Does anyone know if the (seemingly obvious) use of "Different Worlds (Theme from ANGIE)" as a parody of SWEENEY TODD has been done in any major venue, such that if did one I should worry about being accused of being a copycat?
The "Love it seeks, love it finds, love it conquers, love it binds" seems to cry out for being reworked with "Lovett" instead of "love it."
This is my rough sketch of the parody.
(celebrating the simultaneous 30th anniversary year of the TV show ANGIE and the debut of SWEENEY TODD, imagine a TV sitcom about Angela Lansbury as Mrs. Lovett)
Let the crimes grow, let the blood flow
Let the swain glower, let the love sour
Lovett bakes and Lovett brines
Lovett’s bonkers, Lovett pines
She pines but that guy loves a different girl;
She plots and she plans ‘til she earns the fella’s trust
She’s sure that he can’t love that different girl
Then there’s lots of noise an’
She tells him she died from poison
Let the crimes grow, let the blood flow
Let the swain glower, let the love sour
Lovett freaks then Lovett finds
Lovett conquers, Lovett grinds
She grinds while she drives off that different girl
She does it for love that might stand the test of time
Her love gets his mind off that different girl
With this love they harbor
It’s such fun to be a barber
Let the crimes grow, let the blood flow
Let the swain glower, let the love sour
Lovett bakes and Lovett brines
Lovett’s bonkers, Lovett pines
Lovett seeks and Lovett finds
(Lovett sneaks and Lovett finds
Lovett conquers)
Lovett gri-i-i-i-i-i-inds
Lovett seeks and Lovett finds
Lovett conquers, Lovett gri-inds

Don't remember if I ever posted this here, but...
(Sweeney Todd and Mrs Lovett seated at the harmonium)
Todd: Boy, the way Pirelli bled
Mrs. Lovett: Pies I made from his fat head
Todd: Guys like him I soon shaved dead
Both: Those were the days!
Mrs. Lovett: And you slew who no one knew
Todd: Everyone went down with brew
Both: Mister we could use a man
Like Beadle Bamford to chew.
Todd: Offered shaves at a cut rate
Mrs. Lovett: More hot pies they ate and ate
Both: Gee, our barber chair worked great.
Those were the days!