved from Rhode Island and reassembled on the stage, which critic Jack Kroll aptly described as 'part cathedral, part factory, part prison, that dwarfed and degraded the swarming denizens of the lower orders.'[3]
The massive scope of Prince's setting went beyond even Sondheim's intentions. Sondheim admits that his conception of the show differed from that of Prince: 'Hal's metaphor is that the factory turns out Sweeney Todds. It turns out soulless, defeated, hopeless people. That's what the play's about to him; Sweeney Todd is a product of that age. I think it's not. Sweeney Todd is a man bent on personal revenge, the way we all are in one way or another, and it has nothing whatsoever to do with the time he lived in, as far as I'm concerned.”[3]
When it came to casting, Sondheim thought stage veteran Angela Lansbury would add some needed comedy to the grim tale as the lunatic Cockney shopkeeper, but Lansbury needed to be convinced. She was a star by the late 1970s, and, as she pointed out to Sondheim, 'Your show is not called 'Nellie Lovett', it's called 'Sweeney Todd'. And I'm the second banana.' To convince her, Sondheim 'auditioned,' writing a couple of songs for her, including the macabre patter song, 'A Little Priest.' And he gave her the key to the character, saying 'I want Mrs. Lovett to have a music hall character.' Lansbury, who had grown up in British music hall, immediately got it. 'Not just music hall . but dotty music hall', as she put it.[4] After she was formally confirmed in the role, she relished the opportunity, saying that she loved 'the extraordinary wit and intelligence of [Sondheim's] lyrics.'[5]
Canadian actor and singer Len Cariou was Sondheim's personal choice to play the tortured barber.[6] In preparation for the role, Cariou (who was studying with a voice teacher at the time) asked Sondheim what kind of range he needed to have in the role. Cariou told him he was prepared to give Sondheim a couple of octaves to deal with, and Sondheim immediately replied, 'That would be more than sufficient.'[7]
With Prince absorbed in staging the mammoth production, Lansbury and Cariou were left largely to their own when it came to developing their characters. They worked together on all their scenes, both of them creative actors who were experienced in giving intense performances. 'That cuckoo style of playing Mrs. Lovett, that was pretty much Angela . She invented that character', Cariou said. She recalled, 'I just ran with it. The wide-openness of my portrayal had to do with my sink or swim attitude toward it. I just figured hell, I've done everything else on Broadway, I might as well go with Mrs. Lovett.'[4]
It is said that on opening night Harold Clurman, the doyen of American theatre critics, rushed up to Schuyler Chapin, former general manager of the Metropolitan Opera, demanding to know why he had not put it on at the Met. To which Chapin replied: 'I would have put it on like a shot if I'd had the opportunity. There would have been screams and yells but I wouldn't have given a damn. Because it is an opera. A modern American opera.'[2]
Synopsis[edit]
The citizens of London, who act as a Greek chorus throughout the play, drop a body bag into a shallow grave. Sweeney Todd rises forth ('The Ballad of Sweeney Todd'), and introduces the drama.
Act I[edit]
In 1846,[8] young sailor Anthony Hope and the mysterious Sweeney Todd, whom Anthony has recently rescued at sea and befriended, dock in London. A beggar woman sexually solicits them, appearing to recognize Todd for a moment ('No Place Like London'), and Todd shoos her away. Todd relates some of his troubled past to Anthony: he was a naive barber, banished by a crooked judge who lusted after Todd's wife ('The Barber and His Wife'). Leaving Anthony, Todd enters a meat pie shop on Fleet Street, where the owner, the slatternly widow, Mrs. Lovett, laments the scarcity of meat and customers ('Worst Pies in London'). When Todd asks after her empty upstairs apartment, she reveals that its former tenant, Benjamin Barker, was transported on false charges by Judge Turpin, who, along with his servant, Beadle Bamford, then lured Barker's wife Lucy to the Judge's home and raped her ('Poor Thing').
Todd's reaction reveals that he is himself Benjamin Barker. Promising to keep his secret, Lovett explains that Lucy poisoned herself and that their then-infant daughter, Johanna, became a ward of the Judge. Todd swears revenge on the Judge and Beadle, and Mrs. Lovett presents Todd with his old collection of sterling silverstraight razors, which persuades Todd to take up his old profession ('My Friends' and 'The Ballad of Sweeney Todd – Reprise'). Elsewhere, Anthony spies a beautiful girl singing at her window ('Green Finch and Linnet Bird'), and the beggar woman tells him that her name is Johanna. Unaware that Johanna is his friend Todd's daughter, Anthony is immediately enamored ('Ah, Miss') and he pledges to return for her, even after the judge and Beadle chase him away ('Johanna').
In the crowded London marketplace, flamboyant Italian barber Adolfo Pirelli and his simple-minded young assistant Tobias Ragg, pitch a dramatic cure-all for hair loss ('Pirelli's Miracle Elixir'). Todd and Lovett soon arrive; Todd exposes the elixir as a sham, challenges Pirelli to a shaving competition, and easily wins ('The Contest'), inviting the impressed Beadle for a free shave ('The Ballad of Sweeney Todd – Reprise 2'). Several days later, Judge Turpin flagellates himself in a frenzy over a growing lust for Johanna, but instead resolves to marry her himself. ('Johanna – Mea Culpa').
Todd awaits the Beadle's arrival with mounting impatience, but Mrs. Lovett tries to soothe him ('Wait'). When Anthony tells Todd of his plan to ask Johanna to elope with him, Todd, eager to reunite with his daughter, agrees to let them use his barbershop as a safehouse. As Anthony leaves, Pirelli and Tobias enter, and Mrs. Lovett takes Toby downstairs for a pie. Alone with Todd, Pirelli drops his Italian accent and persona and reveals that he is Daniel O'Higgins, Benjamin Barker's former assistant, and knows Todd's true identity. When O'Higgins attempts to blackmail his former employer, however, Todd injures and hides him, later slitting his throat ('Pirelli's Death' and 'The Ballad of Sweeney Todd – Reprise 3'). Meanwhile, Johanna and Anthony plan their elopement ('Kiss Me'), while the Beadle recommends Todd's services to the Judge, so that he can better win Johanna's affections ('Ladies in Their Sensitivities').
Panicked at first on learning of Pirelli's murder, Mrs. Lovett swipes his leftover coin purse and then asks Todd how he plans to dispose of the body. Suddenly, the judge enters; Todd quickly seats him and lulls him with a relaxing conversation ('Pretty Women'). Before Todd can kill the judge, however, Anthony re-enters and blurts his elopement plan to Todd, accidentally informing the judge, who storms out and vows never to return. Todd drives Anthony away in a fit of fury and reminded of the evil he sees in London, resolves to depopulate the city by murdering his future customers, since all people deserve to die: the rich to be punished for their corruption, and the poor to be relieved of their misery ('Epiphany'). Mrs. Lovett suggests that they use the bodies of Todd's victims in her meat pies, and Todd happily agrees ('A Little Priest').
Act II[edit]
Several weeks later, Mrs. Lovett's pie shop has become a successful business, and Toby is now working there as a waiter ('God, That's Good!'). Todd and Mrs. Lovett acquire a specially-designed mechanical barber's chair that allows Todd to kill his clients and then send their bodies directly through a chute into the pie shop's basement bakehouse. Casually slitting his customers' necks, Todd despairs of ever seeing Johanna, while Anthony discovers that Johanna is missing ('Johanna–Quartet'), locked away in a madhouse by the Judge. After a day of hard work, Mrs. Lovett envisions a seaside retirement ('By the Sea'), but Todd remains fixated on his revenge. Anthony arrives to beg Todd for help to free Johanna, and Todd, revitalized, devises a plan to rescue her by having Anthony pose as a wigmaker intent on purchasing inmates' hair ('Wigmaker Sequence' and 'The Ballad. – Reprise 4'). Todd later sends a secret letter to notify the Judge of Anthony's plot, hoping to lure the Judge back to his shop ('The Letter').
In the pie shop, Toby tells Mrs. Lovett of his skepticism about Todd and his own desire to protect her ('Not While I'm Around'). When he recognizes Pirelli's coin purse in Mrs. Lovett's hands, she distracts him by showing him the bakehouse, instructing him how to work the meat grinder and the oven, before locking him in. Upstairs, she encounters the Beadle at her harmonium. He has been asked by Lovett's neighbors to investigate the strange smoke and stench from the pie shop's chimney. Mrs. Lovett stalls the Beadle with 'Parlor Songs' until Todd returns to offer the Beadle his promised 'free shave'; Mrs. Lovett loudly plays her harmonium to cover the Beadle's screams above, as Todd dispatches him. In the basement, Toby discovers human remains in a pie, just as the Beadle's fresh corpse comes tumbling through the chute. Maddened, he descends into the sewers of London. Mrs. Lovett then informs Todd that Toby has found out about their secret, and Todd decides to kill Toby.
Anthony arrives at the asylum to rescue Johanna, but cannot bring himself to shoot Jonas Fogg, the asylum owner; Johanna grabs Anthony's pistol and murders him herself. The asylum's freed inmates pour out into the streets, prophesying the end of the world, while Todd and Mrs. Lovett hunt for Toby and the Beggar Woman fears what has become of the Beadle ('City on Fire/Searching'). Anthony and Johanna (now disguised as a sailor) arrive to find Todd's shop empty. Anthony leaves to seek a coach after he and Johanna reaffirm their love ('Ah Miss – Reprise'). Left alone, Johanna hears the Beggar Woman enter and hides in the barbershop. The Beggar Woman seems to recognize the room, singing a lullaby, but the frantic Todd lethally cuts her, sending her down the chute just a moment before the Judge bursts in ('Beggar Woman's Lullaby'). Todd assures the Judge that Johanna is repentant and the Judge asks for a quick splash of cologne. Once he has the Judge in his chair, Todd soothes him with another conversation on women, but this time he alludes to their 'fellow tastes, in women at least'. The Judge recognizes him as 'Benjamin Barker!' just before Todd slashes his throat and sends him hurtling down the chute ('The Judge's Return'). The disguised Johanna finally rises, horrified, from her hiding place, surprising Todd. Todd next decides to kill her too, before Mrs. Lovett shrieks from the bakehouse below, providing a distraction for Johanna to escape. Downstairs, Mrs. Lovett is struggling with the dying Judge, who claws at her. She then attempts to drag the Beggar Woman's body into the oven, but Todd arrives and sees the lifeless face clearly for the first time: the Beggar Woman is his wife Lucy. Todd is shocked, accusing Lovett of lying to him. Lovett frantically explains that indeed, Lucy did poison herself–but she lived, though the attempt left her insane. Lovett confesses she loves Todd. Todd then feigns forgiveness, dancing manically with Lovett until pushing her into the raging fires of the oven, burning her alive. Full of despair, Todd embraces the dead Lucy. Toby, now quite mad and white-haired from shock, crawls up from the sewer babbling nursery rhymes to himself. He picks up Todd's fallen razor, and slits Todd's throat. As Anthony, Johanna and some constables break into the bakehouse, Todd falls dead and Toby drops the razor, heedless of the others, while absentmindedly turning the meat grinder ('Final Scene').
Epilogue[edit]
The citizens, soon joined by the risen Todd, Mrs. Lovett, and the others, sing a reprise of 'The Ballad of Sweeney Todd' warning against revenge (though admitting that 'everyone does it'). The company exits. Todd scowls at the audience for a moment and vanishes, ending the play.
Musical numbers[edit]
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Notes on the songs:
- † Despite being cut in previews for reasons of length, these numbers were included on the Original Cast Recording. They have been restored in subsequent productions.
- ‡ This song was moved to after 'The Ballad of Sweeney Todd (Reprise 3)' in the 2000 and 2014 New York Philharmonic concert performances, and on the Original Broadway Cast Album.
- § This number was written for the original London production and first recorded for the 2000 New York Philharmonic concert performance.
- The song 'The Ballad of Sweeney Todd' and its multiple reprises are titled in some productions by their first lyrics to differentiate them from one another:
- 'The Ballad of Sweeney Todd: Attend the Tale of Sweeney Todd'
- 'The Ballad of Sweeney Todd (Reprise): Lift Your Razor High, Sweeney'
- 'The Ballad of Sweeney Todd (Reprise 2): Sweeney Pondered and Sweeney Planned'
- 'The Ballad of Sweeney Todd (Reprise 3): His Hands Were Quick, His Fingers Strong'
- 'The Ballad of Sweeney Todd (Reprise 4): Sweeney'd Waited Too Long Before'
- 'The Ballad of Sweeney Todd (Reprise 5): The Engine Roared, The Motor Hissed'
- 'The Ballad of Sweeney Todd (Reprise 6): Lift Your Razor High, Sweeney'
- 'The Ballad of Sweeney Todd (Reprise 7): Attend the Tale of Sweeney Todd'
- Sources: SondheimGuide.com[9] & InternetBroadwayDatabase[10]
Principal roles[edit]
Character | Voice Type[11] | Description |
Sweeney Todd / Benjamin Barker | Baritone (or Bass-Baritone)[12] | Morose and vengeful; a barber by profession who returned to London, after fifteen years of unjust incarceration in an Australian penal colony, to seek revenge first on the corrupt judge who sent him there, and then on all his clients. |
Nellie Lovett | Contralto[13] (or Mezzo-soprano)[14] | A cheerful, talkative, but amoral restaurateur; Todd's landlady, but enamored of him. |
Anthony Hope | Tenor | A young, naïve sailor who has rescued Todd and falls in love with Johanna Barker. |
Johanna Barker | Soprano | Todd's beautiful young daughter, claimed by Judge Turpin as his ward. |
Judge Turpin | Baritone (or Bass)[12] | A corrupt judge who becomes infatuated with Lucy Barker, and later with her daughter Johanna. |
Tobias Ragg | Tenor (or Boy Soprano)[15] | A simpleton who works first for con-man Pirelli, and then for Mrs. Lovett, but does not trust Todd. |
Beadle Bamford | Tenor | Turpin's right-hand man and accomplice. |
Beggar Woman / Lucy Barker | Mezzo-soprano | A mad crone whose interjections go unheeded, eventually identified as Benjamin Barker's wife, Lucy, who was raped by Judge Turpin. |
Adolfo Pirelli / Daniel O'Higgins | Tenor | An Irish charlatan and former employee of Benjamin Barker who has since developed a public persona as a flashy Italian barber; he attempts to blackmail Todd, but is immediately killed. |
Casts[edit]
Character | Original Broadway Cast 1979 | First National Tour Cast 1980 | Original London Cast 1980 | First Broadway Revival 1989 | First London Revival 1993 | Los Angeles Concert Production 1999 | First New York Philharmonic Concert Production 2000 | San Francisco Symphony Concert Production 2001 | Second London Revival 2004 | Second Broadway Revival 2005 | Second National Tour Cast 2007 | Film 2007 | Third London Revival 2012 | Second New York Philharmonic Concert Production 2014 | English National Opera Production 2015 | Fourth London Revival 2015 | First Off-Broadway Revival 2017 |
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Sweeney Todd | Len Cariou | George Hearn | Denis Quilley | Bob Gunton | Alun Armstrong | Kelsey Grammer | George Hearn | Paul Hegarty | Michael Cerveris | David Hess | Johnny Depp | Michael Ball | Bryn Terfel | Jeremy Secomb | |||
Nellie Lovett | Angela Lansbury | Sheila Hancock | Beth Fowler | Julia McKenzie | Christine Baranski | Patti LuPone | Karen Mann | Patti LuPone | Judy Kaye | Helena Bonham Carter | Imelda Staunton | Emma Thompson | Siobhan McCarthy | ||||
Anthony Hope | Victor Garber | Cris Groenendaal | Andrew C. Wadsworth | Jim Walton | Adrian Lester | Davis Gaines | David Ricardo-Pearce | Benjamin Magnuson | Jamie Campbell Bower | Luke Brady | Jay Armstrong Johnson | Matthew Seadon-Young | Nadim Naaman | Matt Doyle | |||
Johanna Barker | Sarah Rice | Betsy Joslyn | Mandy More | Gretchen Kingsley | Carol Starks | Dale Kristien | Heidi Grant Murphy | Lisa Vroman | Rebecca Jenkins | Lauren Molina | Jayne Wisener | Lucy May Barker | Erin Mackey | Katie Hall | Zoe Doano | Alex Finke | |
Judge Turpin | Edmund Lyndeck | Austin Kent | David Barron | Denis Quilley | Ken Howard | Paul Plishka | Timothy Nolen | Colin Wakefield | Mark Jacoby | Keith Butterbaugh | Alan Rickman | John Bowe | Philip Quast | Duncan Smith | |||
Tobias Ragg | Ken Jennings | Michael Staniforth | Eddie Korbich | Adrian Lewis Morgan | Neil Patrick Harris | Sam Kenyon | Manoel Felciano | Edmund Bagnell | Ed Sanders | James McConville | Kyle Brenn | Jack North | Joseph Taylor | ||||
Beadle Bamford | Jack Eric Williams | Calvin Remsberg | David Wheldon-Williams | Michael McCarty | Barry James | Roland Rusinek | John Aler | Michael Howcroft | Alexander Gemignani | Benjamin Eakley | Timothy Spall | Peter Polycarpou | Jeff Blumenkrantz | Alex Gaumond | Ian Mowat | Brad Oscar | |
Beggar Woman | Merle Louise | Angelina Réaux | Dilys Watling | SuEllen Estey | Sheila Reid | Melissa Manchester | Audra McDonald | Victoria Clark | Rebecca Jackson | Diana DiMarzio | Laura Michelle Kelly | Gillian Kirkpatrick | Audra McDonald | Rosalie Craig | Kiara Jay | Betsy Morgan | |
Adolfo Pirelli | Joaquin Romaguera | Sal Mistretta | John Aron | Bill Nabel | Nick Holder | Scott Waara | Stanford Olsen | Stephanie Jacob | Donna Lynne Champlin | Katrina Yaukey | Sacha Baron Cohen | Robert Burt | Christian Borle | John Owen-Jones |
Productions[edit]
Original Broadway production and tour[edit]
The original production premiered on Broadway at the Uris Theatre on March 1, 1979 and closed on June 29, 1980 after 557 performances and 19 previews. Directed by Hal Prince and choreographed by Larry Fuller, the scenic design was by Eugene Lee, costumes by Franne Lee and lighting by Ken Billington. The cast included Angela Lansbury as Mrs. Lovett, Len Cariou as Todd, Victor Garber as Anthony, Sarah Rice as Johanna, Merle Louise as the Beggar Woman, Ken Jennings as Tobias, Edmund Lyndeck as Judge Turpin, Joaquin Romaguera as Pirelli, and Jack Eric Williams as Beadle Bamford. The production was nominated for nine Tony Awards, winning eight including Best Musical. Dorothy Loudon and George Hearn replaced Lansbury and Cariou on March 4, 1980.[16]
The first national U.S. tour started on October 24, 1980, in Washington, D.C. and ended in August 1981 in Los Angeles, California. Lansbury was joined by Hearn[17] and this version was taped during the Los Angeles engagement and broadcast on The Entertainment Channel (one of the predecessors of today's A&E) on September 12, 1982. This performance would later be repeated on Showtime and PBS (the latter as part of its Great Performances series);[18] it was later released on home video through Turner Home Entertainment, and on DVD from Warner Home Video.
A North American tour started on February 23, 1982, in Wilmington, Delaware, and ended on July 17, 1982, in Toronto, Ontario. June Havoc and Ross Petty starred.[19]
Original London production[edit]
The first London production opened on July 2, 1980, at the West End's Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, starring Denis Quilley and Sheila Hancock along with Andrew C. Wadsworth as Anthony, Mandy More as Johanna, Michael Staniforth as Tobias, Austin Kent as Judge Turpin, Dilys Watling as the Beggar Woman, David Wheldon-Williams as Beadle Bamford, Oz Clarke as Jonas Fogg, and John Aron as Pirelli. The show ran for 157 performances. Despite receiving mixed reviews, the production won the Olivier Award for Best New Musical in 1980. The production closed on November 14, 1980.
1989 Broadway revival[edit]
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The first Broadway revival opened on September 14, 1989 at the Circle in the Square Theatre, and closed on February 25, 1990 after 189 performances and 46 previews. It was produced by Theodore Mann, directed by Susan H. Schulman, with choreography by Michael Lichtefeld. The cast featured Bob Gunton (Sweeney Todd), Beth Fowler (Mrs. Lovett), Eddie Korbich (Tobias Ragg), Jim Walton (Anthony Hope) and David Barron (Judge Turpin). In contrast to the Broadway version, the production was designed on a relatively intimate scale and was affectionately referred to as 'Teeny Todd.' It was originally produced Off-Broadway by the York Theatre Company at the Church of the Heavenly Rest from March 31, 1989 to April 29, 1989.[20] This production received four Tony Award nominations: for Best Revival of a Musical, Best Actor in a Musical, Best Actress in a Musical and Best Direction of a Musical, but failed to win any.
1993 London revival[edit]
In 1993, the show received its first London revival at the Royal National Theatre. The production opened originally at the Cottesloe Theatre on June 2, 1993, and later transferred to the Lyttleton Theatre on December 16, 1993, playing in repertory and closing on June 1, 1994. The show's design was slightly altered to fit a proscenium arch theatre space for the Lyttleton Theatre. The director was Declan Donnellan and the Cottesloe Theatre production starred Alun Armstrong as Todd and Julia McKenzie as Mrs. Lovett, with Adrian Lester as Anthony, Barry James as Beadle Bamford and Denis Quilley (who had originated the title role in the original London production in 1980) as Judge Turpin. When the show transferred, Quilley replaced Armstrong in the title role. Sondheim praised Donnellan for the 'small 'chamber' approach to the show, which was the composer's original vision for the piece.'[21] This production received Olivier Awards for Best Musical Revival, Best Actor in a Musical (Armstrong) and Best Actress in a Musical (McKenzie), as well as nominations for Best Director and two for Best Supporting Performance in a musical.[22]
2004 London revival[edit]
In 2004, John Doyle directed a revival of the musical at the Watermill Theatre in Newbury, England, running from July 27, 2004 until October 9, 2004. This production subsequently transferred to the West End's Trafalgar Studios and then the Ambassadors Theatre. This production was notable for having no orchestra, with the 10-person cast playing the score themselves on musical instruments that they carried onstage.[23] This marked the first time in nearly ten years that a Sondheim show had been presented in the commercial West End. It starred Paul Hegarty as Todd, Karen Mann as Mrs. Lovett, Rebecca Jackson as The Beggar Woman, Sam Kenyon as Tobias, Rebecca Jenkins as Johanna, David Ricardo-Pearce as Anthony and Colin Wakefield as Judge Turpin. This production closed February 5, 2005.
In spring 2006, the production toured the UK with Jason Donovan as Todd and Harriet Thorpe as Mrs. Lovett.
2005 Broadway revival[edit]
A version of the John Doyle West End production transferred to Broadway, opening on November 3, 2005 at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre with a new cast, all of whom played their own instruments, as had been done in London. The cast consisted of: Patti LuPone (Mrs. Lovett/Tuba/Percussion), Michael Cerveris (Todd/Guitar), Manoel Felciano (Tobias/Violin/Clarinet/Piano), Alexander Gemignani (Beadle/Piano/Trumpet), Lauren Molina (Johanna/Cello), Benjamin Magnuson (Anthony/Cello/Piano), Mark Jacoby (Turpin/Trumpet/Percussion), Donna Lynne Champlin (Pirelli/Accordion/Flute/Piano), Diana DiMarzio (Beggar Woman/Clarinet) and John Arbo (Fogg/Double bass). The production ran for 349 performances and 35 previews, and was nominated for six Tony Awards, winning two: Best Direction of a Musical for Doyle and Best Orchestrations for Sarah Travis who had reconstructed Jonathan Tunick's original arrangements to suit the ten-person cast and orchestra. Because of the small scale of the musical, it cost $3.5 million to make, a sum small in comparison to many Broadway musicals and recouped in nineteen weeks.[24] A national tour based on Doyle's Broadway production began on August 30, 2007 with Judy Kaye (who had temporarily replaced LuPone in the Broadway run) as Mrs. Lovett and David Hess as Todd. Alexander Gemignani also played the title role for the Toronto run of the tour in November 2007.[25]
2012 West End revival[edit]
Maroon 5 sunday morning mp3 song download. Michael Ball and Imelda Staunton starred in a new production of the show that played at The Chichester Festival Theatre, running from September 24 to November 5, 2011. Directed by Jonathan Kent, the cast included Ball as Todd, Staunton as Mrs. Lovett, James McConville as Tobias, John Bowe as Judge Turpin, Robert Burt as Pirelli, Luke Brady as Anthony, Gillian Kirkpatrick as Lucy Barker, Lucy May Barker as Johanna and Peter Polycarpou as Beadle Bamford. It was notably set in the 1930s instead of 1846 and restored the oft-cut song 'Johanna (Mea Culpa)'.[26] The production received positive reviews from both critics and audience members and transferred to the Adelphi Theatre in the West End in 2012 for a limited run from March 10 to September 22, 2012.[27] Comedian Jason Manford made his musical debut as Pirelli from July 2 to 28 and August 15, 18 and 24, 2012 while Robert Burt appeared at Glyndebourne Festival Opera.The West End transfer received six Laurence Olivier Award nominations of which it won the three; Best Musical Revival, Best Actor in a Musical for Ball and Best Actress in a Musical for Staunton.[28]
2015 London and 2017 Off-Broadway revival[edit]
Cameron Mackintosh produced the West End transfer of the Tooting Arts Club production the show which ran at Harrington's Pie Shop in Tooting, London in October and November 2014.[29] This production takes place in a pie shop that has been recreated for the occasion in Shaftesbury Avenue and ran from March 19 to May 16, 2015. The cast included Jeremy Secomb as Sweeney Todd, Siobhan McCarthy as Mrs. Lovett, Nadim Naaman as Anthony, Ian Mowat as the Beadle, Duncan Smith as the Judge, Kiara Jay as Pirelli and the Beggar Woman, Joseph Taylor as Tobias and Zoe Doano as Johanna.[30]
The Tooting Arts Club production transferred to Off-Broadway, transforming the Barrow Street Theatre into a working re-creation of Harrington's pie shop. Previews began February 14, 2017 before officially opening night on March 1. Like the London production, the transfer was directed by Bill Buckhurst, designed by Simon Kenny and produced by Rachel Edwards, Jenny Gersten, Seaview Productions, and Nate Koch, executive producer, in association with Barrow Street Theatre.[31] The opening night cast featured four members of the London cast: Jeremy Secomb as Sweeney Todd, Siobhan McCarthy as Mrs. Lovett, Duncan Smith as the Judge and, Joseph Taylor as Tobias, alongside Brad Oscar as the Beadle, Betsy Morgan as Pirelli and the Beggar Woman, Matt Doyle as Anthony and Alex Finke as Johanna. In April 2017, five of the cast members left the show, replaced by Norm Lewis as Sweeney Todd, Carolee Carmello as Mrs. Lovett, John-Michael Lyles as Tobias, Stacie Bono as The Beggar Woman and Pirelli, and Jamie Jackson as Judge Turpin. After Norm Lewis left, he was replaced by Hugh Panaro in the titular role. Other changes include Michael James Leslie as Judge Turpin. The production has been extended through August 2018.[32][33][34]
Other notable productions[edit]
1987 Australian productions[edit]
The State Opera of South Australia presented Australia's first professional production in Adelaide in September 1987. Directed by Gale Edwards, it featured Lyndon Terracini as Todd, Nancye Hayes as Mrs. Lovett and Peter Cousens as Anthony. The following month, Melbourne Theatre Company's version opened at the Playhouse in Melbourne, directed by Roger Hodgman with Peter Carroll as Sweeney Todd, Geraldine Turner as Mrs. Lovett and Jon Ewing as Judge Turpin. The Melbourne production toured to Sydney and Brisbane in 1988.[35]
- 1994 Los Angeles revival
In 1994, East West Players in Los Angeles staged a revival of the show directed by Tim Dang, featuring a largely Asian Pacific American cast. It was also the first time the show had been presented in an intimate house (Equity 99-seat). The production received 5 Ovation Awards including the Franklin Levy Award for Best Musical (Smaller Theatre) and Best Director (Musical) for Dang.[citation needed]
1995 Barcelona production[edit]
On April 5, 1995 it premiered in Catalan at the theater Poliorama of Barcelona (later moving to the Apollo), in a production of the Drama Centre of the Government of Catalonia. The libretto was adapted by Roser Batalla Roger Pena, and was directed by Mario Gas. The cast consisted of Constantino Romero as Sweeney Todd, Vicky Peña as Mrs. Lovett, Maria Josep Peris as Johanna, Muntsa Rius as Tobias, Pep Molina as Anthony, Xavier Ribera-Vall as Judge Turpin & Teresa Vallicrosa as The Beggar Woman. With critical acclaim and audience applause (Sondheim traveled to Barcelona after hearing the success it was having and was delighted with the production), it later moved to Madrid. The show received over fifteen awards.
- 1997 Finnish National Opera, Helsinki
The 1997 Finnish National Opera production premiered on September 19, 1997. Directed by Staffan Aspegren and starting Sauli Tiilikainen (Sweeney todd) and Ritva Auvinen (Mrs. Lovett). Translated by Juice Leskinen[36]
- 2002 Kennedy Center production
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As part of the Kennedy Center Sondheim Celebration, Sweeney Todd ran from May 10, 2002 through June 30, 2002 at the Eisenhower Theatre, starring Brian Stokes Mitchell as Sweeney Todd, Christine Baranski as Mrs. Lovett, Hugh Panaro as Anthony, Walter Charles (a member of the original cast), as Judge Turpin, Celia Keenan-Bolger as Johanna, Mary Beth Peil as The Beggar Woman, Mark Price as Tobias Ragg, Ray Friedeck as Beadle Bamford and Kevin Ligon as Pirelli. It was directed by Christopher Ashley with choreography by Daniel Pelzig.[37]
- 2007 Dublin production
Irish tenor David Shannon starred as Todd in a highly successful Dublin production of the show at the Gate Theatre, which ran from April 2007 through June 2007. The production employed a minimalistic approach: the cast consisted of a small ensemble of 14 performers, and the orchestra was a seven-piece band. The look of the production was quite abstract. The Sunday Times wrote that 'The black backdrop of David Farley's rough hewn set and the stark minimalism of Rick Fisher's lighting suggest a self-conscious edginess, with Shannon's stylised make-up, long leather coat and brooding countenance only adding to the feeling.'[38][39] When a character died, flour was poured over them.[40]
- 2008 Gothenburg production
The 2008 Gothenburg production premiered on May 15, 2008 at The Göteborg Opera. The show was a collaboration with West End International Ltd. The cast featured Michael McCarthy as Sweeney Todd and Rosemary Ashe as Mrs Lovett and David Shannon this time as Anthony. The show did a four-week run and ended on June 8, 2008.[41]
- 2010 National Youth Music Theatre, London
In 2010, fifty members of the National Youth Music Theatre staged a production at the Village Underground as part of Stephen Sondheim's 80th birthday celebrations in London. NYMT took the show, directed by Martin Constantine, out of a conventional theatre space and staged it within a converted Victorian warehouse in the city's East End.[42] The company revived the show in 2011 for the International Youth Arts Festival at the Rose Theatre in Kingston upon Thames.[43]
- 2011 Paris production
A major new production opened in April 2011 at the Théâtre du Châtelet (Paris), which first gave Sondheim a place on the French stage with their production of A Little Night Music. The director was Lee Blakeley with choreography by Lorena Randi and designs by Tanya McAllin. The cast featured Rod Gilfry and Franco Pomponi (Sweeney Todd) and Caroline O'Connor (Mrs Lovett).[44]
- 2014 Boston production
The Lyric Stage Company of Boston produced a run in September and October 2014 with the company's Artistic Director Spiro Veloudos staging and directing the show. The cast included Christopher Chew as Sweeney Todd and Amelia Broome as Mrs. Lovett.[45]
- 2014 Quebec City production
Quebec City-based Théâtre Décibel produced the French-speaking world-premiere of the show. Translated by Joëlle Bond and directed by Louis Morin, the show played from October 28 to November 8, 2014 at the Capitole de Québec. The cast includes Renaud Paradis as Sweeney Todd, Katee Julien as Mrs. Lovett, Jean Petitclerc as Judge Turpin, Sabrina Ferland as the Beggar Woman, Pierre-Olivier Grondin as Anthony Hope, Andréane Bouladier as Johanna, David Noël as Tobias, Jonathan Gagnon as Beadle and Mathieu Samson as Pirelli.[46]
2014 prog metal version, Landless Theatre Company, Washington, D.C. https://everdan573.weebly.com/blog/spotify-premium-free-google-home-canada.
Sondheim grants DC's Landless Theatre Company permission to orchestrate a 'prog metal version' of Sweeney Todd, the first rock orchestration of the score. The production plays at DC's Warehouse Theatre in August 2014. Directed by Melissa Baughman. Music Direction by Charles W. Johnson. Prog Metal Orchestration by The Fleet Street Collective (Andrew Lloyd Baughman, Spencer Blevins, Charles Johnson, Lance LaRue, Ray Shaw, Alex Vallejo, Andrew Siddle). The cast features metal band front singers Nina Osegueda (A Sound of Thunder) as Mrs. Lovett, Andrew Lloyd Baughman (Diamond Dead) as Sweeney Todd, Rob Bradley (Aries and Thrillkiller) as Pirelli, and Irene Jericho (Cassandra Syndrome) as Beggar Woman. The show receives three 2015 Helen Hayes Awards nominations for Best Musical, Outstanding Director of a Musical (Melissa Baughman), and Outstanding Music Director (Charles W. Johnson).
2015 Welsh National Opera production
In autumn 2015 the Welsh National Opera and Wales Millennium Centre produced a co-production with West Yorkshire Playhouse and the Royal Exchange Manchester as part of the WNO's 'Madness' season. Directed by James Brining and designed by Colin Richmond, the production was set in the 1970/80s, and was performed in Cardiff before touring to Southampton, Bristol, Llandudno, Oxford, Liverpool, Birmingham before returning to Cardiff. It was based on Brining's previous smaller productions from Dundee Rep in 2010, West Yorkshire Playhouse and Royal Exchange Manchester in 2013. The cast included David Arnsperger as Sweeney Todd and Janis Kelly as Mrs. Lovett.
2015 South African revival[edit]
Pieter Toerien and KickstArt produced a production at the Pieter Toerien Monte Casino Theatre in Johannesburg, which ran from October 10 – December 13, 2015 before transferring to the Theatre on the Bay in Cape Town from February 19 – April 9, 2016. Directed by Steven Stead and designed by Greg King, the production starred Jonathan Roxmouth (Sweeney Todd), Charon Williams-Ros (Mrs Lovett), Michael Richard (Judge Turpin), Jaco van Rensburg (Tobias), Anne Marie Clulow (Beggar Woman), Adam Pelkowitz (Beadle Bamford), Cameron Botha (Anthony), Sanli Jooste (Johanna), Germandt Geldenhuys (Adolfo Pirelli) and Weslee Swain Lauder (Jonas Fogg).[47]
2015–2016 Australasia
In 2015, Victorian Opera's production was performed at the Melbourne Arts Centre.[48] The production was revived for New Zealand Opera in 2016, visiting Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch.[49]
The production starred Teddy Tahu Rhodes as Sweeney Todd, Antoinette Halloran as Mrs. Lovett, Phillip Rhodes as Judge Turpin, Kanen Breen as Beadle Bamford (later replaced by Andrew Glover during the New Zealand tour), David Rogers-Smith as Adolfo Pirelli (replaced by Robert Tucker in New Zealand), Ross Hannaford as Tobias Ragg (replaced by Joel Grainger in New Zealand), Blake Bowden as Anthony Hope (replaced James Benjamin Rodgers in New Zealand), Amelia Berry as Johanna, Dimity Shepherd as the Beggar Woman (replaced by Helen Medlyn in New Zealand), and Jeremy Kleeman as Jonas Fogg.[50][51]
Opera house productions[edit]
The first opera company to mount Sweeney Todd was the Houston Grand Opera in a production directed by Hal Prince, which ran from June 14, 1984 through June 24, 1984 for a total of 10 performances. Conducted by John DeMain, the production used scenic designs by Eugene Lee, costume designs by Franne Lee, and lighting designs by Ken Billington. The cast included Timothy Nolen in the title role, Joyce Castle as Mrs. Lovett, Cris Groenendaal as Anthony, Lee Merrill as Johanna, Will Roy as Judge Turpin, and Barry Busse as The Beadle.[52]
In 1984 the show was presented by the New York City Opera. Hal Prince recreated the staging using the simplified set of the 2nd national tour. It was well received and most performances sold out. It was brought back for limited runs in 1986 and 2004. Notably the 2004 production starred Elaine Paige as Mrs Lovett. The show was also performed by Opera North in 1998 in the UK starring Steven Page and Beverley Klein, directed by David McVicar and conducted by James Holmes.
In the early 2000s, Sweeney Todd gained acceptance with opera companies throughout the United States, Canada, Japan, Germany, Israel, Spain, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and Australia. Bryn Terfel, the popular Welsh bass-baritone, performed the title role at Lyric Opera of Chicago in 2002, with Judith Christian, David Cangelosi, Timothy Nolen, Bonaventura Bottone, Celena Shaffer and Nathan Gunn. It was performed at the Royal Opera House in London as part of the Royal Opera season (December 2003 – January 2004) starring Sir Thomas Allen as Todd, Felicity Palmer as Mrs. Lovett and a supporting cast that included Rosalind Plowright, Robert Tear and Jonathan Veira as Judge Turpin. The Finnish National Opera performed Sweeney Todd in 1997–98. The Israeli National Opera has performed Sweeney Todd twice. The Icelandic Opera performed Sweeney Todd in the fall of 2004, the first time in Iceland. On September 12, 2015, Sweeney Todd opened at the San Francisco Opera with Brian Mulligan as Todd, Stephanie Blythe as Mrs. Lovett, Matthew Grills as Tobias, Heidi Stober as Johanna, Elliot Madore as Anthony and Elizabeth Futral as the Beggar Woman/Lucy.
Concert productions[edit]
A 'Reprise!' Concert version was performed at Los Angeles' Ahmanson Theatre on March 12–14, 1999 with Kelsey Grammer as Todd, Christine Baranski as Mrs. Lovett, Davis Gaines as Anthony, Neil Patrick Harris as Tobias, Melissa Manchester as The Beggar Woman, Roland Rusinek as The Beadle, Dale Kristien as Johanna and Ken Howard as Judge Turpin.
London's Royal Festival Hall hosted two performances on February 13, 2000, starring Len Cariou as Todd, Judy Kaye as Mrs. Lovett, and Davis Gaines as Anthony. A 4-day concert took place in July 2007 at the same venue with Bryn Terfel, Maria Friedman, Daniel Boys and Philip Quast.
Director Lonny Price directed a semi-staged concert production of 'Sweeney Todd' on May 4–6, 2000 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center, New York with the New York Philharmonic. The cast included George Hearn (a last-minute substitute for Bryn Terfel), Patti LuPone, Neil Patrick Harris, Davis Gaines, John Aler, Paul Plishka, Heidi Grant Murphy, Stanford Olsen and Audra McDonald. This concert also played in San Francisco, from July 19, 2001 to July 21, with the San Francisco Symphony. Hearn and LuPone were joined once again by Harris, Aler, and Olsen as well as new additions Victoria Clark, Lisa Vroman and Timothy Nolen. This production was taped for PBS broadcast. The same production played at the Ravinia Festival in Chicago on August 24, 2001, with most of the cast from the preceding concerts, except for Plishka and Clark, who were replaced by Sherrill Milnes and Hollis Resnik.[53]
In 2014, Price directed a new concert production, returning to Avery Fisher Hall with the New York Philharmonic on March 5–8 with Bryn Terfel as Todd, Emma Thompson as Mrs. Lovett, Philip Quast as Judge Turpin, Jeff Blumenkrantz as The Beadle, Christian Borle as Pirelli, Kyle Brenn as Tobias, Jay Armstrong Johnson as Anthony, Erin Mackey as Johanna[54] and Audra McDonald and Bryonha Marie Parham sharing the role of The Beggar Woman.[55] McDonald was not announced as the Beggar Woman: she was a surprise, her name only being revealed at the time of the first performance. On the Saturday performances, Bryonha Marie Parham played the role of the Beggar Woman, while McDonald played it at the other performances. The concert was again filmed for broadcast on PBS as part of their Live from Lincoln Center[56] series and was first aired on September 26, 2014. This production transferred to London Coliseum Theatre for 13 performances from March 30 through April 12, 2015. The cast included original members like Terfel, Thompson and Quast, as well as new actors like John Owen-Jones and Rosalie Craig.[57]
First Mexican production[edit]
David Cuevas produced the first Mexican production of Sweeney Todd. Opened on July 7, 2018, at the Foro Cultural Coyoacanense's starring Lupita Sandoval and Beto Torres along with José Andrés Mojica, Mario Beller, Eduardo Ibarra, Alejandra Desiderio, Sonia Monroy, Daniel Paéz and Adrian Mejia.
Film adaptation[edit]
A feature film adaptation of Sweeney Todd, jointly produced by DreamWorks and Warner Bros., was released on December 21, 2007. Tim Burton directed from a screenplay by John Logan. It stars Johnny Depp as Todd (Depp received an Oscar nomination and a Golden Globe Award for his performance), Helena Bonham Carter as Mrs. Lovett, Alan Rickman as Judge Turpin, Sacha Baron Cohen as Signor Pirelli, Jamie Campbell Bower as Anthony Hope, Laura Michelle Kelly as The Beggar Woman, Jayne Wisener as Johanna, Ed Sanders as Toby, and Timothy Spall as Beadle Bamford. The film was well-received by critics and theatregoers and also won the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy.[58]
Themes[edit]
Stephen Sondheim believes that Sweeney Todd is a story of revenge and how it consumes a vengeful person. He has asserted, '…what the show is really about is obsession.'[59] Unlike most previous representations of the story, the musical avoids a simplistic view of devilish crimes. Instead, the characters’ “emotional and psychological depths” are examined, so that Sweeney Todd is understood as a victim as well as a perpetrator in the ‘great black pit’ of humanity.[60]
Musical analysis[edit]
Sondheim's score is one of his most complex, with orchestrations by his long-time collaborator Jonathan Tunick. Relying heavily on counterpoint and angular harmonies, its compositional style has been compared to Maurice Ravel, Sergei Prokofiev, and Bernard Herrmann. Sondheim also utilizes the ancient Dies Irae in the ballad that runs throughout the score, later heard in a melodic inversion, and in the accompaniment to 'Epiphany'. According to Raymond Knapp, 'Most scene changes bring back 'The Ballad of Sweeney Todd', which includes both fast and slow versions of the 'Dies Irae'.[61] He also relies heavily on leitmotif – at least twenty distinct ones can be identified throughout the score.
Depending on how and where the show is presented, it is sometimes considered an opera.[62] Sondheim himself has described the piece as a 'black operetta',[63] and indeed, only about 20% of the show is spoken; the rest is sung-through.[64]
In his essay for the 2005 cast album, Jeremy Sams finds it most relevant to compare Sondheim's work with operas that similarly explore the psyche of a mad murderer or social outcast, such as Alban Berg's Wozzeck (based on the play by Georg Büchner) and Benjamin Britten's Peter Grimes (1945). On the other hand, it can be seen as a precursor to the later trend of musicals based on horror themes, such as The Phantom of the Opera (1986), Jekyll & Hyde (1997), Little Shop of Horrors (1982) and Dance of the Vampires (1997), which used the description of the trend, 'grusical', as its commercial label. Theatre critic and author Martin Gottfried wrote on this subject: 'Does so much singing make it an opera? Opera is not just a matter of everything being sung. There is an operatic kind of music, of singing, of staging. There are opera audiences, and there is an opera sensibility. There are opera houses. Sweeney Todd has its occasional operatic moments, but its music overall has the chest notes, the harmonic language, the muscularity, and the edge of Broadway theater.'[65]
Donal Henahan wrote an essay in The New York Times concerning the 1984 New York City Opera production: 'The difficulty with Sweeney was not that the opera singers were weaklings incapable of filling the State Theater with sound – Miss Elias, who was making her City Opera debut, has sung for many years at the Metropolitan, a far larger house. The other voices in the cast also were known quantities. Rather, it seemed to me that the attempt to actually sing the Sondheim score, which relies heavily on a dramatic parlando or speaking style, mainly showed how far from the operatic vocal tradition the work lies. The score, effective enough in its own way, demanded things of the opera singers that opera singers as a class are reluctant to produce.'[66]
Orchestration[edit]
The original Broadway pit consisted of a 26 piece orchestra. (The number of percussionists may vary for different shows, though the percussion book is written for two players).
- Strings: 6 Violins, 2 Violas, 2 Cellos, 1 Double Bass, 1 Harp
- Brass: 2 Trumpets, 1 French Horn, 2 Trombones, 1 Bass Trombone
- Keyboards: 1 Organ/Celesta
- Woodwinds: Reed 1: Flute, Piccolo.
- Reed 2: Bb and Eb Clarinet, Flute, Piccolo.
- Reed 3: Bass Clarinet, Bb Clarinet.
- Reed 4: Oboe, English Horn.
- Reed 5: Bassoon.
- Percussion: (2 Players) 3 Timpani, Bass Drum, Xylophone, Vibraphone, Snare Drum, Tom Toms, Bass Drum with Pedal, Orchestra Bells, Tam-Tam, Chimes, 4 Suspended Cymbals, Wood Block, Crash Cymbals, Bell Tree, Tambourine, Washtub
An alternate orchestration is available from Music Theatre International for a 9 piece orchestra. It was written by Jonathan Tunick for the 1993 London Production.
- Strings: 1 Violin, 1 Cello, 1 Double Bass
- Brass: 1 Trumpet in Bb, 1 French Horn
- Woodwinds: Reed 1: Clarinet; Reed 2: Bassoon
- Percussion: Bass Drum, Bell Tree, Bells, Chimes, Crotales, Rachet, Side Drum, Snare Drum, Swiss Bell, Tam-Tam, Tambourine, Temple Blocks, Triangle, Tympani, Vibraphone, Whistle, Wood Block, Xylophone
Original orchestrator Jonathan Tunick revised his large orchestration for the 1993 London revival, adding a dirtier, grittier texture to the score's arrangements.
2012 London Revival: 15 piece orchestra.
- Strings: 2 Violins, 1 Viola, 1 Cello, 1 Double Bass
- Brass: 1 French Horn, 2 Trumpets, 1 Trombone
- Woodwinds:
- Reed 1: Flute, Clarinet.
- Reed 2: Oboe, Cor Anglais.
- Reed 3: Clarinet.
- Reed 4: Bassoon.
Awards and nominations[edit]
Original Broadway production[edit]
Year | Award Ceremony | Category | Nominee | Result |
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1979 | Tony Award | Best Musical | Won | |
Best Book of a Musical | Hugh Wheeler | Won | ||
Best Original Score | Stephen Sondheim | Won | ||
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical | Len Cariou | Won | ||
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical | Angela Lansbury | Won | ||
Best Direction of a Musical | Harold Prince | Won | ||
Best Scenic Design | Eugene Lee | Won | ||
Best Costume Design | Franne Lee | Won | ||
Best Lighting Design | Ken Billington | Nominated | ||
Drama Desk Award | Outstanding Musical | Won | ||
Outstanding Book of a Musical | Hugh Wheeler | Won | ||
Outstanding Lyrics | Stephen Sondheim | Won | ||
Outstanding Music | Won | |||
Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Len Cariou | Won | ||
Outstanding Actress in a Musical | Angela Lansbury | Won | ||
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical | Ken Jennings | Won | ||
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Merle Louise | Won | ||
Outstanding Choreography | Larry Fuller | Nominated | ||
Outstanding Director of a Musical | Harold Prince | Won | ||
Outstanding Set Design | Eugene Lee | Nominated | ||
Outstanding Costume Design | Franne Lee | Nominated | ||
Outstanding Lighting Design | Ken Billington | Nominated |
Original London production[edit]
Year | Award Ceremony | Category | Nominee | Result |
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1980 | Laurence Olivier Award | Best New Musical | Won | |
Best Actor in a Musical | Denis Quilley | Won | ||
Best Actress in a Musical | Sheila Hancock | Nominated |
1989 Broadway revival[edit]
Year | Award Ceremony | Category | Nominee | Result |
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1990 | Tony Award | Best Revival of a Musical | Nominated | |
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical | Bob Gunton | Nominated | ||
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical | Beth Fowler | Nominated | ||
Best Direction of a Musical | Susan H. Schulman | Nominated | ||
Drama Desk Award | Outstanding Revival of a Musical | Nominated | ||
Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Bob Gunton | Nominated | ||
Outstanding Actress in a Musical | Beth Fowler | Nominated | ||
Outstanding Set Design | James Morgan | Nominated | ||
Outstanding Lighting Design | Mary Jo Dondlinger | Won |
1993 London revival[edit]
Year | Award Ceremony | Category | Nominee | Result |
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1994 | Laurence Olivier Award | Best Musical Revival | Won | |
Best Actor in a Musical | Alun Armstrong | Won | ||
Best Actress in a Musical | Julia McKenzie | Won | ||
Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical | Adrian Lester | Nominated | ||
Barry James | Nominated | |||
Best Director of a Musical | Declan Donnellan | Won |
2005 London revival[edit]
Year | Award Ceremony | Category | Nominee | Result |
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2005 | Laurence Olivier Award | Outstanding Musical Production | Nominated | |
Best Actor in a Musical | Paul Hegarty | Nominated |
2005 Broadway revival[edit]
Year | Award Ceremony | Category | Nominee | Result |
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2006 | Tony Award | Best Revival of a Musical | Nominated | |
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical | Michael Cerveris | Nominated | ||
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical | Patti LuPone | Nominated | ||
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical | Manoel Felciano | Nominated | ||
Best Direction of a Musical | John Doyle | Won | ||
Best Orchestrations | Sarah Travis | Won | ||
Drama Desk Award | Outstanding Revival of a Musical | Won | ||
Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Michael Cerveris | Nominated | ||
Outstanding Actress in a Musical | Patti LuPone | Nominated | ||
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical | Alexander Gemignani | Nominated | ||
Outstanding Orchestrations | Sarah Travis | Won | ||
Outstanding Director of a Musical | John Doyle | Won | ||
Outstanding Set Design | Nominated | |||
Outstanding Lighting Design | Richard G. Jones | Won | ||
Outstanding Sound Design | Dan Moses Schreier | Nominated |
2012 London revival[edit]
Year | Award Ceremony | Category | Nominee | Result |
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2012 | Evening Standard Award | Best Musical | Won | |
2013 | Laurence Olivier Award | Best Musical Revival | Won | |
Best Actor in a Musical | Michael Ball | Won | ||
Best Actress in a Musical | Imelda Staunton | Won | ||
Best Costume Design | Anthony Ward | Nominated | ||
Best Lighting Design | Mark Henderson | Nominated | ||
Best Sound Design | Paul Groothuis | Nominated |
Recordings and broadcasts[edit]
An original Broadwaycast recording was released by RCA Red Seal in 1979. It included the Judge's 'Johanna' and the tooth-pulling contest from Act I, which had been cut in previews.[67] It was selected by the National Recording Registry for preservation in 2013.
A performance of the 1980 touring company was taped before an audience in 1981 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles during the first national tour, with additional taping done in an empty theatre for a television special. The resulting program was televised on September 12, 1982, on The Entertainment Channel.[18] It was later released on both VHS and DVD.[68]
In July 1994, the Royal National Theatre revival production starring Denis Quilley and Julia McKenzie was broadcast by the BBC.[69] Opera North's production was also broadcast by the BBC on March 30, 1998 as was the Royal Opera House production in 2003.
In 1995, the Barcelona cast recorded a cast album sung in Catalan. This production was also broadcast on Spanish television.
The 2000 New York City Concert was recorded and released in a deluxe 2-CD set.[70] This recording was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album.[71]
In 2001, the same concert was held in San Francisco with the same leads and minor cast changes. It was also videotaped and broadcast on PBS, and then was released to VHS and DVD in 2001.[72]
The 2005 Broadway revival also was recorded.[73] The producers originally planned only a single-disk 'highlights' version; however, they soon realized that they had recorded more music than could fit on one disk and it was not financially feasible to bring the performers back in to re-record. The followings songs were cut: 'Wigmaker Sequence', 'The Letter', 'Parlor Songs', 'City on Fire', and half of the final sequence (which includes 'The Judge's Return').[74] This recording was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album.[75]
https://calendarclever816.weebly.com/blog/www-spotify-com-download-mac. The 2012 London revival was recorded and released on April 2, 2012 in the UK[76] and April 10, 2012 in the United States.[77]
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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street | |
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Directed by | Tim Burton |
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Screenplay by | John Logan |
Based on | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street by Stephen Sondheim Hugh Wheeler |
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Music by | Stephen Sondheim |
Cinematography | Dariusz Wolski |
Edited by | Chris Lebenzon |
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Distributed by | Paramount Pictures (North America) Warner Bros. Pictures (International) |
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Language | English |
Budget | $50 million[2][3] |
Box office | $152.5 million[2] |
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (also known simply as Sweeney Todd[4]) is a 2007 British-American musicalperiodslasher film directed by Tim Burton and an adaptation of Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler's Tony Award-winning 1979 musical of the same name. The film re-tells the Victorianmelodramatic tale of Sweeney Todd, an Englishbarber and serial killer who murders his customers with a straight razor and, with the help of his accomplice, Mrs. Lovett, processes their corpses into meat pies. The film stars Johnny Depp as the title character and Helena Bonham Carter as Mrs. Lovett.
Having been struck by the cinematic qualities of Sondheim's musical while still a student, Burton had entertained the notion of a film version since the early 1980s. However, it was not until 2006 that he had the opportunity to realize this ambition, when DreamWorks announced his appointment as replacement for director Sam Mendes, who had been working on such an adaptation. Sondheim, although not directly involved, was extensively consulted during production. Depp, not known for his singing, took lessons in preparation for his role, which producer Richard D. Zanuck acknowledged was something of a gamble. However, Depp's vocal performance, despite being criticized as lacking certain musical qualities, was generally thought by critics to suit the part.
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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street was released in the United States on December 21, 2007 and in the United Kingdom on January 25, 2008 to largely positive reviews from critics. The film was chosen by National Board of Review as one of the top ten films of 2007 and won a number of awards, including Golden Globes for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy and Best Actor – Musical or Comedy, as well as the Academy Award for Best Art Direction. Bonham Carter was herself nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, and Depp received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor. Although it was not an outstanding financial success in North America, it performed well worldwide, and produced a soundtrack album and DVD releases.
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Plot[edit]
In 1846, Benjamin Barker, a barber, arrives in London, accompanied by sailor Anthony Hope. Fifteen years earlier, he was falsely convicted and exiled by the corrupt Judge Turpin, who lusted after Barker's wife Lucy. Barker adopts the alias 'Sweeney Todd' and returns to his old Fleet Street shop, situated above Mrs. Nellie Lovett's meat pie shop, where she sells the 'worst pies in London'. Lovett tells him that Turpin raped Lucy, who then poisoned herself with arsenic. The couple's daughter, Johanna, is now Turpin's ward. Todd vows revenge, and re-opens his barber shop after Mrs. Lovett, who loves him unrequitedly, presents him with his old straight razors. Anthony becomes enamored with Johanna, but is caught by Turpin and driven away by his henchman, Beadle Bamford.
Todd denounces faux-Italian barber Adolfo Pirelli's hair tonic as a fraud and humiliates him in a public shaving contest judged by Bamford. A few days later, Pirelli arrives at Todd's shop, with his boy assistant Tobias Ragg. Pirelli identifies himself as Todd's former assistant, Davy Collins, and threatens to reveal Todd's secret unless Todd gives him half his earnings. Todd kills Collins, and hides his body in a trunk.
After receiving advice from Bamford, Turpin visits Todd for grooming, intent on marrying Johanna. Todd shaves Turpin, preparing to slit his throat; they are interrupted by Anthony, who reveals his plan to elope with Johanna before noticing Turpin. An angered Turpin renounces Todd's service and leaves. Todd swears revenge on the entire world, vowing to kill as many people as he can while he waits for another chance to kill Turpin. Mrs. Lovett gets the idea to bake Todd's victims into pies, and Todd rigs his barber chair to drop his victims' bodies through a trapdoor and into her bakehouse. Anthony searches for Johanna, whom Turpin has sent to an insane asylum upon discovering her plans to elope with Anthony.
The barbering and pie-making businesses prosper, and Mrs. Lovett takes Toby as her assistant. She tells an uninterested Todd of her plans to marry him and move to the seaside. Anthony discovers Johanna's whereabouts and, following Todd's suggestion, poses as a wigmaker's apprentice to rescue her. Todd has Toby deliver a letter to Turpin, telling him where Johanna will be brought when Anthony frees her. Toby has become wary of Todd and tells Mrs. Lovett of his suspicions, vowing to protect her.
Bamford arrives at the pie shop, informing Mrs. Lovett that neighbors have been complaining of the stink from her chimney. Todd distracts him with an offer of a free grooming and murders him. Mrs. Lovett informs Todd of Toby's suspicions, and the pair search for the boy, who is now hiding in the sewers after finding human remains in Mrs Lovett's bakehouse. Meanwhile, Anthony brings Johanna, disguised as a sailor, to the shop, and has her wait there while he leaves to find a coach.
A beggar woman enters the shop in search of Bamford, and Johanna hides in the trunk. The woman recognizes Todd, but upon hearing Turpin coming, Todd kills her and sends her through the trapdoor in the floor. As Turpin enters, Todd explains that Johanna had repented and is coming to him, then offers a free shave in the meantime. When Turpin finally recognizes Todd as Benjamin Barker, Todd stabs him several times, cuts his throat, and dumps him into the bakehouse. Johanna comes out of her hiding place, still in disguise, and Todd prepares to kill her as well, not recognizing her as his daughter. However, hearing Mrs. https://connecttree810.weebly.com/blog/mika-the-origin-of-love-download-blogspot-free. Lovett scream in horror in the basement when the dying Turpin grabs at her dress, Todd lets Johanna go.
Todd discovers that the beggar woman was his wife Lucy, whom he believed to be dead, and that Mrs. Lovett deliberately misled him so she could have him to herself. Todd pretends to forgive her and dances with her before hurling her into the bakehouse oven, then cradles Lucy's dead body in his arms. Toby appears, enraged at Mrs. Lovett's death, and Todd allows Toby to slit his throat with his own razor. Toby leaves as Todd bleeds to death over his dead wife.
Cast[edit]
- Johnny Depp as Benjamin Barker / Sweeney Todd
- Helena Bonham Carter as Nellie Lovett
- Alan Rickman as Judge Turpin
- Timothy Spall as Beadle Bamford
- Jayne Wisener as Johanna Barker
- Sacha Baron Cohen as Adolfo Pirelli
- Laura Michelle Kelly as Lucy Barker / Beggar Woman
- Jamie Campbell Bower as Anthony Hope
- Ed Sanders as Tobias Ragg
Production[edit]
Development[edit]
Tim Burton first saw Stephen Sondheim's 1979 stage musical, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, as a CalArts student in London in 1980.[3] Burton recalled his experience of seeing the show, saying, 'I was still a student, I didn't know if I would be making movies or working in a restaurant, I had no idea what I would be doing. I just wandered into the theatre and it just blew me away because I'd never really seen anything that had the mixture of all those elements. I actually went three nights in a row because I loved it so much.'[5] Although not a fan of the musical genre,[6] Burton was struck by how cinematic the musical was, and repeatedly attended subsequent performances.[7] He described it as a silent film with music,[7] and was 'dazzled both by the music and its sense of the macabre.'[3] When his directing career took off in the late 1980s, Burton approached Sondheim with a view to making a cinematic adaptation, but nothing came of it. In Sondheim's words, '[Burton] went off and did other things.'[7]
Meanwhile, director Sam Mendes had been working on a film version of the story for several years,[6] and in June 2003 Sondheim was approached to write the script.[8] Although he turned down the offer, Mendes and producer Walter F. Parkes obtained his approval to use writer John Logan instead. Twitter app apk download for android. Logan had previously collaborated with Parkes on Gladiator, and claimed his biggest challenge in adapting the Sondheim stage play 'was taking a sprawling, magnificent Broadway musical and making it cinematic, and an emotionally honest film. Onstage, you can have a chorus sing as the people of London, but I think that would be alienating in a movie.'[9] Mendes left to direct the 2005 film Jarhead, and Burton leaped at taking over the direction after his project, Ripley's Believe It or Not!, fell apart due to its excessive budget.[6][10]
On Burton's hiring, he and Logan reworked the screenplay;[9] Logan felt they agreed over the film's tone due to 'share[d] stunted childhoods watching Amicus movies'.[3] Turning a three-hour stage musical into a two-hour film required some changes. Some songs were shortened, while others were completely removed.[11] Burton said, 'In terms of the show, it was three hours long, but we weren't out to film the Broadway show, we were out to make a movie, so we tried to keep the pace like those old melodramas. Sondheim himself is not a real big fan of movie musicals, so he was really open to honing it down to a more pacey shape.'[5] Burton and Logan also reduced the prominence of other secondary elements, such as the romance between Todd's daughter Johanna and Anthony, to allow them to focus on the triangular relationship between Todd, Mrs. Lovett, and Toby.[11][12]
Casting[edit]
DreamWorks announced Burton's appointment in August 2006, and Johnny Depp was cast as Todd.[13]Christopher Lee, Peter Bowles, Anthony Head, and five other actors were set to play the ghost narrators, but their roles were cut (Head does appear in an uncredited cameo as a gentleman who congratulates Depp after the shaving contest). According to Lee, these deletions were due to time constraints caused by a break in filming during March 2007, while Depp's daughter recovered from an illness.[14] Burton's domestic partner Helena Bonham Carter was cast in October 2006, as well as Sacha Baron Cohen.[15][16] In December 2006, Alan Rickman was cast.[17] In January 2007, Laura Michelle Kelly was cast as Lucy Barker.[18]Timothy Spall was added to the cast, and said he was urged to audition by his daughter, who wanted him to work with Depp. He recalled, 'I really wanted this one – I knew Tim was directing and that Johnny Depp was going to be in it. My daughter, my youngest daughter, really wanted me to do it for that reason – Johnny Depp was in it. (She came on set to meet Depp) and he was really delightful to her, she had a great time. Then, I took her to the junket – and (Depp) greeted her like an old pal when he saw her. I've got plenty of brownie points at the moment.'[19]
Three members of the cast had never been in a film before: Ed Sanders was cast as Toby, Jayne Wisener as Johanna, and Jamie Campbell Bower, who auditioned, and after four days got the part of Anthony said, 'I think I weed myself. I was out shopping at the time and I got this call on my mobile. I was just like, 'OH MY GOD!' Honestly, I was like a little girl running around this shop like oh-my-god-oh-my-god-oh-my-god.'[20]
Filming[edit]
Filming began on February 5, 2007 at Pinewood Studios, and was completed by May 11, despite a brief interruption when Depp's daughter was taken seriously ill.[21][22] Burton opted to film in London, where he had felt 'very much at home' since his work on Batman in 1989.[3] Production designer Dante Ferretti created a darker, more sinister London by adapting Fleet Street and its surrounding area. Burton initially planned to use minimal sets and film in front of a green screen, but decided against it, stating that physical sets helped actors get into a musical frame of mind: 'Just having people singing in front of a green screen seemed more disconnected'.[7]
Depp created his own image of Todd. Heavy purple and brown make-up was applied around his eyes to suggest fatigue and rage, as if 'he's never slept'.[23] Burton said of the character Sweeney Todd, 'We always saw him as a sad character, not a tragic villain or anything. He's basically a dead person when you meet him; the only thing that's keeping him going is the one single minded thing which is tragic. You don't see anything else around him.'[24] Depp said of the character, 'He makes Sid Vicious look like the innocent paper boy. He's beyond dark. He's already dead. He's been dead for years.'[25] Depp also commented on the streak of white in Todd's hair, saying, 'The idea was that he'd had this hideous trauma, from being sent away, locked away. That streak of white hair became the shock of that rage. It represented his rage over what had happened. It's certainly not the first time anyone's used it. But it's effective. It tells a story all by itself. My brother had a white spot growing up, and his son has this kind of shock of white in his hair.'[26]
Burton insisted that the film be bloody, as he felt stage versions of the play which cut back on the bloodshed robbed it of its power. For him, 'Everything is so internal with Sweeney that [the blood] is like his emotional release. It's more about catharsis than it is a literal thing.'[6] Producer Richard D. Zanuck said that '[Burton] had a very clear plan that he wanted to lift that up into a surreal, almost Kill Bill kind of stylization. We had done tests and experiments with the neck slashing, with the blood popping out. I remember saying to Tim, 'My God, do we dare do this?'[7] On set, the fake blood was colored orange to render correctly on the desaturated color film used, and crew members wore bin liners to avoid getting stained while filming.[23] This macabre tone made some studios nervous, and it was not until Warner Bros. Pictures, DreamWorks and Paramount had signed up for the project that the film's $50 million budget was covered.[3] Burton said 'the studio was cool about it and they accepted it because they knew what the show was. Any movie is a risk, but it is nice to be able to do something like that that doesn't fit into the musical or slasher movie categories.'[27]
After the filming, Burton said of the cast, 'All I can say is this is one of the best casts I've ever worked with. These people are not professional singers, so to do a musical like this which I think is one of the most difficult musicals, they all went for it. Every day on the set was a very, very special thing for me. Hearing all these guys sing, I don't know if I can ever have an experience like that again.'[5] Burton said of the singing, 'You can't just lip synch, you'd see the throat and the breath, every take they all had to belt it out. It was very enjoyable for me to see, with music on the set everybody just moved differently. I'd seen Johnny (Depp) act in a way I'd never seen before, walking across the room or sitting in the chair, picking up a razor or making a pie, whatever. They all did it in a way that you could sense.'[24]
Depp said of working with Baron Cohen, when asked what he was like in real life (meaning, not doing one of his trademark characters), 'He's not what I expected. I didn't look at those characters and think, 'This will be the sweetest guy in the world'. He's incredibly nice. A real gentleman, kind of elegant. I was impressed with him. He's kind of today's equivalent of Peter Sellers.'[28]
Music[edit]
Burton wanted to avoid the traditional approach of patches of dialogue interrupted by song, 'We didn't want it to be what I'd say was a traditional musical with a lot of dialogue and then singing. That's why we cut out a lot of choruses and extras singing and dancing down the street. Each of the characters, because a lot of them are repressed and have their emotions inside, the music was a way to let them express their feelings.'[24] Linux fedora 15 iso download.
He cut the show's famous opening number, 'The Ballad of Sweeney Todd', explaining, 'Why have a chorus singing about 'attending the tale of Sweeney Todd' when you could just go ahead and attend it?' Sondheim acknowledged that, in adapting a musical to film, the plot has to be kept moving, and was sent MP3 files of his shortened songs by Mike Higham, the film's music producer, for approval. Several other songs were also cut, and Sondheim noted that there were 'many changes, additions and deletions. [though]. if you just go along with it, I think you'll have a spectacular time.'[9] To create a larger, more cinematic feel, the score was re-orchestrated by the stage musical's original orchestrator, Jonathan Tunick, who increased the orchestra from 27 musicians to 78.[29]
The Deluxe Complete Edition soundtrack was released on December 18, 2007. Depp's singing was described by a New York Times reviewer as 'harsh and thin, but amazingly forceful'.[30] Another critic adds that, though Depp's voice 'does not have much heft or power', 'his ear is obviously excellent, because his pitch is dead-on accurate. Beyond his good pitch and phrasing, the expressive colorings of his singing are crucial to the portrayal. Beneath this Sweeney’s vacant, sullen exterior is a man consumed with a murderous rage that threatens to burst forth every time he slowly takes a breath and is poised to speak. Yet when he sings, his voice crackles and breaks with sadness.'[31]
Marketing[edit]
The film's marketing has been criticized for not advertising it as a musical. Michael Halberstam of the Writers' Theatre said, 'By de-emphasizing the score to the extent they did in the trailer, it is possible the producers were condescending to us – a tactic which cannot ultimately end in anything but tears.'[32] In the UK, a number of audience members walked out of the film on realizing it was a musical, and complaints that advertisements for the film were deliberately misleading were made to both the Advertising Standards Authority and Trading Standards agency.[33][34] The studios involved opted for a low-key approach to their marketing. Producer Walter Parkes stated, 'All these things that could be described as difficulties could also be the movie's greatest strengths.' Warner Bros. felt it should take a similar approach to marketing as with The Departed, with little early exposure and discouraging talk of awards.[35]
Release[edit]
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street officially opened at the United States box office on December 21, 2007 in 1,249 theatres, and took $9,300,805 in its opening weekend. Worldwide releases followed during January and February 2008, with the film performing well in the United Kingdom and Japan.[2] The film grossed $52,898,073 in the United States and Canada, and $99,625,091 in other markets, accumulating a worldwide total of $152,523,164.[2] In the United States, the Marcus Theaters Corporation was not initially planning to screen the film following its premiere, because it was unable to reach a pricing agreement with Paramount.[36] However, the dispute was resolved in time for the official release.[37]
Critical reception[edit]
Although Sondheim was cautious of a cinematic adaptation of his musical, he was largely impressed by the results.[3] The film received critical acclaim, with Depp and Bonham Carter's performance receiving unanimous praise — the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports that 85% of critics gave the film positive reviews based on 225 reviews, and an average rating of 7.7/10. The site's critical consensus reads, 'Full of pith and Grand Guignol grossness, this macabre musical is perfectly helmed and highly entertaining. Tim Burton masterfully stages the musical in a way that will make you think he has done this many times before.'[38]Metacritic gave the film an average score of 83 out of 100, based on 39 reviews, indicating 'universal acclaim'.[39]Sweeney Todd appeared on many critics' top ten lists of the best films of 2007.[40]
Of the reviewers, Time rated it an A-minus and added, 'Burton and Depp infuse the brilliant cold steel of Stephen Sondheim's score with a burning passion. Helena Bonham Carter and a superb supporting cast bring focused fury to this musical nightmare. It's bloody great.' Time's Richard Corliss named the film one of its top ten movies of 2007, placing it fifth.[41]Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave it four stars out of four, lauding Burton's visual style.[42] In his review in Variety, Todd McCarthy called it 'both sharp and fleet' and 'a satisfying screen version of Stephen Sondheim's landmark 1979 theatrical musical . things have turned out uniformly right thanks to highly focused direction by Tim Burton, expert screw-tightening by scenarist John Logan, and haunted and musically adept lead performances from Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter. Assembled artistic combo assures the film will reap by far the biggest audience to see a pure Sondheim musical, although just how big depends on the upscale crowd’s tolerance for buckets of blood, and the degree to which the masses stay away due to the whiff of the highbrow.'[43] Lisa Schwarzbaum of Entertainment Weekly gave the film a B-plus in its Movie Reviews section and stated, 'To stage a proper Sweeney Todd, necks must be slit, human flesh must be squished into pastries, and blood ought to spurt in fountains and rivers of death. Enter Tim Burton, who . has tenderly art-directed soup-thick, tomato-red, fake-gore blood with the zest of a Hollywood-funded Jackson Pollock.' She went on to refer to the piece as 'opulent, attentive . so finely minced a mixture of Sondheim's original melodrama and Burton's signature spicing that it's difficult to think of any other filmmaker so naturally suited for the job.'[44]
In its DVD Reviews section, EW's Chris Nashawaty gave the film an A-minus, stating, 'Depp's soaring voice makes you wonder what other tricks he's been hiding. Watching Depp's barber wield his razors. it's hard not to be reminded of Edward Scissorhands frantically shaping hedges into animal topiaries 18 years ago. and all of the twisted beauty we would've missed out on had [Burton and Depp] never met.'[45] In Rolling Stone, Peter Travers awarded it 3½ out of 4 stars and added, 'Sweeney Todd is a thriller-diller from start to finish: scary, monstrously funny and melodically thrilling . [the film] is a bloody wonder, intimate and epic, horrific and heart-rending as it flies on the wings of Sondheim's most thunderously exciting score.'[46] As with Time, the critic ranked it fifth on his list of the best movies of 2007.[47] Kirk Honeycutt of The Hollywood Reporter said, 'The blood juxtaposed to the music is highly unsettling. It runs contrary to expectations. Burton pushes this gore into his audiences' faces so as to feel the madness and the destructive fury of Sweeney's obsession. Teaming with Depp, his long-time alter ego, Burton makes Sweeney a smoldering dark pit of fury and hate that consumes itself. With his sturdy acting and surprisingly good voice, Depp is a Sweeney Todd for the ages.'[48]Harry Knowles gave the film a highly positive review, calling it Burton's best film since Ed Wood, his favorite Burton film, and said it was possibly superior. He praised all of the cast and the cinematography, but noted it would probably not appeal to non-musical fans due to the dominance of music in the film.[49]
Awards and nominations[edit]
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street received four Golden Globe nominations for the January 2008 65th Golden Globe Awards, winning two. The film received the award for Best Motion Picture in the Musical or Comedy genre, and Depp for his performance as Sweeney Todd.[50] Burton was nominated for Best Director, and Helena Bonham Carter was nominated for her performance as Mrs. Lovett.[51][52] The film was included in the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures's top ten films of 2007, and Burton was presented with their award for Best Director.[53] The film was also nominated for two BAFTA awards, in the categories of Costume Design and Make Up and Hair.[54]Sweeney Todd further received three Oscar nominations at the 80th Academy Awards: Best Actor in a Leading Role for Depp; Best Achievement in Costume Design; and Best Achievement in Art Direction, which it won.[55] Depp won the award for Best Villain at the 2008 MTV Movie Awards. He thanked his fans for 'sticking with me on this very obtuse and strange road.'[56] He also won the Choice Movie Villain award at the Teen Choice Awards;[57] and at Spike TV's 2008 Scream Awards (filmed on October 18, 2008, and aired three days later), the film won two awards: Best Horror Movie, and Best Actor in a Horror Movie or TV Show (Depp).[58]
It was listed as number 490 on Empire's 500 Greatest films of all time.[59]
Year | Award | Category | Nominee | Result |
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2007 | London Film Critics' Circle Award | British Actress of the Year | Helena Bonham Carter | Nominated |
2008 | Academy Award | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role | Johnny Depp | Nominated |
Best Costume Design | Colleen Atwood | Nominated | ||
Best Art Direction | Dante Ferretti and Francesca Lo Schiavo | Won | ||
Evening Standard British Film Award | Best Actress | Helena Bonham Carter | Won | |
American Cinema Editors | Best Edited Feature Film - Comedy or Musical | Won | ||
British Academy Film Award | Best Costume Design | Colleen Atwood | Nominated | |
Best Makeup and Hair | Ivana Primorac | Nominated | ||
Broadcast Film Critics Association Award | Best Film | Nominated | ||
Best Cast | Nominated | |||
Best Actor | Johnny Depp | Nominated | ||
Best Young Performer | Ed Sanders | Nominated | ||
Best Director | Tim Burton | Nominated | ||
Golden Globe Award | Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy | Won | ||
Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy | Johnny Depp | Won | ||
Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy | Helena Bonham Carter | Nominated | ||
Best Director | Tim Burton | Nominated | ||
Italian Online Movie Award | Best Actor in a Leading Role | Johnny Depp | Nominated | |
Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Helena Bonham Carter | Nominated | ||
Best Art Direction | Dante Ferretti and Francesca Lo Schiavo | Won | ||
Best Costume Design | Colleen Atwood | Won | ||
Best Make-up | Ivana Primorac | Won | ||
MTV Movie Award | Best Villain | Johnny Depp | Won | |
National Movie Award | Best Musical | Nominated | ||
Best Performance (Male) | Johnny Depp | Won | ||
Best Performance (Female) | Helena Bonham Carter | Nominated | ||
Saturn Award | Best Horror Film | Won | ||
Best Actor | Johnny Depp | Nominated | ||
Best Actress | Helena Bonham Carter | Nominated | ||
Best Supporting Actor | Alan Rickman | Nominated | ||
Best Director | Tim Burton | Nominated | ||
Best Costume | Colleen Atwood | Won | ||
Best Make-up | Peter Owen and Ivana Primorac | Nominated | ||
Best Writing | John Logan | Nominated | ||
Scream Award | Best Horror Actor | Johnny Depp | Won | |
Best Horror Actress | Helena Bonham Carter | Nominated | ||
Best Director | Tim Burton | Nominated | ||
Teen Choice Award | Choice Movie: Villain | Johnny Depp | Won | |
2009 | Empire Award | Best Horror | Nominated | |
Best Actor | Johnny Depp | Nominated | ||
Best Actress | Helena Bonham Carter | Won | ||
Best Director | Tim Burton | Nominated |
Home media release[edit]
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street was released on DVD in the United States on April 1, 2008, and the UK on May 19. A Blu-ray was released on October 21, 2008.[60] An HD DVD release was announced for the same date, but due to the discontinuation of the format, Paramount canceled this version in preference for international distribution of the Blu-ray release.[61]
The DVD was released on April 1, 2008 and has thus far sold approximately 1,892,489 copies, bringing in more than $38 million in revenue.[62]
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