tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2753615879882339103.post7308289200259671633..comments2024-03-29T05:27:44.094-04:00Comments on Sandy's Motherhood Blog: Food, Fun, Fashion: Battles of the Broadway DivasSandy Philpotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03654915192510918183noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2753615879882339103.post-62464425745955247472015-07-10T16:54:41.138-04:002015-07-10T16:54:41.138-04:00As a theater person, I can not, in good conscience...As a theater person, I can not, in good conscience, recommend the movie version of Sweeney Todd. If you know that Helena Bonham Carter played Mrs. Lovett, Johnny Depp played Sweeney and Tim Burton directed, you've got all you need to know. Curt Fennellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05341464427062494886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2753615879882339103.post-8423988879553267612015-07-10T14:34:14.963-04:002015-07-10T14:34:14.963-04:00I considered including Mrs. Lovett, but I've o...I considered including Mrs. Lovett, but I've only seen snippets of Thompson's and LuPone's performances and never saw the movie version, so I felt unqualified to judge. <br /><br />And how did I not know about the Reba/SBM version of SP?!? I wanted to rate Reba for Annie Oakley but couldn't find her on IBDB - didn't she replace Bernadette at some point in the Broadway run Sandy Philpotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03654915192510918183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2753615879882339103.post-77766978450563324742015-07-10T14:11:24.168-04:002015-07-10T14:11:24.168-04:00Mama Rose - It's delightful, it's delovely...Mama Rose - It's delightful, it's delovely, it's de-Merman!!<br /><br />Nellie Forbush - You left out Reba McIntyre, who did the concert version that was on PBS with Brian Stokes Mitchell. I liked her quite a bit as she was a much better actor than I thought she would be and she is the only Nellie Forbush that I thought sounded like she was actually from Arkansas. <br /><br />Julie Curt Fennellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05341464427062494886noreply@blogger.com