While some of his scenes lack intensity, Groban’s as well-sung a Sweeney as you’ll find.
Our eyes don’t normally well up with tears during “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street,”SWEENEY TODD, THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREETBut minutes into the new Broadway revival starring Josh Groban and Annaleigh Ashford that opened Sunday night at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, I was already verklempt.
So, off we go with Groban as Sweeney, a Victorian-era London barber who is wrongfully imprisoned by the lecherous judge who covets Todd’s wife, Lucy. Being locked up in faraway Australia turns him into a monster, hellbent on killing Judge Turpin and Turpin’s smarmy sidekick, the Beadle , back in England. He gets to London, and things turn bloody bloody.Photo by Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman
Ashford is a remarkably gifted comedienne. However, there’s more to her Lovett than schtick. With modern flair, she conjures memories of the very real women who’ve befriended serial killers like Ted Bundy or Charles Manson to find purpose or love. But how to cover their tracks? Mrs. Lovett’s shop is struggling and she can’t afford high-quality meat , so she hatches the maniacal plan to use the bodies of Sweeney’s victims to fill her pastries.
Gaten Matarazzo from “Stranger Things” battles another monster as little Toby, initially assistant to the funny Italian barber Pirelli , turned waiter at the pie shop. He’s haunting as he croons “Not While I’m Around” to his beloved Mrs. Lovett. “Sweeney” is the rare musical where an actor having fought Vecna on Netflix actually adds to their performance.Photo by Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman
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