JAMES CRAIG PHOTOGRAPHY

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"Miracle Elixer" image drop…

Nov 4, 2024

The two numbers in Sweeney Todd that generated the most images are “More Hot Pies” and “Miracle Elixir”. So many of the cast, so many combinatins of position and expression. It was difficult to trim the selection down to these eight – in fact Nan had me doing eleven, selecting three to give to the troupe without including here. Believe me though, she’s an invaluable asset when confronted with the task of reducing a couple of thousand exposures down to a hundred or two.

Most of these were tricky, with irregular stage lighting at best. At this scale, most need to be blown up pretty far for effect (difficult with low resolution web versions of the files). Rogue does get full res. versions though – and I just made that easier by completing a full Archive drive with everyting on it from 2017 through this posting (that took a week of my life to make a half a terabyte of image easily navigated). 

SWEENEY TODD is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI.www.mtishows.com