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In 1996, director Gabriel Barre cast me as \u2018Sweeney\u2019 in the Goodspeed Opera House production of the show; I would be alternating with Timothy Nolen. I loved performing it, and felt completely connected to the part.<\/p>\n
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Nine years later, in 2005, I received a call from my agent. Seattle\u2019s 5th Avenue Theatre had called to offer me \u2018Sweeney\u2019 in their fall production. I\u2019d been recommended and was being invited, sight unseen. In Seattle I discovered to my delight that we\u2019d be doing the show with the full original orchestrations and a Broadway-size ensemble of the best singers in town\u2013 and on the very same set <\/u>which appears on the Lansbury-Hearn national tour video. David Armstrong directed, and it was the pinnacle of my career.<\/p>\n
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Then, in 2019, Peter Rothstein called to say he\u2019d be directing the show for the Asolo in Sarasota, and asked if I\u2019d consider playing the role a third time. I realized it would be probably more challenging than ever\u2013 but I did want to live with, and in, that character one more time before I aged out. That production, too, was a thrill\u2013 and gave me the opportunity to really listen<\/em> to my fellow singers. I heard things in that magnificent score which I had never heard before.<\/p>\n [aesop_image force_fullwidth=”off” lightbox=”off” captionposition=”left” captionsrc=”custom” align=”center” imgwidth=”66%” img=”https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/fitzpatrickallen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/206\/2024\/09\/2019-Sweeney-Todd-002.jpg” panorama=”off”]\n To play the same role three times over 25 years \u2014 and a glorious one at that \u2014 was an extraordinary experience.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [aesop_image force_fullwidth=”off” lightbox=”off” captionposition=”left” captionsrc=”custom” align=”center” imgwidth=”100%” img=”https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/fitzpatrickallen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/206\/2024\/09\/2019-Sweeney-Todd-007.jpg” panorama=”off”] In 1996, director Gabriel Barre cast me as \u2018Sweeney\u2019 in the Goodspeed Opera House production of the show; I would be alternating with Timothy Nolen. I loved performing it, and felt completely connected to the part. [aesop_image force_fullwidth=”off” lightbox=”off” captionposition=”left” captionsrc=”custom” align=”center” imgwidth=”55%” img=”https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/fitzpatrickallen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/206\/2024\/09\/1996-Sweeney-Todd-Goodspeed-aa.jpg” panorama=”off”] Nine […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":218,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-highlight"],"metadata":{"_edit_lock":["1725590044:218"]},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n