Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

National Tour Video (1981)

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Recording Info

Recording Type: Commercial
Origin: Pro-Shot
Material Included: Complete Show
Date Recorded: September 1981

Credits

Staff

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Conductor

Jim Coleman

Cast

... Anthony Hope	Cris Groenendaal
... Sweeney Todd	George Hearn
... Beggar Woman	Sara Woods
... Mrs. Lovett	Angela Lansbury
... Judge Turpin	Edmund Lyndeck
... Beadle Bamford	Calvin Remsberg
... Johanna	Betsy Joslyn
... Tobias Ragg	Ken Jennings
... Jacob Pirelli	Sal Mistretta
... The Birdseller	Spain Logue
... The Passerby	Walter Charles
... Jonas Fogg	Michael Kalinyen
... The Company	Walter Charles Roy Gioconda Skip Harris Terry Iten Michael Kalinyen Spain Logue Carolyn Marlow Duane Morris Patricia Parker Meredith Rawlins Stuart Redfield Dee Etta Rowe Carrie Solomon Joseph Warner

Track List

Tracks

The Ballad of Sweeney Todd (opening) .... Company
No Place Like London .... Anthony, Todd, Beggar Woman
The Barber and His Wife .... Todd
The Worst Pies in London .... Mrs. Lovett
Poor Thing .... Mrs. Lovett
My Friends .... Todd, Mrs. Lovett
Green Finch and Linnet Bird .... Johanna
Ah, Miss .... Anthony, Beggar Woman
Johanna .... Anthony
Pirelli's Miracle Elixir .... Tobias, Todd, Mrs. Lovett, Company
The Contest .... Pirelli
Wait .... Mrs. Lovett
Kiss Me .... Johanna, Anthony
Ladies in Their Sensitivities .... The Beadle
Quartet (Act One) .... Johanna, Anthony, The Beadle, Judge Turpin
Pretty Women .... Todd, Judge Turpin
Epiphany .... Todd
A Little Priest .... Todd, Mrs. Lovett
God, That's Good! .... Tobias, Mrs. Lovett, Todd, Beggar Woman, Customers
Johanna (Quartet) .... Anthony, Todd, Johanna, Beggar Woman
By the Sea .... Mrs. Lovett
Not While I'm Around .... Tobias, Mrs. Lovett
City on Fire! .... Lunatics, Johanna, Anthony
Final Sequence .... Anthony, Beggar Woman, Todd, Judge Turpin, Mrs. Lovett, Johanna, Tobias
The Ballad of Sweeney Todd (finale) .... Company

Trivia & History

This video was shot near the end of the run at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles. The Chandler Pavilion run was the final stop on the tour. Some online sources incorrectly state that the tour closed in August 1981, but it closed on September 20, 1981.

According to an article published in the New York Times on June 27, 1982, the video "was shot over a period of six days: four days without an audience and two nights with an audience. Only about one percent of the footage with an audience was used, primarly shots of the proscenium, the curtain going up and the audience applauding."

Recording Info

Recording Type: Commercial
Origin: Pro-Shot
Material Included: Complete Show
Date Recorded: September 1981

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