Photo Coverage: SWEENEY TODD Company Celebrates Opening Night at After Party Gala!

By: Mar. 06, 2014
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The New York Philharmonic's staged production of Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler's Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street will be telecast nationally on Live From Lincoln Center, hosted by Audra McDonald, on PBS stations. The air date will be announced at a later time. The production, which opened last night and will run through March 8, 2014, stars bass-baritone Bryn Terfel in the title role and Academy Award-winning actress Emma Thompson as Mrs. Lovett in her Philharmonic debut, New York stage debut, and first time performing the role. Jeff Blumenkrantz portrays The Beadle; Tony Award winner Christian Borle, Pirelli (marking his Philharmonic debut);Kyle Brenn, Tobias Ragg (debut); Jay Armstrong Johnson,Anthony Hope (debut); Erin Mackey, Johanna (debut); and Olivier Award winner Philip Quast, Judge Turpin (debut and New York stage debut). Music Director Alan Gilbertconducts, Grant Sturiale is the assistant conductor, Lonny Price directs, Lonny Price and Matt Cowart are the producers, and Josh Rhodes is the choreographer.

BroadwayWorld was there for opening night and you can check out photos from the after party below!

The New York Philharmonic has been an integral part of PBS's award-winning Live From Lincoln Center since the series' inaugural telecast in 1976. While continuing to present the Philharmonic's symphonic concerts, in recent seasons Live From Lincoln Center has broadcast many of the Philharmonic's theatrical productions, including Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel in 2013, nominated for three Emmy Awards, and Lerner and Loewe's Camelot in 2008.

Set in Victorian London, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street tells the story of the eponymous barber who seeks vengeance on what he sees as a merciless world by murdering his customers and, with the help of his landlady, the romantically inclined Mrs. Lovett, bakes their bodies into meat pies, which are fed to London's avid and unknowing populace. Sondheim's score pays homage to the music of Hollywood composer Bernard Hermann. Highlights include "The Ballad of Sweeney Todd," "Not While I'm Around," "A Little Priest," and "Pretty Women."

Photo Credit: Walter McBride

Photo Coverage: SWEENEY TODD Company Celebrates Opening Night at After Party Gala!
Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka

Photo Coverage: SWEENEY TODD Company Celebrates Opening Night at After Party Gala!
Neil Patrick Harris

Photo Coverage: SWEENEY TODD Company Celebrates Opening Night at After Party Gala!
Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka

Photo Coverage: SWEENEY TODD Company Celebrates Opening Night at After Party Gala!
Barbara Cook

Photo Coverage: SWEENEY TODD Company Celebrates Opening Night at After Party Gala!
Barbara Cook

Photo Coverage: SWEENEY TODD Company Celebrates Opening Night at After Party Gala!
Lonny Price

Photo Coverage: SWEENEY TODD Company Celebrates Opening Night at After Party Gala!
Lonny Price

Photo Coverage: SWEENEY TODD Company Celebrates Opening Night at After Party Gala!
Lonny Price

Photo Coverage: SWEENEY TODD Company Celebrates Opening Night at After Party Gala!
Jeff Blumenkrantz

Photo Coverage: SWEENEY TODD Company Celebrates Opening Night at After Party Gala!
Tracy Christensen and Jeff Blumenkrantz

Photo Coverage: SWEENEY TODD Company Celebrates Opening Night at After Party Gala!
Kyle Brenn

Photo Coverage: SWEENEY TODD Company Celebrates Opening Night at After Party Gala!
Kyle Brenn

Photo Coverage: SWEENEY TODD Company Celebrates Opening Night at After Party Gala!
Jay Armstrong Johnson

Photo Coverage: SWEENEY TODD Company Celebrates Opening Night at After Party Gala!
Jay Armstrong Johnson

Photo Coverage: SWEENEY TODD Company Celebrates Opening Night at After Party Gala!
Jay Armstrong Johnson

Photo Coverage: SWEENEY TODD Company Celebrates Opening Night at After Party Gala!
Jay Armstrong Johnson

Photo Coverage: SWEENEY TODD Company Celebrates Opening Night at After Party Gala!
Alan Gilbert

Photo Coverage: SWEENEY TODD Company Celebrates Opening Night at After Party Gala!
Alan Gilbert

Photo Coverage: SWEENEY TODD Company Celebrates Opening Night at After Party Gala!
Christian Borle

Photo Coverage: SWEENEY TODD Company Celebrates Opening Night at After Party Gala!
Christian Borle

Photo Coverage: SWEENEY TODD Company Celebrates Opening Night at After Party Gala!
Josh Rhodes

Photo Coverage: SWEENEY TODD Company Celebrates Opening Night at After Party Gala!
Jennifer Foote

Photo Coverage: SWEENEY TODD Company Celebrates Opening Night at After Party Gala!
Jennifer Foote and Josh Rhodes

Photo Coverage: SWEENEY TODD Company Celebrates Opening Night at After Party Gala!
Josh Rhodes

Photo Coverage: SWEENEY TODD Company Celebrates Opening Night at After Party Gala!
Bryn Terfel

Photo Coverage: SWEENEY TODD Company Celebrates Opening Night at After Party Gala!
Bryn Terfel

Photo Coverage: SWEENEY TODD Company Celebrates Opening Night at After Party Gala!
Emma Thompson

Photo Coverage: SWEENEY TODD Company Celebrates Opening Night at After Party Gala!
Emma Thompson

Photo Coverage: SWEENEY TODD Company Celebrates Opening Night at After Party Gala!
Emma Thompson

Photo Coverage: SWEENEY TODD Company Celebrates Opening Night at After Party Gala!
Emma Thompson

Photo Coverage: SWEENEY TODD Company Celebrates Opening Night at After Party Gala!
Emma Thompson

Photo Coverage: SWEENEY TODD Company Celebrates Opening Night at After Party Gala!
Emma Thompson

Photo Coverage: SWEENEY TODD Company Celebrates Opening Night at After Party Gala!
Emma Thompson and Jay Armstrong Johnson

Photo Coverage: SWEENEY TODD Company Celebrates Opening Night at After Party Gala!
Erin Mackey, Emma Thompson and Jay Armstrong Johnson

Photo Coverage: SWEENEY TODD Company Celebrates Opening Night at After Party Gala!
Phillip Quast, Erin Mackey, Emma Thompson and Jay Armstrong Johnson

Photo Coverage: SWEENEY TODD Company Celebrates Opening Night at After Party Gala!
Phillip Quast, Erin Mackey, Emma Thompson and Jay Armstrong Johnson



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