Sweet! Sweeney Todd!
I saw this show at Oberlin during the school year, and it was the first musical I saw that I really, really loved. When I found out they would be doing the show again at commencement, and that the woman in the chorus who sang the REALLY high notes couldn’t do it again, I auditioned and got in. It was an experience of a lifetime. The woman I replaced ended up singing on broadway (lead in Les Miz, I think), and the guy who played Joanna’s love interest (oh, what’s that character’s name again) was Will Chase, who has had a very successful Broadway career. Even the director was amazing. I think it was David Dobrusky (bio on this page)… or am I now making stuff up?
And now Johnny Depp is going to be in the movie version. Hoorah! It’s such a great story. Chilling, funny… can’t wait!
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Also sweet yet unrelated JP info.
Comment by Kristopher
August 17, 2006 @ 3:22 pm
I can’t believe I’ve never heard of this, it looks to be right up my alley. I really wish I could have seen you in it.