Skip to Navigation

Journal Archives for Stephen Sondheim

  • Thursday, February 28, 2008
    |0 Comments

    "Sweeney Todd" DVDs to Be Released April 1

    The Tim Burton-directed film version of Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd, starring Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter, will be available on DVD beginning April 1, in both a two-disc special edition and a single-disc DVD. Playbill reports that the two-disc version will include an in-depth look at the Sondheim musical, behind-the-scenes footage of the making of the film, and the history of the legend of the Demon Barber of Fleet Street, among a number of additional special features.

  • Jonny Greenwood "There Will Be Blood" [cover]
    Thursday, February 21, 2008
    |0 Comments

    NPR: "There Will Be Blood" Score "Sublime"; "Blood," "Sweeney Todd" at Sunday's Oscars

    Tune in to ABC this Sunday night at 8 PM ET to catch the 80th annual Academy Awards. The Tim Burton-directed adaptation of Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd has been nominated for three Academy Awards. Paul Thomas Anderson's There Will Be Blood shares the distinction, with No Country for Old Men, of being the most nominated film this year.

  • Sunday, February 3, 2008
    |0 Comments

    "There Will Be Blood," "Sweeney" Earn Evening Standard Film Awards

    Jonny Greenwood

    picked up an Evening Standard British Film Award last night for Best Film Score for his contribution to There Will Be Blood. The film's star, Daniel Day-Lewis was named Best Actor. Helena Bonham Carter was recognized as Best Actress for her work both in Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd and in the small, independent film Conversations with Other Women.
  • Wednesday, January 23, 2008
    |0 Comments

    Evening Standard: Five of Five Stars for "Sweeney the Spectacular"

    The Evening Standard gives Sweeney Todd a perfect five out of five stars, dubbing the film "Sweeney the Spectacular" and calling it "just about perfect." With melodies that "tiptoe under our skin and refuse to leave," says the paper, Sweeney brings filmgoers to a "heightened state" that once entered is difficult to let go.

  • Stephen Sondheim: "Sweeney Todd" film soundtrack [cover]
    Wednesday, January 23, 2008
    |0 Comments

    Times (UK): Four Stars for Burton's "Wonderful Adaptation" of Sondheim's "Sweeney Todd"

    As Tim Burton's film version of Sweeney Todd gets set to open in the UK this weekend, the Times of London gives the film four stars, declaring it a "wonderful adaptation of Steven Sondheim’s musical ... that Burton was born to film." With the film now open in Australia as well, the Melbourne Herald Sun offers his praise for Johnny Depp's successful portrayal of the Demon Barber: "Sondheim's scores are notoriously difficult, yet Depp reveals a remarkable voice and receives fine support from his co-stars ... Depp, typically, leaves all other versions of Todd dead in the water."

  • Monday, January 21, 2008
    |0 Comments

    Multiple Oscar Nominations Go to "There Will Be Blood" and "Sweeney Todd"

    The nominations for the 80th Academy Awards have been announced. Congratulations go to There Will Be Blood and Sweeney Todd, which have received a combined 11 nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor for There Will Be Blood and Best Actor for Sweeney Todd. The Awards will be handed out in Hollywood on February 24.

  • Thursday, January 17, 2008
    |0 Comments

    Helena Bonham Carter Sings Sweeney's Praises; Her Role of a Lifetime

    While on the set filming Sweeney Todd in the UK, Helena Bonham Carter, who plays the Demon Barber's cohort in crime, Mrs. Lovett, spoke with the Independent about the role she'd waited a lifetime to play. It wasn't a role that was simply handed to her, either, despite her relationship with the film's director, Tim Burton. It was only when the show's composer, Stephen Sondheim, gave her the OK that Bonham Carter's place was secured, and the couple could "burst into tears" of joy.

  • Monday, January 7, 2008
    |0 Comments

    People: "Sweeney" Soundtrack "Like a Grand Night at the Theater"

    "Is there anything Johnny Depp can't do?" ask People magazine. He certainly does seem capable of tackling anything he tries, not least taking on the title role in the "splendid movie musical," Sweeney Todd. Writes People in its review of the film's soundtrack, out now on Nonesuch: "The soundtrack, in vivid fashion, succeeds at playing like a grand night at the theater."

    Read the full review in the January 14 issue of People, on newsstands now.

  • Monday, January 7, 2008
    |0 Comments

    Broadway World: "Sweeney Todd" Shows a Master at His Best

    'Tis the season for Sweeney Todd. With the Tim Burton-directed film in theaters across the country now and the national tour of the John Doyle-directed stage version making its way through the States, Broadway World's Beau Higgins writes: "I have come to the conclusion that Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, is certainly one of the greatest musicals ever created."

  • Monday, January 7, 2008
    |0 Comments

    Playbill: "Sweeney Todd" Soundtrack Soars

    Playbill's Steven Suskin makes no bones about being a fan of the 1979 Stephen Sondheim musical Sweeney Todd. With the opening of the new Tim Burton-directed film version, he rejoices in the possibility that millions of new fans will now discover what he and legions of die-hard fans have known for years: "the magic of Sweeney Todd, at root, is in the music and lyrics of Stephen Sondheim." And as sacrosanct as the original may be for Suskin, "the newly released soundtrack album soars in its own ways."

FirstPrevious12345678NextLast