EVERY Sutton Foster Video I Could Find from Sweeney Todd
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- Every video clip I could find of Sutton Foster as Ms. Lovett from opening night to now!! I’m a brand new theatre channel coming straight from TikTok, and would love your support so I can make more and better content. Enjoy my first video and let me know what you think :)
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She truly brought the comedic relief this show needs
Saw this production last week and I get why some people are calling Foster/Tveit miscast; they're doing their own interpretation of the characters. You see it often in revivals, where the leads feel like they've been shoehorned into doing impressions of the actors who made those roles famous. Foster/Tveit are categorically not doing this. I understand why a lot of Broadway visitors want to see a show (especially a revival) that looks/feels familiar to them (see Foster with Hugh Jackman in Music Man). To me, though, this was a brilliant, fresh, vibrant intepretation of a classic show.
Let me explain it to you since you are having trouble. I don't think Foster is miscast but Tveit certainly is. Miscast is when you sing in a range outside of the intended score. When they have to change the score to accommodate the actors voice they ARE miscast. Hope that helps. So it's not an opinion that he is miscast it's an empirical fact. People enjoying his interpretation of the role doesn't change that fact either. Singing the score in the keys it was written isn't an impression of the actors that made the roles famous.
@@nonyabusiness2510 You don’t need to be patronizing. A case can certainly be made that roles should be cast with the correct voice type, especially when the roles are for altos and bass/baritones, since there are so few great leading roles for those types, so please let them have the roles that were made for them. So I’ll agree with you to a point, but these roles are theatrical. They aren’t just their voice types. I’ll sometimes forgive transposing a part if the actor can sing it (in their own range) very well and act the hell out of it. Certainly I’d rather see that than an actor with the right vocal range who can’t act the part. Let’s not forget, Sondheim really liked the movie adaptation where the actors can definitely sing, but we’re clearly chosen for their acting ability over their voices. I’d kind of love to see Foster. I’m ambivalent towards Tveit. But there is certainly more than one rubric that a person might judge the casting on.
@@katpiercemusic It's not a matter of being compassionate towards singers who may not have many roles available to them. The keys in which a score is written are not arbitrary; they're selected by the composer to create a specific effect. Changing the key to make it accessible to a singer says, "I was almost capable of performing the role the show's creators constructed."
@@BeverlyReeser Yes, but composers approach their work with varying degrees of flexibility. Anais Mitchell seems very flexible with some of the vocal parts in Hadestown. Last time I went to see it a tenor was singing Hades. Sondheim is a little harder to pin down. He's on record as saying that Sweeney Todd was his favorite movie adaptation of a musical (any musical, not just his own), and in that movie, sure most of the actors were the same vocal ranges, but their voices did not have the same effect. Resonance is kind of important.
I don't know how he would feel about this change. If I remember correctly, he was kind of okay with the gender swap in Company a few years ago, so he might be. On the other hand he really liked writing for baritones, so he might not be. Ultimately, we can't ask him, and I'm very leery of the idea of preservation of the art or artistic intent. That's a great way to make a work irrelevant in a couple of generations. Was this the best decision? I don't think it was. But I'm not going to get angry about it. Sondheim doesn't need defending. His shows don't need defending. Now if you don't mind, I'm going to see if tickets are available for the jazz infused production or Pirates of Penzance that's coming out this spring.
When I saw this, the audience cheered for the longest period of time I’ve ever heard during a Broadway show after she did “By the Sea.”
She nailed it. She was absolutely hilarious and perfect.
And Tveit was really wonderful, too.
I saw the original cast and Ashford was great but Foster is truly wacky. I wish her run wasn't so short or I'd go back to NY and see her in it.
I hope everyone saw her in mattress.
Thanks for posting this
Flying in at 8am, seeing the 2pm and flying home at 10pm.
Can not WAIT to see Sutton slay this role!
Sutton was incredible live in this role. Absolutely hilarious
wow she's amazing in this role!! her sense of physical comedy is excellent, and i love her head voice. i haven't seen her anything else (other than Tony clips) but now i rlly want to
Because the role of Mrs. Lovett (in this dark and disturbing and beautiful musical) just screams out for physical comedy? Lovetttttt....I'm home! (in my best Ricky Ricardo voice)
@@davidv8564 Having seen the creator of the role, namely Angela Lansbury, I can attest that Ms Lansbury used physical comedy in her interpretation of the role to great success.
@@davidv8564 there’s an excellent documentary on the making of transfer of the original production to London where Sondheim, Hal Prince, and Christopher Bond are all interviewed. When he talked about Mrs Lovett, Sondheim said he wrote physical comedy in the songs on purpose. At one point, he even described the show as a farce which is why Hal Prince first declined to direct it. I mean the lyrics are hilarious at so many points. The subsequent productions have always kept that dark comedy. The only exception is the movie but that’s Burton’s interpretation.
oh god she sounds exactly like olivia colman at 6:43 . still love a bit of sutton, she's only gotten better w age
She is a miracle. This is a wildly new interpretation and she totally pulls it off
I couldn't agree more-she can do anything!
I saw it twice and she STOLE the show!!!!! I went specifically for joe locke but I was pleasantly surprised by her!!!
Oh my God, I absolutely love her. She brings that zany energy to clash with and play off of the more Comically Serious Todd and it pays off GORGEOUSLY. She's hysterical!
Oh not the little Joe Locke moments too 😭😭😭
The mildly off key violins when she joins in “Not while I’m around” might be my favorite moment is musical theatre - it’s just so terrifying & beautiful & haunting
She is a great Mrs. Lovett! Love her in this role. She is a such a gem! 💎
Sutton Foster gives me the vibes of Angela Lansbury in the OG production, just with a bit more energy and physical humor.
She is the right age from Mrs Lovett
Exactly! Lovett was zany and hilarious!
I saw her in February in this, I must say her version of By the Sea might be my favorite!
Flaying her legs around like this was some SNL skitt...she might get the easy laugh but she detracts from the musical.
@@davidv8564agreed. She over plays it to the point it doesn’t make sense. I feel like she doesn’t understand the role
Saw the performance on Saturday. She absolutely stole this show! She was incredible, my personal favorite portrayal
I went to New York and saw it 4/27/24 at the 2pm show. I cried it was so good.
You know, I had my doubts, but dang if she isn't giving it her all! Love this
her rendition seems to mirror the manic crazy given by helena bonham-carter for the movie adaptation
i love her. any musical she is in, I will watch. i am quite fond of this musical, so I will rewatch it for 100th time
Thank you so much for this, im heartbroken we don’t have an official recording from this cast and this helps 😢❤
I saw her in ST last month. Holy cow, fantastic! I'm glad we sprang for good seats.
I saw the show ~ a week ago go (my first time seeing Sweeney Todd in any form) and damn I loved their performances so much
I love you so much. You are a gift to this earth. You have come straight from the heavens above to save us from perdition. Thank you, is an understatement.
Live, laugh, love, Sutton Foster
I saw her in the original cast of young Frankenstein and she did the upside down thing in roll In hay😂 she is truly an outstanding Broadway star
she ate I must say
I remember when people were first hearing audio from her original performances and they were hating on her performance and to that I say do those people not know any Joy this woman is so funny and she brings so much Joy to the role.
just watched Sutton and Tveit this past week before the show closes. She was absolutely phenomenol, very funny and great portrayal of Mrs.Lovett.
She's great - very much Lansbury adjacent and I like it. But Tveit? He simply doesn't even have the voice of Sweeney. He's too light and pretty, regardless of any key changes
I saw this yesterday with someone. I hadn't real been looking to go but I thought "what the heck". Sutton Foster was amazing !!! She made the musical !!
i love her so much she was amazingly perfect
I loved her!!! Saw it this weekend! I wish I had seen it with Josh and Anna Leigh to compare.
Do you think Sutton Foster makes a good Lovett? Who else would you cast in the part??
Sutton makes the best any role she plays!!! ❤❤❤❤❤
Sutton combines the best of Lansbury's "dotty matron' with Annaleigh's "slightly insane woman with needs" and kind of lands at "Carol Burnett" in a good way. She's finding something emotional or funny in every beat. My god, when she "ugly hugs" Aaron Tveit like an obsessed fangirl would it's the most hilarious thing!
Didn’t think I’d like her in this role - but she’s fantastic!
I'd pay to see it
Sutton was out Sunday so I saw Jenna. Jenna was great. I saw AA last year. I wish they allowed different Lovetts to interpret differently. Lovett gets too silly for me at times. In regional shows, she's portrayed mire sinister.
Thank you for sharing this, awesome I love it
Hugh Jackman would be great as Sweeney
wow brilliant
Anyone know where to get a full live recording? I'll pay an arm and a leg for it. lol
Be careful- miss Lovett would gladly oblige you 😂
@@arthurkohn7957 This is true!
I miss this cast 🥲❤️
YESSSSSS!
Saw them Friday! Hilarious
I absolutely LOVED her in this show, a scene stealer for sure.
Wish I had seen this instead of Ashford. OTOH, I was glad to have seen Grobin.
I'm here because of IMHO and I think that Darby is right
Not bad, not great. After seeing Ashford, she just doesn’t compare. Not bad, but just not amazing
is there a full version of this online anywhere 😭
Her screechy voice would drive me nuts.
Does any of you guys know where to find a video of full show with her on it?
There is a full version on TH-cam, if you look up “Sweeney Todd sample” the cover photo is the white and red advertisement
@@ameliakay9646 thank you ❤️
Perfect role for Sutton. I think Aaron is miscast.
Agree 100%
Thank you!
tysm for this video! I love it. Would you maybe make one with all clips of Joe Locke or Aaron tveit? If not all good, I just love this show ❤️
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I love Aaron Tveit, but not in this role! Sutton is fabulous :)
Glad to see this epic story is finally hilarious too. Poor Sondheim
So thankful for this video. Definitely not impressed after seeing Analeigh in the production last year. I have been deeply curious how these 2 would do it. I'm a huge tveit fan but didn't think he was a good cast for this, definitely not the right pair for this show in my opinion.
She is actually fine. HE is miscast. His vocal is clearly a tenor and I was under the belief that Sweeney was a Baritone. A full baritone. I could be wrong .
The role of Sweeney is a baritone-bass, so Tveit is totally miscast vocally. I still think he plays a very convincing killer. His vocals are very fitting for the character, and his character acting could be seen as better than Groban in a lot of spots (A-list singer vs seasoned actor). That being said, I honestly don’t think Groban and Ashford’s vocal talent will ever be topped. I’m not too much of a fun of the belting style that Sutton foster seems to cling to. She’s funny as hell, though😂
No, A characture of the original I would like to know what Sondheim would think of this. I love both of them, but NO. They're just out making money.
I don't think Sutton is micast here. She's always played her roles pretty quirky. Aaron on the other hand I have no clue what he's doing there.
Have you seen the show? I also had my doubts, but seeing these two perform live completely changed my mind!
@@lifeinapanexactly, people see songs only and assume that tveit, a very seasoned broadway actor, just flopped the role. His character acting was an extremely convincing murderer. He has these really nice growls and dark moments, even in his light tenor timbre
Sweeney Todd is a tragedy meat pie with comic notes to leaven the weight of the thing.
It feels like SF is playing Lovett too broadly and frenetically, overwhelming the character with "OH RICKY!" Lucy Ricardo energy.
Lovett is an lovelorn, opportunistic survivor.
She's a "working poor" who's not above scheming and flattering to get make extra coin.
SF seems to be making her out to be more daffy than desperate.
Saying that, however, I continue to maintain that SF is a singularly amazing multi-threat talent. 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹
She... doesn't sound good
Wow...she's...what is the word I'm looking for....awful. She plays it like she's Lucy Ricardo. It totally detracts from the story. Gee, how did that Mrs. Lovett get so wacky????
Absolutely agree.
Eh.
Good lord - I like the idea of people finding something different in the work, but I'd not go if you gave me a free ticket
Totally miscast. She is bad
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