Saturday, July 14, 2007

Sondheim Talks "Todd"

According to Sandy George of The Australian (http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,22052581-15803,00.html), Stephen Sondheim said at Sydney's Theatre Royal last Friday that the film adaptation of his musical "Sweeney Todd" will be, for the most part, very similar to his original conception of the show. Sondheim acknowledged that during the process of filming the musical originally made for the live stage, certain parts had to be cut for time consideration. "There are songs that have been cut, and cuts within some of the songs, but generally it is pretty much the score," Sondheim said. But despite a few alterations, Sondheim reassures that "the plot is very little changed ... It is pretty faithful." Sondheim also stated that the film would have that macabre Burton feel to it, saying that "It has got a lot of blood in it, and that's fine by me."

11 comments:

Anonymous said...

This is wonderful news!!

Anonymous said...

ah, blood, burton and johnny. it reminds me of sleepy hollow. :D

Eddiesmoments said...

burton feel is about blood in his eyes?.....interesting.

Anonymous said...

Seems like Sondheim is finally becoming a Burton convert

Anonymous said...

awww yay! :)

Anonymous said...

Coming from a gay man, this is
FABULOUS.

Anonymous said...

Its sad that Danny Elfmen is not doing the score:(

Anonymous said...

Why is it sad that Danny isn't doing the score? It's a broadway show, Danny Elfman =/= Sondheim.

Anonymous said...

I just read somewhre that they r showing clips of Sweeney Todd at comic con!

Anonymous said...

My two favorite people in the world: Tim Burton and Stephan Sondheim. To see parts of them in one project makes my heart sing!!! :)

Anonymous said...

*Stephen