Jack Black is a SWEENEY fan
Jack Black is a SWEENEY fan
#0Jack Black is a SWEENEY fan
Posted: 12/12/05 at 2:48pm
Who knew that the Tenacious D frontman loved showtunes?
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Then, in the middle of one of his own sentences, he confesses he's lost track of whatever the hell he was saying.
"I'm sorry, what was I saying? I was thinking just now about how I'm going to see `Sweeney Todd' tonight. [The Stephen Sondheim musical thriller , a show Black says he'd love to do someday, is back on Broadway in a stripped-down, small-cast revival.] I'm psyched."
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With that our 15 minutes are up, and Jack Black, closet show queen inside the soul of a rocker, makes jokes about "Miss Angela Lansbury," the original Mrs. Lovett in "Sweeney Todd."
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BSoBW2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/8/04
#1re: Jack Black is a SWEENEY fan
Posted: 12/12/05 at 2:49pm
He'd love to do?
He'd make a great Pirelli.
jasobres
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/9/05
#2re: Jack Black is a SWEENEY fan
Posted: 12/12/05 at 3:15pmNaaawww.. I'd love to see him as the Demon Barber himself.
"Ev'ry-buddy wants ta get into de act!"
- Jimmy Durante
"Breathe from your hoo-hoo."
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#3re: Jack Black is a SWEENEY fan
Posted: 12/12/05 at 3:18pmI always wanted to see him as The Music Man. I love Jack Black.
#4re: Jack Black is a SWEENEY fan
Posted: 12/12/05 at 3:23pmi love jack black and i would love to see him in sweeny. i am just not sure what part.
"At the opening night party, they had clowns on stilts, jugglers, a chocolate fountain, popcorn, hot dogs. [My son] looked at me like I had been holding back. Like, 'This is what you do?' I had to tell him, 'No, no, darling. Opening nights don't usually look like this.' It's usually a dark bar with a bottle of vodka." ?Chitty Chitty Bang Bang's Jan Maxwell
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#5re: Jack Black is a SWEENEY fan
Posted: 12/12/05 at 4:00pmALL parts in Sweeney Todd require people who can sing.
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MyMeredithMonster
Broadway Star Joined: 5/20/05
#6re: Jack Black is a SWEENEY fan
Posted: 12/12/05 at 4:19pm
That's great that he likes Sweeney.
I knew he had some musical love when he sang "Heaven on Their Minds" on a Tenacious D concert (and was pretty darn good too).
"Yeah, Clarissa, explain it all."
#7re: Jack Black is a SWEENEY fan
Posted: 12/12/05 at 8:01pmGood for him. Will he ever be in it? Well after the Spears Sweet Charity fiasco, he might be asked. But I like him and he seems to have talent, he could be Pirelli, I agree.
broadwaystar2b
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/28/04
#8re: Jack Black is a SWEENEY fan
Posted: 12/12/05 at 8:06pm
Well goodness, School of Rock was basically a modern day Music Man 
I'm glad to hear he likes Sondheim though, that's pretty cool coming from a rocker.
teh_pretty
Featured Actor Joined: 4/2/05
#9re: Jack Black is a SWEENEY fan
Posted: 12/12/05 at 8:35pm
Jack Black was cool in my books, now he's even cooler.
I love the man, and would LOVE to see him in Sweeney as anything, if he could sing it!
BSoBW2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/8/04
#11re: Jack Black is a SWEENEY fan
Posted: 12/12/05 at 8:36pmHe's holding out for the Mrs. Lovett role or nothing.
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popcultureboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/23/03
#12re: Jack Black is a SWEENEY fan
Posted: 12/12/05 at 8:36pmPab - then it's a good job Jack Black has such a great voice, isn't it?
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QMAN03
Broadway Star Joined: 9/20/05
#13re: Jack Black is a SWEENEY fan
Posted: 12/12/05 at 8:39pmIf they cast him in a role in the current production, that would probably be the only way I'd muster up the courage to go back. I love that man.
#14re: Jack Black is a SWEENEY fan
Posted: 12/12/05 at 8:41pmHe could NEVER play Pirelli in the new production. Considering Pirelli HAS to be female, the need the 4th female voice for the ensemble parts.
#15re: Jack Black is a SWEENEY fan
Posted: 12/12/05 at 8:45pmi once heard jack black sing a kick ass version of "heaven on their minds...." judas anyone?
Link Larkin Wanabe
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/1/04
#16re: Jack Black is a SWEENEY fan
Posted: 12/12/05 at 10:00pm
Jack needs to make it to Broadway. He was BORN to take over for Norbert in DRS. I think casting him in a more serious role could surprise everyone, in a good way. The man clearly has chops, both singing and acting....and facial.
Akiva
TinyDancer
Understudy Joined: 10/27/05
#17re: Jack Black is a SWEENEY fan
Posted: 12/12/05 at 10:34pm
i'd actually cast jack black as the Beadle-
but of course only until the brilliant Aexander Gemignani had left on his own accord for something wonderful.
and i actually think jack black is a fantastic musician and singer. I don't know if he plays anything other than guitar, but one would suspect the piano and add that to his sense of humor- hence, the Beadle.
My Sweeney source told me he actually loved the show, gave it a standing O and went backstage afterwards to tell compliment the company. From what I hear, an absolutely lovely lovely man.
tinydancer
#18re: Jack Black is a SWEENEY fan
Posted: 12/13/05 at 12:58am
Cerveris plays guitar 
I'd SO go see Jack Black in a Sweeney Todd.
yr ronin,
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