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  • November 22nd, 2011 WESTERN CAROLINIAN Page B-6 ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT Sweeney Todd production at WCU receives great reviews Bayleigh Davis, Contributirig Writer The student. production of Sweeney Todd: The De- mon Barber of Fleet Street recently took stage from Noy. 10-13 in the John W. Bardo Fine and Performing Arts Center. Showcasing the talents of many WCU students and a 2007 graduate, the show was a major success. Sweeney Todd had many different things to. offer the audience. _ There were two main stories taking place throughout the performance, the romance between Johanna and An- thony as well as the revenge that Sweeney was taking out , on the townspeople. Sweeney Todd started on time and had only minor microphone glitches during Some of the performances. The cast received standing. ovations at the end of every performance. The cast also. gave credit to the extremely talented orchestra that ac- gompanied the shows. The cast of Sweeney Todd As a member of the set crew, Kyle Smith had some fears on opening night. T was worried that some- thing would go wrong with the cube, like it maybe get- ting stuck, Smith said. Smith also gave credit to the cast. . Everyone was so_tal- ented and fit their parts per- * fectly?t At the end of the week- end Smith. was pleased to inform that they never faced any detrimental setbacks. Members of the audience had a diferent 5 view of the show. Matthew Alexander, a student at WCU, praised the cast and credited To- bias Ragg, played by Peter Oneal, as his favorite char- acter. My favorite song was God, Thats: Good because it used the whole cast, he said. My favorite part of the . show was definitely the set. . It added so much to the mu- sical, said Desirea Hodge, a sophomore at WCU. The set changes really flowed to- gether. Hodge claimed that the show met all of her expecta- tions, though she feels. like the accents could have been better. Kasey Privett, also a sophomore at WCU, be- lieved that the performance of Anthony Hope, played by Joseph Callahan, was the best in the show. Anthony had a_ very clean voice and __ thats why my favorite song was *Johnanna, Privett said. According to the musical-: theatre report, 2,391 tick- ets were sold for Sweeney Todd, which is over 500 . more tickets than were sold for the spring student: pro- duction of Kiss Me Kate. Photos from the show are featured on this page and more can be viewed through a slideshow on the Multi- media page at www.west- erncarolinian.com. PHOTO BY JARED GANT : Sweeney Todd and Mrs, Lovett during a musical number: PHOTO BY JARED GANT "join together on stage for a scene in nthe play } PHOTO BY JARED GANT Sweeney Todd, played iy WCU ote Mitch Haelings Be Mes Lovee hues a WCU SEDI A hale Cody, perform a a scene in the play, PHOTOBY JARED GANT "Sweeney Todd takes.a victim at his barber shop. OUR FAMILY CARING FOR YOUR FAMILY HOURS OF OPERATION MONDAY - FRIDAY 7:45AM - 5:00PM SATURDAY AND SUNDAY CLOSED 430 FISHER CREEK ROAD SYLVA, NORTH CAROLINA 28779 828-586-4012 WWW.SYLVAFAMILYPRACTICEPA.COM
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