Josh Groban has been a fan of 'Sweeney Todd' since junior high. Now, the singer-songwriter is starring as the titular character on Broadway.
.” In “Sweeney Todd,” Ashford enraptures the audience as Mrs. Lovett, a character originally played by Angela Lansbury.
Sweeney Todd the character first appeared in a Victorian-era fiction series called penny dreadfuls in 1846. He is a man driven mad by anger and anguish, something Groban considers scarily human. But those themes of anger and anguish are also juxtaposed with elements of humor, keeping the audience teetering between tears and laughter. Director Kail says he tried to honor Sondheim and writer Hugh Wheeler’s original work.
Sondheim’s “Sweeney Todd,” directed by Hal Prince, originally opened on Broadway in 1979. Sondheim won a Tony Award for the score and said he drew inspiration from Christopher Bond’s 1970 play of the same name. Kail cites both Sondheim and Prince along with composer Bernard Herrmann as inspirations.
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