Sweeney Todd

Worth the money. The show kept your interest. The props were very real looking even down to the blood shed. The performers did a great job.

awesome show.....acting and music were great....would recommend the show

We have seen Sweeney Todd played several times and Boise State s performance was the best! The acting was incredible, every character! The stage set was ingenious. The costumes evolved with the story; integral to the story line. The sound was perfect!

A superb production of a remarkable play. From the raising of the curtain to the curtain call you will be spellbound. The cast can only be referred to as perfectly 'accomplished'. The timing and execution was sheer perfection! The voices performing Sondheim's work will enter your soul and captivate you from the first note sung. This is an 'on the edge of your seat' performance. In attending this production you will not soon forget the brilliance of the production: the direction, the sets, the orchestra, the sound, the costumes, or the lighting. Professionalism through and through. I assure you that you will notice! We tend to take these things for granted while focusing on the principals - who are to be commended, by the way. Highly recommended if you are looking for something out of the ordinary...not your typical musical - the subject is compelling if you are intrigued by the dark and sinister. This production of Sweeny Todd certainly accomplishes this.

Very strong cast!! Great production! Wish it weren't so awfully hot, though. :)

Of all the performances I've seen of Sweeny Todd (I've seen many) this was by far the best! I loved the whole cast, and they're acting was incredible. Chris McCarrell playing "Anthony" was the best I've seen yet! I loved this show!

The play, the cast, the music, the stage, the venue, it all was wonderful! I would highly recommend this to anyone! Sweeney is a favorite of mine!

The show was incredible. The cast was mesmerizing, showcasing their strong voices and acting abilities. One particular character, Tobias, played by Max Joseph had a real stretch taking on the humor of his role in the beginning of the show to the frightening psycho at the end. The Director should be commended for his casting and execution.

Really good cast including ensemble. Excellent job with difficult score. Set was inventive without being distracting. Costuming was fun. Choreography compliments the show well. Competes with any professonial theater production. go see it!!!

I really enjoyed this play! The cast was amazing and the talent really showed. Everything from the set to the costumes was amazing! Definitely a must see!

Fun event with great performances by the young BSU actors!

Surprisingly delightful quality production from the orchestra to the actors and actresses. Would recommend you see this dark comedy.

Fantastic Show. The University of Florida has in my opinion one of the best musical theater program in the country. I have never seen such talented college students ever!

This musical was absolutely phenomenal. The acting was beautiful and had their own spins on the characters. I could not stop talking about the play to my friends. Over all bravo and everyone on that stage deserved the standing ovation they received.

What an extremely talented group this is! So great to see young people so immersed in the arts. Everything was first rate, from the scenery, to the décor and makeup. Rivals anything you'll see on Broadway. Fantastic musical accompaniment. Kudos to all.

Had seen this as the movie and wondered how they would pull if off as a play. Great job. Nothing was left out of this macob love story.

The costumes and stage arrangement caught my attention immediately. The actors' voices were strong and the singing was powerful! I forgot I was watching college students as they were so professional. This was one play not to be missed!

Having been amazed after seeing this show for the first time in 1989 in New York City at Circle in the Square theater, and basically repeating that experience with the Daytona Beach Community College production a few years back, about 16, to be in-exact, I looked forward to not having to travel great distances to see it once again. The University of Florida production did not disappoint. Since I had downloaded the original Broadway soundtrack onto my MP-3 player and listened to all the great songs Mr. Sondheim wrote for the piece innumerable times, I was able to sing along, although very quietly, with the performers as the show progressed. All of the leads were quite strong, although Mr. Todd's hair was a bit longer than I had remembered. And my initial shock of seeing a slender, dark-skinned, Italian-looking Mrs. Lovett was soon tempered as she belted "The Worst Pies in London" with a vigor matched only by a much younger Angela Landsbury. David Leppert's "Sweeny" was as it should have been, a seething-though-restrained angry energy, held back until the final moments of the play revealed his terrible error. Chaz May's "Tobias Ragg" was a carbon copy of the original Broadway cast member; listening to his "Nothing's Gonna Harm You" took me right back to my MP-3 player. The rest of the main characters were excellent in their contributions to the overall pace and realism of the play. A very distracting and puzzling aspect of the production, however, was the use of eery sound effects - heartbeats, creaking doors, wind, rain, crying babies - and random players climbing on the scaffolding thirty minutes prior to opening curtain. These players as well as the rest of the townspeople exhibited the demeanor of zombies in their makeup (white faces, blacked-out eyes), carriage and gait. For a while I thought I was on the set of "The Walking Dead." Perhaps it was Mr. Mata's contribution to the Halloween spirit, since the play was produced in October. In any case, the play was well done and I would highly recommend it, particularly at the price of $15.00.

Fantastic show, great visual effects, extremely talented cast. Loved it!! A must see if you are lucky enough to get a ticket. Every night has been basically sold out.

The set was, lights, music, sound effects were great and the characters were well developed and came to life on stage. The performers were all very talented. I have not seen Sweeney Todd on stage before and don't have much basis for comparison, but it was incredible to see it live and it was more than I'd imagined it would be.

Great seats, performers were very good. The singing was outstanding, everyone hit their notes perfectly. Mrs. Lovett was the best!

The costumes and stage were more modern than the original time setting. I saw the Pie cast and they were spot on. It was funny and thought provoking and the gore was respectably depicted. The sound was perfect and I could hear and understand each word (sometimes opera runs together and is hard to hear). I LOVED IT!!!

This play was amazing, everyone in the cast and crew and even orchestra did amazing. I would go watch again if I could honestly watch it again.

It was a great performance me and my fiance was amazaed at the detail of the script. I had a blast and I was a critic, but it trully was worth it!

Have recommended it. Saw the PBS/NY Phil production. The Razor Cast singers were at least as good, Thomas Gunther and Rachel Snyder more effective, Anthony Hope more believable, Johanna/Gabrielle Barker's voice marvelous, whole cast of soloists, really not a weak one. and the ensemble convinced me. Orchestra also excellent supporting. The ending was much more effective and clear. And moving.

I like the play/opera itself but this was not one of UK's better productions. There was a clear distinction between leads (both male and female leads) and the rest of the cast.

The play was great and the actors did a great job.

Another excellent performance by the UK Opera program. Dr. McCorvey is a great asset to the university and the greater Lexington community. To have performances of this caliber in a town the size of Lexington is remarkable. I especially enjoyed the acting/singing of Zackery Morris.

Strong voices all around. Once again UK Opera Has done fantastic work.

The show was phenomenal!! The music was very powerful and found myself singing it after the the show. The only recommendations was to have all back up singers miced. Also, it was a bit hard to focus on everything because there was allot going on at the same time...

Sweeney Todd was great! However, both me and my boyfriend thought that the orchestra overpowered the vocalists. For this being the last show, we thought they would've had the sound dialed in better.

This show was amazing! The guy who played Sweeney was very talented. I did however give it 4 stars instead of five because I think the show was overpriced for a college production.

Well acted! Great costumes! Loved the Goth vibe. Interesting and it worked. Orchestra and soloists were great. I loved the natural, easy feel of the principals' acting. Definitely would recommend it!

Not what I expected. Too many songs going on at one time. I thought that it might have more of a horror aspect to it. It didn t. Overall I really didn t like this play; I was bored and could have fallen asleep. I don t recommend this play at all. I wasn t surprised that when we came back from the inter mission that half the people in the theater didn t come back as well.

Overall the show was very good. Actress who played Mrs. Lovett was excellent. Wasn't thrilled with the lead actor's performance. He was decent, but nothing to write home about. Supporting cast was average overall. Costumes and set were very well done. Orchestra was good. Really enjoyed Mrs. Lovett's performance.

an absolutely stunning rendition of the great musical! I expected an above average display since the actors were students at University of Kentucky; however, the performance was very professional and par excellence. The lighting, props and the actors' singing was great. The second half appeared to be stretched out at times, but did not detract from the overall experience. Mrs. Lovett's character is difficult to portray, but the the actor performing it brought nuanced perfection to the role.

The actors and their voices were good. The play music was terrible the play was VERY hard to understand it started about 25 minutes late.

Enjoyed. Very nice production. Everyone did a great job. Really enjoyed Ms Lovetts performance

I took my husband for his birthday(27 years old) to see Sweeney Todd, and he is not the kind of guy who likes plays/musicals, and it was amazing! He had a wonderful time and we thoroughly enjoyed our evening! The actors we all amazing, and Sweeney Todd and Mrs Lovett gave me chills! My husband has been singing the songs for 3 days now! What fun!

I had only seen the movie before this production and wondered if it would be able to compete. While no one can compete with Johnny Depp as an actor, the play overall was wonderful and had an amazing cast. I would recommend this play to anyone.

Great interpretation. GREAT singing all around. Really, a knockout production. Nuance, creative staging. Whenever things went wrong (doors not opening, thrown items missed) the cast recovered well. Knockout music. Two cons: During the vacation fantasy scene with Mrs. Lovett and Sweeney, the costumes worn by dancers are a bit of a Las Vegas showgirl cliche. They felt out of place. During Tobias's final monologue, the acting was awful, middle school drama club stuff. ("Bake.... pie... razor..... razor..... cut..... CUT!) Huge pauses, melodramatic reading. SO, great with a very few hiccups!

You would never know this was a high school production. Excellent acting and singing. Would see again

What can I say can't believe they we're high school kids........

Absolutely amazing show! A very talented ensemble.

Had never seen this play. Had seen the movie with Johnny Depp. The actor who portrayed Sweeney Todd was good but not as evil or sinister as the way Johnny Depp portrayed him. I even went on YouTube to look at other plays and the Sweeney Todd actors were more scary and dark. I thought Mrs. Lovett was great, but the actress who played the Beggar woman stoled the show!!!!! The rest of the cast was also amazing....great voices!

Flawless voices, stunning acting... with an eery mixture of horror and comedy. I recommend it to all.

I've been trying to share the joy of differing arts to my 16 year old daughter and her friends. This was our second play this year and we brought a new group of young ladies to this event. The young ladies were amazed and awed by the venue and were talking about seeing their first play. The looks and comments from other patrons, before the play even started, were nasty and then getting an usher to 'warn' us, was simply ludicrious. It may be a theatre frequented by ancient people, but unless they get a clue it will die with them. These younger kids were quite put off by the other theater patrons and pissed when the excessively aged usher chastised them for talking, although the lights had not even gone down. I don't want to take away from a nice play and a good performance by the acting troop, but at this point I'm not sure I want to go back to that venue. I'm trying to get the kids interested in the arts, not feeling left out because they are young. They need to rethink if they want young people to come and get interested in the theater or not.

Sweeney Todd isn't your typical 'feel good' musical. My daughter, who is a horror afficianado, had seen the movie and was excited to see it live. The performances were fantastic and the technical production excellent. I'd highly recommend to anyone.

I love this musical and have seen it in three or four versions, including with Angela Landsbury. This version is the most successful version I've seen overall, mainly because of the scale of the theater. The Arie Crown and Lyric Opera House were too big. A Ravinia version had better scale, but was not staged. All the performances here were top notch, but I especially loved having the Judge and the Beadle cast so impressively. With Sondheim, hearing and understanding the words is always critical. All the solo pieces came across very clearly. My only disappointment was that the chorus sections sounded muddy on the sound system and you could not understand what they were singing. Can't wait until Friday, when I see Follies, another dose of Sonheim! Not so ghoulish, but just as witty.

First play I have ever attended and it did not disappoint. Simply put, it was absolutely AMAZING.

An absolute treat to have a Broadway caliber show for such a reasonable cost. I have attended several shows at Drury Lane and this is by far the best production I have seen.

It was a great show with a wonderful cast . Would love to go back to Drury Lane for another.

Strong vocals and respectable staging. Oddly, this show was just plain fun, even with the nature of the production. Long performance but paced well.

My children, ages 15 and 12, and I absolutely loved the stage production of Sweeney Todd! As ardent fans of the movie, weren't sure how we would like the stage adaptation, but we loved it! Recommended for children 12 and up. May be a little scary for younger children. Our seats offered wonderful views of the stage and the music was fantastic!!

The entire cast was excellent, specifically Liz McCartney (Mrs Lovett). Gregg Edelman (Sweeney Todd) seemed a little too happy as the Sweeney character and needed to be a little more "sinister", too often smiling and laughing when not appropriate. Jonah Rawitz (Toby) was good, however they needed to bump up the audio on his mic more so he could be heard. The use of the back screen for the blood scenes was great, and the set props were excellent.

The acting was superb, singing voices were excellent, and the story line well presented. The musicality of the actors brought the story to life in a most dramatic way which was thoroughly enjoyed. The play is a welcomed departure from other performances experienced at Drury Lane and very well received.

Truly a stunning and unforgettable performance. Mesmerizing acting and voices that can effortlessly scale this difficult score. A must see for any Broadway musical enthusiast!

I have seen at least 6 different productions of "Sweeney Todd" (in addition to the film) and this was by far the best. All the actors were terrific, the sets were phenomenal, the costumes great. Drury Lane Theater itself is one of the best venues in which to see a musical. I have never been disappointed. Go if you can!

Drury Lane took a very, very dark theme and turned it into an artistic theatrical performance that captured your imagination from the very first scene. The casting was perfect with talent direct from Broadway, and the staging and lighting imaginative and creative. I enjoyed every minute, but was very glad it wasn't a dinner theater performance!

We've seen the movie and enjoyed the play. It was neat the way it was staged.

We were a little concerned to be seated in the front row, and to our surpirse, we enjoyed each scene from the street level outside the judges home to the multi-level view of the Fleet Street shop. Loved the creativity showing the drama at the sanitorium, and the use of the extended off-stage space for pier and street scenes added great dimension. Choreographed movement was timed perfectly for those moving on and transitioning off-stage in all different directions. Our favorite experience was the vocal talent of the entire company. Voices blended well from adults to children roles. The soloists were superb; I was actually able to follow along with the scenarios. We appreciated the timing and humor. Must also acknowledge the truly talented musicians ... we heard every note and loved the accompaniment. Well done to the entire Company! Bravo!

I loved this performance. They did a wonderful job substituting the blood scenes. Made it more family friendly. Well done. May even come back to see it again. BRAVO!!!!!

I took my wife to see this play as a gift not knowing anything about it. I started to enjoy it when when the blood started flowing!

great show! The chorus voices were incredible! The actor who played Sweeney Todd had the best facial expressions and the best evil smirk! Better than the production I saw in the city a couple year ago.

I have seen Sweeney Todd in the Broadway production, in the opera house, in a Spanish language version in Barcelona and now here at Drury Lane. This production hit every point it was supposed to from an excellent cast of singing actors to a production which provided a wonderful atmosphere of the the scary times in London. I have always thought this show was Sondheim's masterpiece of his many one of a kind great shows. I was happy to see and hear this first rate production give its all and succeed in showing a new generation of theatergoers the reason Sondheim is to be treasured.

I loved the placement of the singers when filling in between acts. It kept the story moving.The beginning was a little slow but the momentum did pick up. Would highly recommend this play and the Drury Lane for the "Meal and a Play" ticket. Very satisfied!

Was sitting towards the back and couldn't understand half the words and didn't quite understand the whole story.

I went with my daughters and we loved it. We saw the movie and then last year we saw the play at the local high school and they did an amazing performance.