| re: Hits to Flops: London to NY/ NY to London |
| Posted by: dramaturg 10:53 am EDT 08/28/22 |
| In reply to: re: Hits to Flops: London to NY/ NY to London - EvFoDr 07:25 am EDT 08/28/22 |
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| The West End premiere of "Sweeney Todd" received mixed reviews and ran for only 157 performances. It did win the Olivier for Best New Musical, but awards recognition didn't translate to a decent run. Perhaps it might have run longer had Angela Lansbury chosen to do it. I seem to remember reading somewhere that one of the reviews referred to the show as "a thin tissue of excrement." I don't think even John Simon would have come up with a line like that! |
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