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| Posted by: portenopete 11:39 am EST 02/11/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Was Estelle Parsons ever mooted to play Nellie? - pecansforall 10:50 am EST 02/11/22 | |
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| Thanks for that article! I don't recall Carol Lawson's name: I'm wondering if that was the Friday Arts & Leisure page 2 column, which usually featured a Hirschfeld caricature of one of the subjects of the gossip? I loved that column! It was so exciting as a teenager to hear about what was in the offing! The Roast lasted only 9 previews and 4 performances despite the TV pedigree of the star and creative team. Klugman didn't end up joining (it would have been during the production of Quincy, M.E. I think?) but I'm assuming Peter Boyle did that role. Great cast! David Huddleston, Bill Macy, Antonio Fargas, Joe Silver and Barney Martin supporting. And funny to think that people didn't think of Hearn as a singer! That certainly changed after Sweeney! I'd say that because of the replacement on Broadway, the tour and the TV recording (not to mention his 21st-century return to the role) Hearn is even more remembered as the "original" Sweeney than Cariou. Similar (sort of) to Larry Kert/Dean Jones in Company. From the grainy video I've seen (as well as the OCR) Cariou acted the role with more genuinely scary intensity. Hearn seems stoic more than manic. Still would love to have seen Richard Kiley play Sweeney. |
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| Cariou vs Hearn | |
| Last Edit: Delvino 12:14 pm EST 02/11/22 | |
| Posted by: Delvino 12:14 pm EST 02/11/22 | |
| In reply to: Interesting!!! - portenopete 11:39 am EST 02/11/22 | |
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| I saw the Cariou Sweeney six times, the Hearn twice, once in the original opposite Loudon, and then with the NY Philharmonic/LuPone. Cariou's Sweeney had something seldom discussed: sexuality. From the start, you could feel why Mrs. Lovett was hot for this man. Even Cariou's vocals had a kind of erotic swagger at times. Cerveris found some of this, too. I take nothing from Hearn, who gave a towering account of the role; but that romantic lead under the make-up aspect wasn't there with him. |
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| re: Cariou vs Hearn | |
| Posted by: portenopete 12:32 pm EST 02/11/22 | |
| In reply to: Cariou vs Hearn - Delvino 12:14 pm EST 02/11/22 | |
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| Sex and violence are often a good mix for drama! LOL In a different way I thought Michael Ball had a similar sexiness, albeit maybe a bit more teddy bearish given his dimples and reputation as a musical theatre pin-up. He was the first Sweeney I'd seen to really make me get what Nellie found attractive. (Staunton also played up the hormones, as well.) Interesting that you felt the same from Cerveris. I didn't see him in that but in other things I've always found him bloodless and almost vampirish. I know the bald head and slight build give him a slightly sepulchral air, but he seems to play into it with a kind of cold, dead-eyed demeanour. |
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| re: Interesting!!! | |
| Posted by: pecansforall 11:54 am EST 02/11/22 | |
| In reply to: Interesting!!! - portenopete 11:39 am EST 02/11/22 | |
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| From the grainy video I've seen (as well as the OCR) Cariou acted the role with more genuinely scary intensity. I agree. Cariou's live performances were much more intense than what comes off on the cast recording. |
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