#johanna todd

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HELL YEAH IVE BEEN WAITING 4 THIS QUESTION--

long story short, yes, it was incredible and if ur able to see it I would HIGHLY recommend getting tickets

Going into detail tho...

Let's start off w/ Jordan Fisher since he was (imo) the weakest link of the main cast. The end of Joannah was kinda anticlimactic and his vocal range wasn't the best. You could tell he didn't have opera lessons or smthn whilst the whole cast was very classical sounding, but I'm going to take a guess he just didn't have enough breath support since he sounded a bit shakey towards the end. He was stronger in the second act tho he wasnt rlly belting then. Jordan Fisher has never rlly surprised me vocally, but that's not rlly a bad thing, I just kinda wish they casted someone a bit more fit for the role.. but if that was the "worst" thing abt the show, I think it's going to be just fine.

The ensembles dancing was either hit or miss, some of it was very awkward whilst other numbers was incredible and clever. For "there was a barber and his wife" They had two dancers on a platform where they danced in the dark and it made them seem like silhouettes in the moonlight. Seeing as the show is still in previews, tho, they still have time to patch it up :).

Gaten Matarazzo was great as Toby and had nice vocals. I was also able to see him in deh and although he was more a talking role I think he is a great singer and actor. He definitely pulled off the ending as well and didn't worry about looking attractive or something while conveying to the audience that he had succumbed to the stress of his situation. Believe it or not I've seen a few shows where an actor would try to make themself look hot but also insane and its just kinda annoying tbh-- like they always sacrifice being believable over being handsome/pretty. All in all, he is a great performer and had wonderful stage presence.

Johanna was incredible. Like actually incredible. Green finch and linnet bird is one of my favorite numbers and she did it justice. I forget her actresses name unfortunately, but she was truly Johanna when she was onstage, and embodied the character beautifully.

Beedle was hateable as was the judge, but that's good because it means that they did their job well. Funny thing is that when he said his line "Deceiving slut!" A person behind me just went "oh-- 😨" and it was clear everyone was surprised.

The beggar woman was so good omg-- like she was great at switching between personalities when begging and it was so funny at times but other times it had the audience sobbing or thinking.

Mrs. Lovett was so incredibly funny it was unexpected. She's no Angela Lansbury but I think it's unfair to compare them to each other since no one is going to be as great as her. She was very lively and I never felt bored when she was onstage! Well-- I was never bored during the show but you know what I mean! Her songs were great and she has her own little twist on things. I don't know if they changed the key for "worst pies in london" bc I haven't listened to the og recording a lot but I wouldn't be surprised since every Mrs. Lovett has had a different key it seems. I really hope I get to see her in something else because she was just so fun to watch and I just loved her so much!

And finally...

JOSH FUCKING GROBAN LEZZ FUCKING GOOOO--

I love that man! I fucking love that man so much 😭!

He was absolutely incredible. My mother said she doubted he would be able to pull off an insane middle aged man but my god, he did it. It was strange to see him being so mean and malicious considering he seems so nice irl, but he was so great and I'm so glad he got to play Sweeney. And I'm even more thrilled that I got to SEE him play Sweeney. His vocals were stunning and he was incredible at acting (even if Todd himself is a rather silent and monotonous man).

So yes, all in all, it was amazing and I rlly hope I'll see it again! Here are some pictures of the stage and playbill :)

@succsessions @mystically-michaela

#josh groban #sweeney todd revival #sweeney todd #johanna todd #mrs. lovett #johanna

[tessva5728]

This is going a bit crazy on my theater insta so why not

#musicals #musicaltheatre #sweeney todd #johanna #johanna Todd #musical theater

[lunarhobbits]

so i saw sweeney todd the other day and it's consuming my thoughts

+ bonus meta meme

#sweeney todd #stephen sondheim #josh groban #annaleigh ashford #nellie lovett #benjamin barker #johanna barker #anthony hope #lucy barker #tobias ragg

[little-lovett]

there is SO much depth and beauty in the stories we hear in sweeney todd. a murderer who was once a doting father, so blind with hatred and anger towards the world that he couldn’t even see his own wife and daughter, staring him right in the face. a woman down on her luck and in love, trying so desperately to make a connection with a deeply broken and disturbed human. an unfortunately innocent and unknowing boy who ended up being the one who could sense the dark truth. a love at first sight that refused to die, even when torn apart by the disgusting perversion of a greedy abuser. sweeney todd is about all of these people, doing absolutely horrible things, all out of some form of love. that’s the beauty of sweeney todd. sweeney killed for a father and husband’s love. lovett baked real people with real lives into pies to maintain a shallow, lustful relationship she impossibly dreamed would bloom into true romance. turpin destroyed an innocent family because he could not contain his ‘love’ for a pretty woman and her daughter. toby slit a throat because his mother figure was all he had, and he loved her, simply and purely, as an innocent child loves a mother. their love is the purest of all in the story.

but my point is — yes, sweeney todd is about a murderer and his accomplice who cannibalizes and sells his victims. but it’s not. sweeney todd is about love. how love is even stronger and more dangerous than the deepest hate. it’s about how love can destroy people. this show is so beautifully, deeply, disgustingly human. and this dark, telling tale is somehow warped into some of the most gorgeous music to ever be written and made hilarious, lovable, and entertaining. musical theatre is truly magic. human nature is love and filth and greed. sweeney todd perfectly embodies both of these ideas.

#rant #i’ve been holding this in #sweeney todd #annaleigh ashford #josh groban #broadway #musical theatre #sondheim #nellie lovett #sweeney todd revival #benjamin barker #sweenett #sweeney todd fanart #sweeney todd broadway #stephen sondheim #attend the tale #musicals #musical theater geek #johanna barker #anthony hope #tobias ragg #judge turpin

[toaster-trash]

The Sweeney Todd brainrot is real

#sweeney todd #sweeney todd the demon barber of fleet street #johanna barker #anthony hope

[dollarstoreartsupplies]

forever thinking about johanna shooting fogg and what it says for both her and anthony as characters

because the whole show, from the very first scene, we've been set up to see anthony and sweeney as parallels of one another; anthony is sweeney back when he was benjamin, he's full of hope, he's in love (with a woman who looks almost identical to lucy), and then he gets that love brutally ripped away by judge turpin

in 'no place like london' sweeney says: "you are young, life has been kind to you-- you will learn" and by the point in the show where anthony is going to rescue johanna we're almost inclined to agree with him

except anthony cannot shoot the gun, he's not like sweeney in that he cannot kill another person even if it was to save someone he loved. anthony is never going to become sweeney todd.

and then we realize that we've been looking at the wrong person the whole show, and it's so obvious it's laughable: johanna shoots the gun.

johanna who has been raised to be silent and obedient and perfect, johanna who, without knowing the half of it, has had everything taken away from her by judge turpin, her mother, her father, and her freedom. johanna who we've been led to believe is the lucy to anthony's sweeney.

she is fully justified in shooting fogg, no one could fault her for it, but she doesn't even hesitate.

in that moment she is her father's daughter.

that isn't to say that I think johanna is going to go on a killing spree after the musical, obviously, but it's such a fascinating scene in terms of their development: because despite it all anthony is still the same, and because of it all johanna is not

anthony is the last bit of hope left in the story, and johanna is the last bit of sweeney

#welcome back to probably-incoherent-and-meaning-Nothing-of-substance Sondheim analysis time #god I fucking love johanna #I saw the show last night and it's ROTATING in my BRAIN #johanna barker #sweeney todd #Anthony hope #something about Anthony still being gentle and Johanna being forced to learn how to be strong just ughghghghgh #Anthony will be able to care for her and help her recover in a way sweeney would not have been able to do for Lucy at the end of the show #and Johanna will never allow herself to be pushed around as she had before #and it's heartbreaking #but also..... not? #like its lessons they never should have had to learn but now that they have they can move forward #I could talk for like a million hours for how toby works into this all too but just ghjfkjdlks #it says it all in Anthony's last name: hope

[ashleyslorens]

#sweeney todd #sweeney todd: the demon barber of fleet street #maria bilbao #broadwayedit #theatreedit #musicaltheatreedit #musicaledit #broadwaydaily #musicalgifs #sweeneytoddedit #johanna barker #* #hi i think i'm obsessed with her #can't stop listening to her green finch and linnet bird i just love her voice #and she's soooo beautiful and so talented and every choice she makes is so good!!!! #i can't believe this is her bway debut #anyway i love you twitchy girl <3

[thephantom]

Whence comes this melody constantly flowing? Is it rejoicing or merely hallooing? Are you discussing, or fussing, or simply dreaming?

MARIA BILBAO as JOHANNA BARKER in the 2023 revival of SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET. @theriddletrades' master.

#*mine #johanna barker #sweeney todd #maria bilbao #well hello i return from the grave for a pretty woman. no one is surprised #I'M JUST. VERY FUCKING GAY FOR HER. ACTUALLY. #her voice is literally addicting #but don't worry we'll have annaleigh and josh gifs coming soon when i'm on break for thanksgiving <3 #THANK YOU SO MUCH ELLA... I AM. WEEPING. THIS FOOTAGE IS FUCKING /GORGEOUS/

[nigft]

my cage has many rooms, damask and dark

#my art #sweeney todd #fan art #johanna barker #saw sweeney todd johanna is sooo cute #i was so obsessed with how she was played with bird like mannerisms! #and the detail of her cuticles being red from constantly being picked at…… wow! #sorry for musicalposting on main i just really like sweeney todd #green finch and linnet bird supremacy

[droughtofapathy]

Earlier today, several of Sarah Rice's close personal friends announced her death on social media. Sarah, the original Joanna in Sweeney Todd, was also a regular performer at the monthly Sondheim Unplugged cabaret series up until a little over a year ago. To celebrate this incredible actress, please enjoy a few of my audio clips from her time with Sondheim Unplugged, including her final performance of "Green Finch and Linnet Bird," a hilarious story about the late Angela Lansbury, and a sadly appropriate farewell song.

#sarah rice #sondheim #sweeney todd #johanna barker #when she stopped doing sondheim unplugged i had a feeling it was health-related but i'm still stunned

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IM SEEOMG SWEENEY TODD TODAY OMG IM SCREAMING W/O THE S--/HJ

#josh groban #sweeney todd #johanna todd #sweeney todd revival

[timegays]

I can’t take it here

#sweeney todd #johanna barker #my art #josh groban #THEY DESERVED BETTER #girldad..

[little-lovett]

yes i’m fine sorry i was just zoning out but right before sweeney kills lucy he says “the judge… i have no time!” and mrs. lovett represents the virtue of patience in the show and she had sang a whole song telling him to wait and take things slow and relax and think through his decisions.

the thing that destroys everyone in this show is impatience. if anthony had waited before intruding on sweeney and the judge, if sweeney had stopped obsessing when and where and how he could kill the beadle and judge, if sweeney hadn’t felt suffocated by the crushing, endless force of time and looked his own little girl and his wife in the eye and really thought and reached into the soul that was still in him, sweeney todd wouldn’t be the tragedy that it is. human nature bitches human nature

#i could go on and on #sweeney todd #broadway #josh groban #musical theatre #annaleigh ashford #sweeney todd revival #sondheim #sweeney todd broadway #benjamin barker #nellie lovett #sweeney todd fanart #sweeney todd musical #sweeney todd the demon barber of fleet street #anthony hope #tobias ragg #mrs lovett #johanna barker #judge turpin #broadway musicals #broadway memes #musical theater fanart #musical theater

[werewiire]

does anyone know why johanna’s nails/hands would be done this way? all i can think of is to emphasise her nails, but it looks odd. here’s the full image, for context:

(credit: theriddletrades’ master)

#sweeney todd #sweeney todd musical #johanna barker #josh groban

[nemmet]

⚓️🕊️ happy sweeney todd 2023 cast recording release day!!

#I CAN’T BELIEVE IT’S HERE AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA #i listened to it on repeat while drawing this!!!! #these two are my favourite characters and i just knew i had to redraw them to celebrate :D #sweeney todd #sweeney todd broadway #sweeney todd 2023 #sweeney todd musical #sweeney todd the demon barber of fleet street #sweeney todd fanart #anthony hope #johanna barker #jordan fisher #maria bilbao #nem art :)

[ashleyslorens]

“The red on my nails is the result of Johanna's self harm that she puts herself through to kind of, you know, take her mind away from all the turmoil in her life, with, you know, being captive by Judge Turpin and that awful reality that she has. Me and Tommy Kail just kinda came together and thought this would be an interesting and gruesome little easter egg for Johanna.” - Maria Bilbao

#cw self harm #sweeney todd #sweeney todd: the demon barber of fleet street #maria bilbao #broadwayedit #theatreedit #musicaltheatreedit #musicaledit #sweeneytoddedit #johanna barker #* #i've wanted to make this set for months but i couldn't find maria's exact quote until now