The Savannah Community Theatre was putting on "Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street", at their playhouse on Broughton Street.
I actually convinced my husband to go, being that several of the folks at his weekly trivia game at Sam Fink's Deli were part of the show.
That included the Soucy siblings, JinHi and Chris, with the latter having helped to create the huge structure that recreated Mrs. Lovett's Pie shop on one side and Sweeney Todd's barber salon on the other.
Talk about love gone wrong, that play was full of it!
Just like that other musical I am so enamored of: "The Phantom Of The Opera".
And, so, every time I hear that someone is staging one of these, I must go.
Seriously.
This time, it's the Savannah Children's Theatre, and, incredibly, I made it there five minutes before the curtains rose.
Right place, right time!
I must have had an angel steering me there from Hinesville!
as Sweeney,
post-play,
with his white shirt gone crimson.
Notice that dark,
and grim,
makeup on his face,
signs of a heart
gone cold
and life
gone bitter.
Wow!
his Lucy,
gone mad,
who had been
so beautiful
before the Judge
took her,
and the daughter, Joanna,
mistreating the mother
and essentially imprisoning
the baby,
after banishing the barber.
made up dark and grim,
just as Sweeney and Mrs. Lovett are,
yet another who has lost hope
and lost their dreams
in this dreary place.
The whole town could have been
part of a zombie apocalypse,
save two:
the sweet virgin, Johanna,
and the bright-eyed sailor
who loves her.
Their faces are clean of grime,
the visages are hopeful for a future.
Wow.
I sure hope I can see this once more...
but am so grateful to have seen it this one time!
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Wondering what was meant by "School Edition"?
That means sharp, piercing noises sounded each time someone's throat was cut.
Yes, there was some blood, but nothing gushing into the air.
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