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theaterreviewswithbella · 11 days

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𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰

date of show: 4/14/24

production: first national tour (2022 revival)

star rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️

company was my second sondheim musical. i went into this musical blind, something i don’t do often. i regretted not researching the musical beforehand. i found a lot of aspects of this show confusing and hard to follow. i thought bobby died at the end of act one (i still don’t know what happened).

this cast was very talented. i saw britney coleman (bobby) as barbara in beetlejuice (first national tour) last year, and she ended up being my favorite barbara i’ve seen (the other being kerry butler on broadway, winter garden theatre, original broadway cast). also, props to matt rodin (jamie) for “getting married today”. he sounded amazing!

overall, i give this show a three star. it wasn’t my favorite, but it was good. it could probably have been a four star if i researched the musical a little beforehand, but that’s my fault.

#company musical #theater review #stephen sondheim #broadway tour

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theaterreviewswithbella · 2 months

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𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰

date of show: 12/26/23

production: 2023 revival (broadway)

star rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

*repost from my main account.

Last night, I saw Sweeney Todd on Broadway. Oh my god. I don’t know how to describe how much I loved this show. I’m a newer fan of Sweeney Todd. I knew most of the plot but there were some little details i didn’t know about. I didn’t expect this show to make me laugh, but it did multiple times. I saw Josh Groban as Sweeney Todd, and Jeanna de Waal as Mrs. Lovett. At first, I was upset not to be seeing Annaleigh, but later learned she played Chris in the 2012 Off-Broadway revival of Carrie, which I am not only a big fan of, but am currently in a community theatre production of. I sadly saw this show after Gaten Matarazzo left, and as a Stranger Things fan, I was upset. I thought the Toby I saw (an understudy but I can’t remember whom) was very good, but I still wished I was seeing Gaten or Joe Locke.

This show was my first stage door experience, and it was a great first. I was towards the beginning of the line, but wasn’t at the very front. With the first couple of actors who came out, I sadly wasn’t able to get their signature, but I was lucky enough to get Josh Groban’s. I even got a picture and a signature from Maria Bilbao, who is making her Broadway debut as Johanna, since most of the crowd left after Josh Groban went back inside.

#broadway #musical theater #theater review #sweeney todd #sweeneytodd #sweeney todd 2023 #josh groban #jeanna de waal #maria bilbao #gaten matarazzo #joe locke

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