Photo Coverage: Attend the Tale! Inside the NY Philharmonic's SWEENEY TODD with Emma Thompson, Bryn Terfel & More!
By: Walter McBride Mar. 06, 2014
The New York Philharmonic's staged production of Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler's Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street will be telecast nationally on Live From Lincoln Center, hosted by Audra McDonald, on PBS stations. The air date will be announced at a later time. The production, which opened last night and will run through March 8, 2014, stars bass-baritone Bryn Terfel in the title role and Academy Award-winning actress Emma Thompson as Mrs. Lovett in her Philharmonic debut, New York stage debut, and first time performing the role. Jeff Blumenkrantz portrays The Beadle; Tony Award winner Christian Borle, Pirelli (marking his Philharmonic debut);Kyle Brenn, Tobias Ragg (debut); Jay Armstrong Johnson,Anthony Hope (debut); Erin Mackey, Johanna (debut); and Olivier Award winner Philip Quast, Judge Turpin (debut and New York stage debut). Music Director Alan Gilbert conducts, Grant Sturiale is the assistant conductor, Lonny Price directs, Lonny Price and Matt Cowart are the producers, and Josh Rhodes is the choreographer.
BroadwayWorld was there for opening night and you can check out photos of the cast in action below!The New York Philharmonic has been an integral part of PBS's award-winning Live From Lincoln Center since the series' inaugural telecast in 1976. While continuing to present the Philharmonic's symphonic concerts, in recent seasons Live From Lincoln Center has broadcast many of the Philharmonic's theatrical productions, including Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel in 2013, nominated for three Emmy Awards, and Lerner and Loewe's Camelot in 2008.Set in Victorian London, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street tells the story of the eponymous barber who seeks vengeance on what he sees as a merciless world by murdering his customers and, with the help of his landlady, the romantically inclined Mrs. Lovett, bakes their bodies into meat pies, which are fed to London's avid and unknowing populace. Sondheim's score pays homage to the music of Hollywood composer Bernard Hermann. Highlights include "The Ballad of Sweeney Todd," "Not While I'm Around," "A Little Priest," and "Pretty Women."
Photo Credit: Walter McBride
Jeff Blumenkrantz and Audra McDonald
Jeff Blumenkrantz, Audra McDonald Phillip Quast
Emma Thompson and Bryn Terfel and cast
Emma Thompson and cast
Ensemble
Audra McDonald, Jay Armstrong Johnson and Bryn Terfel
Jay Armstrong Johnson and Bryn Terfel
Jay Armstrong Johnson and Audra McDonald
Jay Armstrong Johnson and Audra McDonald
Kyle Brenn and cast
Christian Borle, Bryn Terfel, Emma Thompson and cast
Emma Thompson and Bryn Terfel and cast
Kyle Brenn and Christian Borle
Kyle Brenn and Christian Borle
Christian Borle, Bryn Terfel, Emma Thompson and cast
Jeff Blumenkrantz and cast
Christian Borle and Bryn Terfel
Christian Borle and Bryn Terfel
Christian Borle and Bryn Terfel
Jay Armstrong Johnson and Erin Mackey
Erin Mackey and Jay Armstrong Johnson
Erin Mackey and Jay Armstrong Johnson
Emma Thompson and cast
Emma Thompson and cast
Erin Mackey, Bryn Terfel and Jay Armstrong Johnson
Emma Thompson, Kyle Brenn and Jay Armstrong Johnson
Audra McDonald and Bryn Terfel
Audra McDonald, Bryn Terfel and Emma Thompson
Audra McDonald, Bryn Terfel and Emma Thompson
Phillip Quast, Erin Mackey, Jay Armstrong Johnson and Kyle Brenn
Jeff Blumenkrantz and Christian Borle
Kyle Brenn, Alan Gilbert, Jay Armstrong Johnson, Erin Mackey, Philip Quast, Byrn Terfel, Emma Thompson, Audra McDonald, Christian Borle, Jeff Blumenkrantz and Company
Bryn Terfel and Emma Thompson with cast
Bryn Terfel, Alan Gilbert and Emma Thompson
Jay Armstrong Johnson, Erin Mackey, Philip Quast, Bryn Terfel, Alan Gilbert, Emma Thompson, Audra McDonald, Christian Borle and Jeff Blumenkrantz
Jay Armstrong Johnson, Erin Mackey, Philip Quast, Bryn Terfel, Alan Gilbert, Emma Thompson, Audra McDonald, Christian Borle and Jeff Blumenkrantz
Emma Thompson, Audra McDonald, Christian Borle
Stephen Sondheim, Jay Armstrong Johnson, Erin Mackey
Kyle Brenn, Alan Gilbert, Stephen Sondheim, Jay Armstrong Johnson, Erin Mackey
Kyle Brenn, Alan Gilbert, Stephen Sondheim, Jay Armstrong Johnson, Erin Mackey, Philip Quast, Bryn Terfel, Emma Thompson, Audra McDonald, Christian Borle and Jeff Blumenkrantz
Kyle Brenn, Alan Gilbert, Stephen Sondheim, Jay Armstrong Johnson, Erin Mackey, Philip Quast, Bryn Terfel, Emma Thompson, Audra McDonald, Christian Borle and Jeff Blumenkrantz
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