"A Little Priest" Opening Night - Sweeney Todd OBC (Audio Only)
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- Опубліковано 6 вер 2024
- This is supposedly the recorded audio taken of "A Little Priest" from Sweeney Todd's opening night on Broadway back in March 1979 - performed of course by Angela Lansbury and Len Cariou. For whatever reason these opening night clips were taken off of UA-cam, so I thought I'd put this one back up along with some old photos of the original production.
If this clip violates any copyright laws or anything I will surely remove it upon request. For entertainment purposes only. I did not record this.
When the audience laughter forces u to slow down, make the orchestra do so as well and u cant be heard at times....geezus thats when u know your play is genius!!!
The guy laughing at 5:46 is just everything I needed for a Tuesday 💗🥺💗
Love the audience at the final cadence just erupting into applause under the final bars of music. Musta known they had a hit on their hands as the first-act curtain fell.
Would probably sell my arm to go back in time and see this performed
I’d kill a bunch of innocent people, then a judge, and then my wife to go back and see this
So would I ... and I was there! (Not opening night, but about 2 weeks later. And 4 more times before it closed.)
I hope the guy we hear at 5:46 knows how beloved his laugh is by so many of us ❤
Had the great privilege of seeing them in the fall following the big TONY wins. My first ever B’way show. Unforgettable. Brilliant performances. Never been matched. Different interps and great productions but this was and is the bloody gold standard.
i love listening to this simply because of the audience's reactions !!!
The most gleefully demented song in the history of Broadway.
human beings are SO CUTE how we dress up and write little songs to make each other laugh and then we all sit round together and giggle and then bang our hands together to show we liked it URGH!
I cannot express how wonderful this was to find. I have always wanted to hear Angela and Len's exchange at 6:38...the whole bit about the executioner isn't on the CD and I think the orchestrations as they hand each other their 'tools' is so chilling. I don't know how you got this, but this is a rare gem. Thank you SO MUCH for posting!
6:38
Isn't it just? The bars after they exchange their tools are chilling - and necessary. Sondheim manages to get the audience rooting for this dastardly pair and their vile scheme by making us laugh along with them, willing them on to make even more disgustingly delightful puns, thereby making us complicit rather than horrified, and then in that short stretch of stagecraft and orchestration when they cease speaking and hand each other the implements of their dreadful design - and we stop laughing - right after the word 'executioner' - he brings the horror of their plan into focus. But by that point, of course, as a member of the audience, it's too late to completely condemn it.
This recording shows the good old laugh you should get from it :') I'd love to watch Sweeney with an audience like that :D
@ cesarman1234. Turbin's self flagellation scene was cut during previews. It's in the cast recording but wasn't in the show or the natl tours. I think the scene was deemed too intense (even in a show about canabalism ;0) and I'm not sure how many revival productions reinstated that scene. Great solo by Edmund Lyndeck on the Broadway recording for sure.
G hi G. The judges song is called Johanna. ua-cam.com/video/qE5UZfSohHw/v-deo.html
This is really fascinating...a few minor lyric changes have been made since then, but it certainly is great to hear one of the earliest versions ever recorded. Thank you so much for posting. I thought I had heard everything.....but I hadn't heard this!
Sped up. The tape player was probably running slow when it was recorded, so that when played at normal speed it sounds faster and higher.
HOW I WOULD LOVE TO SING THIS WITH ANGELA!!!
1:28
*_PIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEES_*
This recording has been sped up a semitone, which is why the voices sound a bit weird.
speed =/= tone
These guys are cracking up! xD I love it!
AMAZING. Thank you.
+JourneysEnd99 where did you get the pics of the judge, sweeney killing pirelli, and sweeney and Lovett rising out of the grave from?
Either from the internet or I scanned the rest from various books I have that feature the show. There are still some more photos in them that I didn't use. If you want the names of the books send me a message.
He sings Mea Culpa while whipping himself. "No, (whip) god (whip) deliver me...."
@machunski Not really, there had been tryouts and previews of the show, with more or less the same score....
@innergogo To each their own i though Helena was amazing and very funny and dark humoured. But this is good too. I love the movie though, brilliant musical- would love to see it on stage,
O_O ....why is Judge Turpin shirtless in that picture? Is that the part where he sings his version of Johanna? Can anyone tell me? Im confused...and a little creeped out. :/
It's from the judge's Johanna where he strips down
@evaevita1919 First off, you're way off-base comparing the two. Secondly, Lupone did a good job, but Lansbury was the FIRST. Every performance following it was compared to hers. She played it as a comic character gone wrong, while Lupone took it more seriously, and while it may have been a tragedy musical, it had enough (basically countless) places to insert comedy and Lansbury took them that way.
o.O Jesus...
Wait is this sped up or with a changed key?
Wonderfull, where can I find the audio or video for the full show?
I know is probably seven years to late, but you can find the profesional dvd video on some torrent pages, you´ll probably find it as Sweeney Todd 1982 (The year the dvd was released)
@innergogo Thanx me too (maybe i'll try and get my school to stage it, would be epic)
Edit to say "Turpin" not turbin.
I just sent you a pm
This doesnt even sound like Angela....
...I don't believe DYING laughing at this song.
It's funny but not lmao funny lol.