I still remember the conversation. It was December 2022, Leanne and I were sitting in our chairs in the bedroom. It was after Chemo and we were discussing future travel plans. We determined that Leanne likes to travel to see plays and I happened to mention that I would still love to see Sweeney Todd. A quick Google search later and we found that there was a new production of Sweeney Todd on broadway in NYC starring Josh Groban. At first we dismissed the idea because broadway is so expensive and it is complicated to get there. Well, after a weeks of thinking about it we finally decided to go. My unpredictable cancer treatments delayed our execution of our plan but we finally booked the tickets and began making plans.
Well we just finished watching our first broadway musical and it was excellent. Josh Groban unsurprisingly was flawless and Annaleigh Ashford was quite amusing. I was looking forward to seeing Gaten Matarazzo playing Toby as I really like him in Stranger Things. All the other supporting characters were excellent. I was especially enjoyed the character Antony’s singing.
The movie version with Johnny Depp was much darker and more serious than this production. It was much more light hearted than the movie. As light-hearted as it could be for a musical about a demon barber.
We paid the big bucks for seats in the second row. I could see the actors facial expressions quite clearly.
