Mr. G Baker contacted us today about the upcoming Christmas release of Sweeney Todd, directed by Tim Burton and starring Johhnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter.
Sweeney is our reason for defending Broadway. It is all that musical theater can be. It is Dark and Funny and horrifying and really bloody.
It is also vocally demanding. We've never really thought of Jack Sparrow as a Bass-Baritone, but we liked Madonna OK as Evita (and Banderas as Che even more so ... though neither really challenged the Patti Lupone Mandy Patinkin Broadway originals) and Broadway's most recent Sweeney was a singer in a Rock Band (as well as Broadway's original 'Tommy'.
We have watched the trailer and like the visuals but were distressed that we heard people speaking some great songs. We remember how disappointed we were that Rent, a show with no talking became a movie with lots of talking ...
We will be there opening Day for sure for sure.
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