Here's a wonderful picture! (Don't know who took the photo.)The view is from the stage left wing, top of The Cube, with Jori Gonzales (Johanna) in the trunk and Eimi Taormina (The Beggar Woman) in the background.
It always amazed me how quickly Jori could get in and out of that trunk!
It was great fun to be Stage Manager for DMTC's production of "Sweeney Todd"! Today's final show (03/22/15) coincided with the 85th birthday of composer Stephen Sondheim, making it even that more special. So sophisticated; so dark; so difficult....
In general, when it comes to musicals, I almost always prefer Act 1: a fresh new musical world beckons. For me, though, even the best shows run low on energy in Act 2. "Sweeney Todd" is the exception. It just gets better and better!
Such wonderful songs!: "Green Finch and Linnet Bird"; "Kiss Me/Ladies in Their Sensitivites/Kiss Me Quartet"; "Pretty Women". Still, my favorite song of the show is "Johanna (Reprise)". By luck, in my capacity as Stage Manager and Stairs Bracer, I got to remain on stage as the song was sung. Wonderful!
I tried to find a suitable video on YouTube: the original Broadway recording is always good. Some interesting videos out there, including one I misheard the lyrics to:
"Witch!
A witch!
Smell that Sir?
An evil smell!
Ev'ry night at the Vespers Bell!
Smoke that comes from the Taco Bell!
C'iy on fire!
C'iy on fire!"
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