This item: Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1979 Original Broadway Cast) Audio CD CDN$24.66 Ships from and sold by Rarewaves-US. While many, including Sondheim himself, have sung the production’s praises, and indeed it may have worked in the theater, this recording does very little to argue for its artistic merits. | He’s superbly partnered by Angela Lansbury, providing comedic relief and giving a career defining performance as Mrs. Lovett. New York Philharmonic Concert Cast, 2000  (N.Y. Philharmonic Special Editions, 2CDs) (3 / 5) Now, assuming that you’ve done your homework, purchased the original cast album of Sweeney Todd, and thoroughly familiarized yourself with it, you can start having fun with other interpretations. / ... It went on to be revived twice on Broadway and adapted into a 2007 film, in addition to the recent Off-Broadway production. Look back at the movies that got their start as Tony-winning productions. The duo’s incredible chemistry comes to a high point with the famous Act 1 finale “A Little Priest,” when Sweeney and Lovett suddenly realize how to discard the remains of his victims as well as provide her with quality meat for her pies; Cariou and Lansbury fiendishly toy with Sondheim’s brilliant lyrics, making the song simultaneously hilarious and disturbing. — Matt Koplik. Tony winner James Monroe Iglehart recommends the original Broadway cast recording of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, the 1979 musical thriller from Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler. There will always be room for differences of opinion as to what score represents the very best of Sondheim, but when it comes to Sweeney Todd, only one recording is truly essential: this one. | / ... As a result, the score sounds tinny. / ... But few people if any would dispute that Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street is Sondheim’s grandest, largest-scale achievement. / ... ", The Ballad of Sweeney Todd: "Sweeney Pondered and Sweeney Planned", The Ballad of Sweeney Todd: "His Hands Were Quick, His Fingers Were Strong", Wigmaker Sequence: The Ballad of Sweeney Todd: "Sweeney'd Waited Too Long Before" / The Letter, The Ballad of Sweeney Todd: "Attend the Tale of Sweeney Todd", Symphonic Sondheim: Sweeney Todd (From Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street), Green Finch and Linnet Bird (From "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street"), © 1996-2020, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. — M.K. Technical Specs, See agents for this cast & crew on IMDbPro, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Man in Street Who Greets Todd after Competition, St. Dunstan's Market Patron Sweeney Todd is of course the tale of a 19th-century London barber who, wrongly imprisoned by a judge lusting after his wife, returns to take revenge with his razor. Opened at the Uris Theatre, New York on March 1, 1979. The Sweeney (TV Series 1974–1978) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Look back at the recent productions to play the venue. With his somber baritone, Len Cariou is chilling as the murderous, grief-stricken barber; Angela Lansbury, the cannibal-pie-maker, sounds like an insane Cockney Edith Bunker. Opting for a basically intimate film, Burton shied away from all things operatic, cutting any material that was sung by the chorus in the original score (“The Ballad of Sweeney Todd” and all of its reprises, for starters) and focusing solely on his principal cast. The results are fascinating and, ultimately, rewarding; though the score loses its grandeur, the show becomes chillingly personal. (uncredited), Kearny's Heavy Stream ad-free or purchase CD's and MP3s now on Amazon.com. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in. Need something to listen to while staying indoors? Check out Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Original Broadway Cast Recording) by Original Broadway Cast of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street on Amazon Music. (uncredited), Big Tom The adaptation of the hit film opened at the August Wilson Theatre April 8. Sign up for exclusive discounts and save up to 50% on tickets! Iglehart also recommends the original Broadway cast recording of The Full Monty, David Yazbek and Terrence McNally's 2000 musical adaptation of the 1997 film. Sold by Amazon.com Services LLC. Rather than reduce Jonathan Tunick’s original charts, Travis completely restyled Sondheim’s score to match the frightening intimacy of Doyle’s vision. (uncredited), Constable | (uncredited), Don Sharples Who knew that “Johanna” could sound so beautiful with only accordion and cello accompaniment? In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading. (uncredited), Babysitter / ... (uncredited), Drunk (Outside Police Station) The original production of Sweeney Todd opened on Broadway March 1, 1979, at the Uris Theatre (now the Gershwin). / ... Copyright 1991-2020 © Playbill Inc. All Rights Reserved. The original Broadway cast recording remains definitive; it represents nearly the entire score and book of the show, and it’s thrilling from start to finish. Adapted from the play by Christopher Bond, which in turn is a dramatic interpretation of an English urban legend, Sweeney Todd tells of a barber who slits the throats of his customers and consigns their dead bodies to his landlady, Mrs. Lovett, who bakes them into meat pies.

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