It should be interesting to see two entirely different ways to treat a story, geared for two entirely different kinds of audience.
Stephen SondheimI was watching him crawl, Back over the wall-! Then bang! Crash! And the lightning flash! And- well, that's another story, Never mind- Anyway.
Stephen SondheimJohnny Depp's performance is quite remarkable. Sweeney's desire for revenge and the simmering anger and hurt that he feels carry the story forward, and Johnny finds the most remarkable variety within that narrow set of emotions. The intensity is at a boil all the time and he never drops it. It's real anger.
Stephen SondheimMusicals are โ particularly musicals โ plays also, but musicals particularly areโฆ the last collaborator is your audience, and so youโve got to wait โtil the last collaborator comes in before you can complete the collaboration.
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