Sweeney Todd Part 27 27 The Ballad of Sweeney Todd Bows

[Espeonpwnsuall]

ONE complaint - the door slam should've coincided with the last note, but it was just EVER so slightly late.

[Espeonpwnsuall]

It's just so EERIE how they all come back from the dead to sing!

[Taopuppy]

I know the man at 4:08.

[laurakej95]

Why did Mrs. Lovett bow after Sweeney? He was the title role...

[BlackFalcon269]

@laurakej95 Because Angela Lansbury had been doing the show longer than George Hern, so she had last bow. I think

[CrockosaurusBrett]

@laurakej95 I think it's because she is a big name Broadway actress.

[BlueMenace19]

The guy who plays Pirelli is sexhaaayyyyy

[wheniwasinvietnam]

thank you for posting these videos up :)

[Mstorm246]

Nice crossed eyes, Johanna. lol

[Mstorm246]

Anyone know the name of the man who played pirelli?

[Tallypt]

@Mstorm246 Sal Mistretta

[Mstorm246]

@Tallypt thank you! I adore his facial expressions! haha

[TheFlutomaster]

0:59 hair stands on end every time

[YouGandered101]

The beggar woman looks like a zombie

[TheBatmangirl14]

@AMProductions, Mrs. Lovett locks him in the oven room and he sees the body of the Beadle. Being the smartest character in the play, he runs away and his hair becomes white due to the trauma.

[TheBatmangirl14]

@SuperCulby, if you watch part 26, and Not While I'm Around, you'll find the answer

[AMProductions2121]

@TheBatmangirl14 I watched it and I still didnt get it :s

[SuperCulby]

Why is Toby's hair so white all of a sudden???

[BellasDarkFantasy]

Holy crap, I got goosebumps over and over and over again during this play. I wish I could have seen it from the audience!

[trickman01]

Ms. Potts?

[bluessis]

I love how the show ends with Sweeney giving everyone the Go To Hell Look. Grendel's had an accident. So may you all. It's almost like the entire production is the ghosts being forced to reenact the torrid tale endlessly in Hell.

[pangaroo333]

is it bad that i cry at the end of this play every time? :)

[Shadow3103]

Loved this show so damn much. This is great for studying the show and getting to learn what Hal wanted at first and whatnot, but it's great just to watch as a piece on it's own. Love it.

Ballad = win. And agreed with comments below. The movie suffers without it.

[HalfMaskedMisfit]

That audience should have been cheering before the Beadle took his bow! They were so tame.

[AllowMeToExaggerate]

Perelli's and the Beadle's duet asdkljfaklsdflalks;df so creepy. This song gives me chills! A fantastic ending to a fantastic show!

[twang20001]

GREAT SHOW! a classic for years to come. Nobody does mrs. lovett like angela lansbury!

[jadedflames]

As good as the movie is, it really suffers without the ballad of sweeney todd.

Wow.

[hectoman]

I'm watching this again and once again realizing how tragic it actually is. You could take all the music away and it still remains a strong piece. The music is perfect, though. It relays the dark path of revenge SO well. "Sweeney wishes the world away, Sweeney's weeping for yesterday, Hugging the blade, waiting the years, Hearing the music that nobody hears." So sad and so beautiful.

[Kejra]

thank you so much for sharing the whole musical. love it!

[romas1995]

i didnt like Tobias in the movie, too silent, he did look crazy at the end. he just looked pissed off that Sweeney killed Lovett.

I like the trio of goth : Burton-Depp-Carter but ive gotten tired of them, nowadays they are just selling of their goth style for money. :(

[MizzifiedSparrow]

... I've stayed up past 4 in the morning watching this. e.e But hell, it was worth it. Love this.

[mccplaymakers]

Why did Toby's hair and skin get so much lighter from the time he ran away from the Beadle's body to when he came out again?

[musiclovergurl24]

@mccplaymakers Because he was in shock, finding out that mrs lovett's pies were made out of humans. In wikipedia It said his hair became white from shock

[pucas27]

and suddenly Angela Lansbury! haha that play was the most fantastic i have ever seen! i want george's and angela's autograph soooooo baaaaaad

[shamalama68]

Bravi...bravi....bravissimi!



[KekoaOnorati]

I'm curious as to what the thought was behind giving Angela Lansbury the final bow as opposed to Len Cariou. Who was billed first?

[pucas27]

@KekoaOnorati im guessing they let angela bow last was just courtesy like lady's first...well the last bow is great so they want her to because she's a lady...and george hearn played sweeney in this version, len cariou was the very first sweeney

[omegacadenza10]

so I've noticed Toby had been limping a lot throughout the performance and I heard rumors that he broke his leg 2 weeks prior? But at the finale and curtain call he walks and runs without the limp. I'm lost, was his character suppose to have a limp?

[raul415]

@omegacadenza10 In the play he has a limp. I think they were trying to illustrate how badly children were treated.

[omegacadenza10]

@raul415 interesting! Thank you :)

[Broadwaypuppet]

I love how the orig. Tobias is in this.

[MusicalTheatreftw]

*Mrs. Lovett appears out of nowhere*

Me: She really is a ghost...

[tomatoherb]

This audience sucks! I would be FREAKING OUT right about now!

[jimbokudo]

@tomatoherb I saw this a long time ago on VHS, and the audience is much louder in that version. They quieted the noise from the audience in the DVD version. I think it actually takes a small something away from watching it. Still better than the new movie though ;)

[tomatoherb]

@jimbokudo Yeah I understand doing that in between numbers but why would you quiet down the curtain call? And yeah, don't get me started on the movie. I have some friendships that have been severely wounded by my ~feelings about it.

[jimbokudo]

@tomatoherb Haha, yeah I've tried watching it three times, and I never make it past the first 25 minutes. You just can't replace Angela Lansbury and George Hearn. I guess the only time that the quieting of the audience bothered me in this version is when the different main characters are introduced - the crowd went ballistic, especially when Angela Lansbury went on stage. It makes it seem like there's an awkward pause in the play, rather than the actors pausing for the crowd to stop clapping.

[kingelf3]

i love the door slam at the end

[ThePhanFullerton]

2:28 Where does she come from?!

[thadopesttghost]

0:58-1:15

enough said.

[FenixFierProductions]

Im currently in a version of this play, the non- musical one! Its soo fun!

[Brianmaitland]

Dat door slam

[Ookamikage13]

God, I got chills! I love this play so much.

[kitcatkitty1155]

I like the movie better it's not as opera-ish and they sing better

[sacredlunatic]

I'm gonna say this once and be done with it: Don't compare ALW works to Sondheim works. ALW is a hack compared to Sondheim.

[HowManyTimes234]

that door slam at the end is so fucking epic. it sounds like God blowing his load into the face of a rabid tyrannosaurus rex that has tits and is on fire

[LookingForTheUpsides]

@HowManyTimes234 that might be the best sentence. ever.

[amisternchen]

It`s amlost better than the first one...hungry god

and there is mrs lovett .i think it´s the only musical title where i can stand here:)

[SuperPoisonoak]

This musical is one of a few,where all you need is the music to know the story line,yeah the acting is preferable but you really only need the music.

[kingelf3]

i love that last bit the look he gives mrs loveit and the door slam to powerful in meening

[SuperPoisonoak]

LOVE 2:15-2:54. It looks like Miss Lovett came out of no-where.

[IHugShortPeople]

I was crying until the Beadle started singing. lol That kind of ruined the effect.

[FleetStreetNightmare]

you know what I would think would be cool/interesting to see (but difficult and nearly impossible to do) but it would be cool to do the makeup for Lovett as if she was burned. Just thought this because the other people who had their throat slit come back to life and you see the blood on them and it gives a nice haunting effect, would be cool to do that for Lovett too

[FleetStreetNightmare]

oh god I bet this was amazing to see live! I wish the productions of Sweeney I have seen were able to match this, but they werent. :(

[muchfornothing26]

absolutely superb. i rank it up there with Phantom of the Opera.

[sacredlunatic]

@muchfornothing26 this is SOOOOOO far beyond Phantom of the Opera, what a joke to compare the two

[xxkewldudexx]

@sacredlunatic

Funny you should mention Phantom, seeing as (unless I'm much mistaken) Cris Groendaal (who plays Anthony in this production) was also in the first London cast (after the fabled tryouts at ALW's private chapel-turned-theatre that is) of POTO as (I think) one of the Opera managers.

[queenmedesa]

Thanks for posting this!

[JAMbannana]

PEFECT PERFECT ENDING BRAVA WHISTLING NOISES

[DrClay999]

2:30

Where did she come from? O.O

[Holagurrl25]

@DrClay999 This song is sung by the ghosts

[AutumnRayne1028]

This is the absolute best broadway musical EVER!!!! I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!

[NikiBabyDoll]

0:59 ridiculously epic! =O

[LeonBarmiteous]

@NikiBabyDoll

You can always trust the Beadle to hit REALLY high notes.

[NikiBabyDoll]

@LeonBarmiteous indeed! =]

[CaptainQuirky]

2:28 Is anyone else disturbed that Mrs. Lovett teleports? If we were in the audience, we probably would've seen her walk up, but as is, she comes from NOWHERE.

[sacredlunatic]

@CaptainQuirky I agree, it's not the best editing at that particular moment.

[TrueDeath46]

@CaptainQuirky Aye, that and when Toby starts singing. Those are the two biggest "WOOH!!"'s for me x.x

[davidkiller15]

The guy who plays Anthony seems to be a shy guy in real life

[sacredlunatic]

why do they have Sweeney come out before Mrs. Lovett at the bows?

[DonJuan1992]

@sacredlunatic If I remember correctly it is because she is Angela Lansbury. It is like casting Patti LuPone in a supporting role- she is still going to come out last. Hearn was not too big then- I guess?

[sacredlunatic]

@DonJuan1992 Ah yea, that makes a lot of sense, thanks.

[goofchicken95]

@sacredlunatic It also depends on who the director sees as the main character. and who the stories focuses on the most.

[goombamario1]

I LOVE the bit when he slams the door closed! its so cool because mrs lovet pulls a guity face ike "Sorry i didn't tell you your wife was alove. can we still be together in hell?" then he's al like "No! I will never forget this, and I will never forgive!" then *SLAM* he closes the door and enters hell. So epic O: (:

[xoTheQueenOfHeartsox]

I LOVE the bit when he slams the door closed! its so cool because mrs lovet pulls a guity face ike "Sorry i didn't tell you your wife was alove. can we still be together in hell?" then he's al like "No! I will never forget this, and I will never forgive!" then *SLAM* he closes the door and enters hell. So epic

[xoTheQueenOfHeartsox]

I LOVE the bit when he slams the door closed! its so cool because mrs lovet pulls a guity face ike "Sorry i didn't tell you your wife was alove. can we still be together in hell?" then he's al like "No! I will never forget this, and I will never forgive!" then *SLAM* he closes the door and enters hell. So epic O: (:

[xoTheQueenOfHeartsox]

amazing. Simply amazing :) xo

[Alaric25]

I like how the prelude has received 463k views, No Place Like London has 198k views, and it seems as if a mere 1200 or so has actually watched all 27 parts of the production on youtube.

[goombamario1]

lol

[LoveASlowPoison]

Why do they call him the DEMON barber? Wouldn't it make more sense to be the VENGEFUL barber or something? I guess it's less theatrically appealing.

[sacredlunatic]

@LoveASlowPoison Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street is the name of the 1936 film about the character.  Also Demon just sounds better. The "engefu" part of vengeful is sloppier to sing.

[BVBs4Life]

A fantastic yet disturbing play <3 it!

[jws1272]

@BVBs4Life It was billed as "A Musical Thriller". Sondheim has said that's akin to a musical horror film.

[goombamario1]

lol

[l3tm3chill]

that was cool hahah