Good morning, all! Well, four hours to SWEENEY TODD. I am so looking forward to this!
BK, DR singdaw gave you the info on the original SWEENEY TODD orchestration. I understand that Jonathan for the film orchestration started from scratch and didn't reuse any of the original. He's scored it now for 26 players, 9, and now 60+ so he knows this score pretty well. My memory of the original Broadway production is 26 players because I have a memory that there were two percussionists. The minimum requirement for the Uris - now Gershwin - before Local 802 and the producers decided orchestras were no longer necessary with synthesizers doing all the work was at least 25 players, given the size of the house.
DR vixmom, I understand the film of SWEENEY TODD is quite bloody, so I would think that would be your only issue in determining her attendance. With the popularity of films like SAW and HOSTEL, I'm sure SWEENEY TODD is much tamer, but there are graphic killings.
TOD:
DVD: BROTHERS & SISTERS disc 6, SYVIA (Royal Ballet, AMAHL AND THE NIGHT VISITORS
CD: Marilyn Horne Christmas album, Christmas on Broadway
VCR: EMILE AND THE NIGHT VISITORS, a French Art Film