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| June Havoc/Sweeney Todd | |
| Last Edit: shaggyhair 12:05 pm EST 02/11/22 | |
| Posted by: shaggyhair 12:04 pm EST 02/11/22 | |
| In reply to: 1980 June Havic interview with Cavett - raydan 06:46 pm EST 02/10/22 | |
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| Saw June Havoc in the Sweeney Todd tour at Proctor's Theater in Schenectady NY in 1982 (spring maybe--I remember it was warm). I remember little about the performances but to this day I remember the cheaply constructed Act 2 bake oven, which I believe was freestanding and pushed out like an outhouse on wheels. When Todd threw Lovett into the oven and slammed the door, the whole thing swayed like the cheap pile of painted flats that it was and it got audible laughs from the audience. | |
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| re: June Havoc/Sweeney Todd | |
| Posted by: portenopete 12:42 pm EST 02/11/22 | |
| In reply to: June Havoc/Sweeney Todd - shaggyhair 12:04 pm EST 02/11/22 | |
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| Didn't remember that but I still have my programme (from Ottawa) and the whole marketing/logo scheme was different. It definitely seems like it was a low-rent operation compared to the First National Company with Lansbury and Hearn. That tour lasted a year and played all the big cities (LA. SF, Chicago, etc.) whereas the Havoc/Petty tour lasted barely three months and played Wilmingotn, Ottawa, Hamilton. St. Louis, Baltimore, Pittsburgh and then closed with a month's run at the Royal Alex in Toronto, Petty's hometown). Prince and the design team were all the creators of record and there were photos of Prince with his leads in the souvenir programme, but it's odd they didn't use the iconic Punch and Judy graphic (from DeWynter?) and opted for a more cartoony illustration. Maybe because it never ended up performing all that well in its Broadway run the producers felt it needed a jauntier sell emphasising the comedy more than the blood. | |
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| re: June Havoc/Sweeney Todd | |
| Posted by: mgm79 12:33 pm EST 02/11/22 | |
| In reply to: June Havoc/Sweeney Todd - shaggyhair 12:04 pm EST 02/11/22 | |
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| I was working the box office at Proctor's in Schenectady in June 1982 and saw the show twice. It was marketed as "a national tour" ... but never disclosed just which nation it came from. (It was the second national US tour) ... changed dates twice ... we were still on hard tickets then ... box office and patron nightmare. So was the production - muddy sound, odd dramatic choices. Yes it was scary ... but not in the way it should have been. Huge letdown. Not one of the best of Tom Mallow's efforts. Havoc tried her best, but it was an uphill battle. Best left forgotten. | |
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| re: June Havoc/Sweeney Todd | |
| Last Edit: jwilson 02:10 pm EST 02/11/22 | |
| Posted by: jwilson 02:07 pm EST 02/11/22 | |
| In reply to: re: June Havoc/Sweeney Todd - mgm79 12:33 pm EST 02/11/22 | |
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| I also saw it in Schenectady (who knew there are so many former and current Schenectady people here?!), and I was also disappointed. I was in high school at the time, and I was very excited about seeing it. Letdown is exactly the right word for my experience as well. It seemed to get swallowed up in the big--and glorious--Proctor's theatre. | |
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