Sweeney Todd in Concert
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Actor: Davis Gaines, George Hearn, Neil Patrick Harris, Patti LuPone, Timothy NolenDirector: Lonny Price
Brand: Image Entertainment
Editor: Gary Bradley
Editor: Jeremy Kasten
Producer: Chase Mishkin
Producer: Ellen Krass
Producer: Iris Merlis
Producer: Jeff Thorsen
Producer: Morton Swinsky
Writer: Hugh Wheeler
Writer: Stephen Sondheim
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1
Format: Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 150 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-05-14
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Image Entertainment
Movie Reviews of Sweeney Todd in Concert
Movie Review: Best rendition of Sweeny
Summary: 5 Stars
Comparing other versions of this show recorded on discs, this video rendition has songs missing from other versions and is by far the best musically. This concert version is a joy to experience. George Hearn is perfect as Sweeny with Patti Lu Pone as Mrs Lovitt.
Summary of Sweeney Todd in Concert
This delicious production of Stephen Sondheim's "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street," a musical thriller of revenge and romance set in Victorian England, features Broadway diva Patti LuPone as Mrs. Lovett and veteran stage actor George Hearn in the title role. Premiering in 1979, the legendary "Sweeney Todd"--winner of nine New York Drama Critics Circle Awards and eight Tony Awards--is recorded with the San Francisco Symphony as conducted by Rob Fisher.Now a major motion picture directed by Tim Burton and starring Johnny Depp! Opens in theaters December 21, 2007
The San Francisco Symphony Orchestra's 2001 concert production of Stephen Sondheim's witty shocker is musically superb and (even without scenery) theatrically effective. The performers are in costume and use a few essential props such as Todd's razor, but more than these details the quality of their singing and acting makes this production stand out. It looks like a final seal of approval at the end when Sondheim comes out, smiling, to take a bow.
Sweeney Todd evokes a special balance of horror and comedy because injustice, revenge, and cannibalism are the subjects of its grisly humor, balanced with moments of romantic idealism. George Hearn in the title role and Patti LuPone as the enterprising, utterly amoral pie seller Mrs. Lovett are both brilliant, with an excellent supporting cast. Members of the orchestra are occasionally seen behind the action, but frequent, effective close-up shots of the singers generate a dramatic atmosphere. --Joe McLellan
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