Life After Broadway

Speaking of inexplicably overlooked musicals, the revival of Sweeney Todd will be touring later this year. I caught this on Broadway last spring, with Michael, Patty, and Manoel, and it was one of the best shows I have ever seen. Sweeney is one of my all-time favorite shows to start with (although the Lyric Opera's dismal 2002 production reinforces my point about Broadway and Opera being mutually exclusive genres). The concept, far from being gimicky, really worked very well, and the show deserved much more love from the Tony's than it got (again,The Pajama Game, really??? and again, LaChanze??? WTF?) This one is another must-see at the first opportunity.