Sweeney Todd - West End transfer?

Having seen the production I think it’s boring and the only reason to transfer would be if they can find an amazing cast (for the most part, I do think they found that in NYC including and especially Groban).

I know, I was referring to the current rumours about him doing Sweeney Todd on broadway

So long as it's not the Broadway production, I'm game. No overly choreographed dancing. None of AA's twelve accents.

I agree. I don’t know what everyone else was watching but the Broadway production was by far one of the best shows I have ever seen. They’d be silly not to transfer it.

I think the production is thrilling in the sense that it performs the material in a very respectful way so it’s thrilling because the material is thrilling. But I don’t think the direction beyond the performances is as creative or scary as: the original, the John Doyle, the pie shop one off Broadway and London, or even the film. These all had things like creepy moments, whistles, overwhelming proximity to actors, innovative ideas etc (some or many). Some might say they all had some cheap tricks, but they work.

It’s so pedestrian. The sound was terrible- unforgivable when they have such a big orchestra.

Annaleigh Ashfords many accents were excruciating , Josh Groban wasn’t scary at all. The whole production was terribly directed.

I’ve only heard clips of them admittedly, but I can safely say that Annaleigh’s was so much worse. It was the worst attempt at any accent I have ever heard.

There’s a clip of her trying out the accent on James Corden’s show and, as diplomatic as talk show hosts always have to be, he was clearly unimpressed and couldn’t bring himself to say anything nice about it. The worst thing is, I think she thought she was doing a decent job!

The pacing is also off and it goes on WAY too long. The rumor is Sutton Foster is replacing Annaleigh. I'll believe it when I see it.

If that is the case, my vote is for Hugh Jackson as Sweeney hahahahah

If they want her… there’s many ways to make that happen. They can go dark for a few weeks, they can put the understudy on, etc. I guess we’ll wait to see.

Year after if anything. I know they WANTED to transfer but a National Tour diverts resources away from staging another full production, and that's not coming until at least midway through next year.

Where on earth could it go? A transfer like this was initially rumoured for TRDL, but that's been disproven. Unless a big theatre suddenly opens up I think the chances of this are really low. And even then, I get the feeling there are other shows that would try their hardest to beat it to the punch. (Insert Broadway show that wanted to transfer in the pandemic here)

Agreed. Was not impressed at all.