That was...interesting. Some of you may have seen jethrien's post, but she and I and chuckro's mother and sister saw "Sweeney Todd" last Thursday. This is my favorite musical, so a full Broadway revival? I had to go to that. It was very ... unconventional. And I don't think in a good way.

( Wherein I ramble excessively about the finepoints of Sweeney Todd and everyone else's eyes glaze over )

That being said, I'm glad I saw it. Courtesy of Ben Beckley, Princeton's Sweeney, I have a tape collection of half-a-dozen bootleg recordings of major Sweeney productions. It's amazing to me how many different ways people approach this work, so I'm glad I got to see another, totally novel, approach. But for me, Sweeney will always be Len Cariou. I'm sorry, but I'm completely loyal to the original.