The Ballads of Sweeney Todd (with Taylor Darden)

Show Notes

The Ballad of Sweeney Todd starts off the show but then it's returned to a few times throughout. Taylor Darden joins Kyle to discus how this sets the tone of the musical and why it's used so effectively.

You can find out more about Taylor Darden on his website: https://www.taylordarden.com/

You can also enjoy his Sweeney Todd parody video on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4wxvj2ujJ1Mt4Kecan6bVw

You can purchase Stephen Sondheim's first book of lyrics, Finishing the Hat, by going here: https://amzn.to/2LB9ZJo

We are using three productions to frame our discussion of West Side Story.
The Original Broadway Cast (1979) starring Angela Lansbury, Len Cariou, and Victor Garber.

You can listen to it on Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/ca/album/sweeney-todd-the-demon-barber-of-fleet-street/1086882395

Or listen to it on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/2q6InM859RCsSQOjHWNHk2?si=Yn1oBG-bRASlNC_UPIUEAw

Or buy it on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Sweeney-Todd-Original-Broadway-Recording/dp/B01C6YV96Q/

The Broadway revival (2005) starring Patti LuPone, Michael Cerveris, and Alexander Gemignani.

You can listen to it on Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/ca/album/sweeney-todd-the-demon-barber-of-fleet-street/118106545

Or listen to it on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/1kA4RO70idrEQkOX3zlRfa?si=5MO05RHdRpSwqWDYCtMnNw

Or buy it on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Sweeney-Todd-Stephen-Sondheim/dp/B0012ELMK0/

The film version (2007) starring Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, and Alan Rickman.

You can listen to it on Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/ca/album/sweeney-todd-the-demon-barber-of-fleet-street/269842191

Or listen to it on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/5cQlLa7mNMZuOrLLRFr43y?si=x8vtz8OPRFS2rgfhd3I8PQ

Or buy it on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Sweeney-Barber-Street-Picture-Soundtrack/dp/B0011ZWOPM/

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This is a podcast about Stephen Sondheim's entire body of work show by show and song by song. Each week Kyle Marshall invites an expert to discuss a Sondheim song in-depth. Together they discover the humour, how the songs inform character, and any hidden meanings. Most importantly they try to understand the man behind the music, the Shakespeare of our time, as best they can.