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TACKLES 1st Asst Total Doug Anderson 5 0 5 Jeff Wood 2 2 4 Jamie Crowley 4 0 4 Nathan Tyrrell 3 1 4 Brian Johnson 3 0 3 Joe Hiffa 3 0 3 Andrew Sutton 2 1 3 Sam Wolff 3 0 3 Scott Sweeney 1 1 2 Andy Howard 1 1 2 Ray Mertens 2 0 2 Grant Brundage 2 0 2 Thad Wilson 2 0 2 Mason Wynocker 1 0 1 Peter Maulik 1 0 1 Mark Hall 1 0 1 M. Moltschlag 0 1 1 B. Mansavage 1 0 1 TOTAL 490 151 641 OPPONENTS...
...should have felt right at home. After all, Boston's the home of the Sweeney brothers, the Sullivan clan, even the Kennedy empire...
...musical ability of this cast is high. The same cannot be said of the orchestra which, among other problems, is plagued by a particularly bad brass section. The excellent Sweeney Todd orchestra will be free this weekend--the producers of Into the Woods should think about borrowing...
Director Sarah Stewart has done a masterful job with the complex action of Sweeney Todd. The crowd scenes are well staged and the general atmosphere of a London slum is so well evoked that the scene changes seem to be part of the action. Certain scenes, such as the contest between Pirelli and Todd, manage to transcend the tiny stage of the Loeb Ex. One of the best moments in Sweeney Todd is the "A Little Priest" number at the end of the first act. Travis and Mullins' rendition of it is one of the finest moments in Harvard theater...
Everyone involved with Sweeney Todd should be credited with pulling off what many Harvard theater people thought was impossible. If there was ever an argument for raising the penny-ante funding (it hasn't been raised significantly since the early 80s) given by the A.R.T. to student productions, this is it. And if there was ever an argument for getting tickets early to an Ex show, this was also it. The last tickets for this weekend were given out by last weekend. The current waiting list is rumored to be approaching the one hundred mark. Getting to the show this...