Went and saw Sweeney Todd last night. I liked it.
I wasn’t expecting to be all that impressed with the singing but they actually did a decent job with an admittedly difficult score. Sweeney was my very first play, years and years ago; my high school drama dept took us to a local college’s rendition of it. I was intrigued because while I could tell that the actors themselves sucked – it *was* a bit beyond their scope of talent – the story itself and the music were incredible. Then I saw the taped version with Angela Lansbury. If you haven’t seen it – go and find it. It is one of my all time favorite plays.
I must admit though….my first thought during the opening sequences (past the credits which were just icky, to tell you the truth) was that every little black-clad wannabe was going to be having gothgasms.
All that drear! All those costumes! *spasms of gray joy* *ded of Depp-Burton*
if you get the joke in the location/music section today – you get a cookie!
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