Musical Thriller Sweeney Todd - The Demon Barber of Fleet Street at the Ahmanson
Ahmanson Theatre, at the Music Center (135 North Grand Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90012)
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- $60.00 - $75.00
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- $30.00 - $45.00*
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The last date listed for Sweeney Todd was Sunday March 23, 2008 / 6:30pm.
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Sondheim's Follies: Tony-Winning Broadway Hit at the Ahmanson
- Full Price:
- $95.00 - $110.00
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- $47.50 - $55.00
The Kennedy Center's critically-acclaimed Broadway production of Stephen Sondheim's classic musical Follies, currently nominated for eight 2012 Tony Awards, comes to the Ahmanson Theatre, where it's receiving equally stellar reviews. It's the haunting story of two troubled couples who reunite at the decrepit theater where the ladies once performed, facing the ghosts of the past and the harsh reality of the present. Featuring a memorable score by Sondheim, including such enduring songs as "Broadway Baby," "Losing My Mind" and "I'm Still Here," the show is also a riveting look at the deterioration of the American dream -- a crack in the plaster of the gilded age of Broadway. Director Eric Schaeffer is joined by much of his original cast -- with 41 performers, it's one of the largest ever on this stage -- as well as a 28-piece orchestra. Tony Award-winner Victoria Clark joins the production, while reprising their roles from the New York show are 2012 Tony nominees Jan Maxwell, Danny Burstein and Ron Raines. Learn More
194 Goldstar Member Reviews
Paul
Terrrific show with a great cast. We especially enjoyed Edmund Bagnell as Tobias.Written on Mar 25 2008
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Ellen M.
Great trimmed down, simplified version of the show. The actors/musicians were very accomplished. The use of the actors being the chamber orchestra emphasized and heightened certain scenes while diminishing the power of other scenes. Overall, though, a very good show.Written on Mar 24 2008
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The staging was excellent and the actors/musicians were amazing. It was the best stage musical I have ever attended and maybe the best stage show I've ever seen period.Written on Mar 17 2008
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Karla S.
The show was definately different as it did not compare to the well known production with Angela Lansbury. It was produced with a "minimalist" approach which I'm not sure I really enjoyed. The performers were talented, but they also fall into the "Jack of all trades, Master of None" category. Nothing too spectacular about this show. And this coming from a HUGE fan of Sweeney Todd. Maybe I expected too much.Written on Nov 25 2008
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More Information About Sweeney Todd
Website
http://www.centertheatregroup.org/tickets/productiondetail.aspx?id=...
Quotes & Highlights
- Winner of the 2006 Tony Awards for Best Direction of a Musical and Best Orchestrations
- "The most addictively delicious dish on Broadway in years!" --Time Out New York
- "The greatest musical of the past half-century has returned in a staging of the utmost force and originality!" --The Wall Street Journal
- "A theatre-lover's feast. A riveting experience that grabs you by the throat and holds you awestruck till the end." --NY 1 News
Description
Innovative, intimate and ingenious, this revolutionary new production of Sweeney Todd originated in London and was the most talked-about show by Broadway audiences last year.
Directed by Tony Award-winner John Doyle, this dazzling reinvention of a magnificent musical thriller—where the band of devilish characters are all musicians—is set to stun Ahmanson and Mark Taper Forum theatergoers as never before.
The legendary demon barber, hell-bent on revenge, takes up with his enterprising neighbor in a delicious plot to slice their way through London’s upper crust. Justice will be served—along with lush melody, audacious humor and bloody good thrills.
About Judy Kaye
Judy Kaye (Mrs. Lovett) appeared in Sweeney Todd on Broadway last summer as Mrs. Lovett, a role she has previously played opposite Len Cariou, George Hearn, and David Cryer. She also starred on Broadway in Souvenir, A Fantasia on the Life of Florence Foster Jenkins, for which she was nominated for a Tony Award. She also performed Souvenir at the York Theatre, where she was nominated for Drama Desk and Lucille Lortel awards, at the Berkshire Theatre Festival, and in Los Angeles, where she received an Ovation Award nomination, Tucson, Phoenix and Westport, Conn. Ms. Kaye appeared in an acclaimed performance in Face the Music for the Encore Series in NY, and in LA's Reprise Series in Zorba (Ovation Award nomination). Highlights of her career: Broadway: Phantom of the Opera (Tony Award, Drama Desk nomination); Mamma Mia! (Tony & Drama Desk Nominations); On the Twentieth Century (Theatre World Award, Drama Desk Nomination); Ragtime (Theatre LA Ovation Award); Musetta in La Boheme; Eurydice in Orpheus in the Underworld; and Lucy Lockett in The Beggars Opera, all at the Santa Fe Opera. Other roles range from Sally in Follies, Maggie in The Man Who Came to Dinner, Penny in You Can't Take It With You, Kitty Dean in The Royal Family to Mama Rose in Gypsy. She has appeared with symphony orchestras around the country and the world, and sung at the White House twice. She is the voice of Kinsey Millhone for the Sue Grafton/Random House Audio Book alphabet mystery series.
About David Hess
David Hess (Sweeney Todd) Broadway credits include Sweeney Todd (Sweeney and Judge Turpin standby), and Annie Get Your Gun, where he played Frank Butler opposite Reba McEntire. He has appeared Off-Broadway in the Lincoln Center's Dessa Rose, Prodigal, and Love in a Thirsty Land. Audiences around the country have seen him in the original cast of the Ragtime first national tour, as well as starring roles in regional theater, which include Rochester in Jane Eyre (San Francisco Bay Area Critics Award, Goodman Choice Award), Charlie in Shenandoah (Jeff Award nominee), the Baron in Grand Hotel (Barrymore nominee), Vittorio in Sweet Charity (Ben Payne nominee), and numerous productions as Kodaly in She Loves Me. Mr. Hess's TV credits include "Dynasty," "Dallas," "One Life to Live," "General Hospital," "Young and the Restless," and "The Guiding Light," as well as film roles in Tennessee Nights and New York Crossing. He has been a soloist with the Des Moines Symphony, and he recently toured South Africa and Europe for Travel Channel's "Fantasy Rails for Millionaires" with his beautiful actress wife, Joan Hess. David was also voted Outstanding Bandsman at Crystal Lake Junior High School in the eighth grade (he just wanted you to know).