Mrs. Lovett: what a charming notion
Jun. 18th, 2023 12:48 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
calimacThe function on YouTube that displays lists of other videos that it thinks you might like to watch had two performances of "A Little Priest," the comic cannibalism song from Sondheim's Sweeney Todd. Intrigued particularly by the variations in how the performers treated the character of Mrs. Lovett, I went in search for some more, and here they are.
I doubt anybody will want to sit through all of them, but the variations intrigue me, as does the sheer quality. Watch some of the ones I listed as unknowns: they're really good.
Angela Lansbury
(with Len Cariou)
the original
the remake
Christine Baranski
(with Kelsey Grammmer)
Dorothy Loudon
(with George Hearn)
Emma Thompson
(with Bryn Terfel)
Helena Bonham Carter
(with Johnny Depp)
Imelda Staunton
(with Michael Ball)
Patti LuPone
(also with George Hearn)
Carolee Carmello
(with Norm Lewis)
Maria Friedman
(also with Bryn Terfel)
Buffy Baggott
(with Peter Kendall Clark)
Cassi Mikat
(with Jayson Kerr)
Katie Luckins
(with Alex Crandon)
Olivia Scicolone
(with Brennan Caldwell)
Ben Platt
(with Uzo Aduba)
I doubt anybody will want to sit through all of them, but the variations intrigue me, as does the sheer quality. Watch some of the ones I listed as unknowns: they're really good.
The well-known
Angela Lansbury
(with Len Cariou)
the original
the remake
Christine Baranski
(with Kelsey Grammmer)
Dorothy Loudon
(with George Hearn)
Emma Thompson
(with Bryn Terfel)
Helena Bonham Carter
(with Johnny Depp)
Imelda Staunton
(with Michael Ball)
Patti LuPone
(also with George Hearn)
The other known
Carolee Carmello
(with Norm Lewis)
Maria Friedman
(also with Bryn Terfel)
The unknown
Buffy Baggott
(with Peter Kendall Clark)
Cassi Mikat
(with Jayson Kerr)
Katie Luckins
(with Alex Crandon)
Olivia Scicolone
(with Brennan Caldwell)
The unexpected
Ben Platt
(with Uzo Aduba)
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Date: 2023-06-18 12:47 pm (UTC)I started here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gqb5VQKOCE&ab_channel=tomosteen
It's a Finnish folksong which was picked up by anime, and has been plated in various ways worldwide.