Rogue Swan's Puffs – Evil Puffs!??
Are there evil Puffs? Only one way to find out – this show is so much better than we expected. Can’t wait… In the intro shot Xavia Jones (Megan’s mother played by Amy – among other roles) poses for her prison mugshot. In the first of the pair below, Amy...
Rogue Swan's Puffs – Be Prepared to be Frightened…
Or not… The dragon moves so quick and deadly that it took a while to get a close-up. Just wait and see how the contestants handle her. This is just one of Arianna’s six roles. Costume changes are going to have to be so quick…. All costumes aren’t ready yet,...
Rogue Swan's Puffs – Oh Really!
The three simultaneous Hermeoone’s gather for one short, well timed phrase: “Oh really!”. Obviously full costumes are not in the cards a of yet. The next pair are: Nate (with eight roles) as the very forceful announcer at the Trischool Tournament and Will...
Rogue Swan's Puffs – the Tournament and See the Dragon Roar…
I think I like these scenes without the full costumes, it’s kinda fun (we’ve seen plays without full dress and it didn’t lose a thing). I do hope these generate some interest in seeing the show – we find that in seeing all of the rehearsals we enjoy it even...
Rogue Swan's Puffs – Cast Portraits #3
Just eleven in the cast, playing about three times that number in parts – dictated by the nature of PUFFS. It is definitely a fun roller coaster ride. All three of today’s program portraits showed up a little unshaved – it certainluy won’t show at one inch...
Rogue Swan's Puffs – Cast Portraits #2
Four more Puffs cast photos. OK, I do realize that this is a lot to go through for shots that will be primarily used for one inch thumbnails in the program, but it’s an opportunity. That, even though they make for a lot more work than the action shots –...
Rogue Swan's Puffs – Cast Portraits #1
For a Rogue performance, Puffs has a relatively small cast. I tend to like what I get, but always feel a little guilty in that, expecially with this group, they take a seat, assume the pose they want, I snap the shutter for one to two quick poses, look at...
Puffs rehearsals – The Rest of Director Picks, mine first…
What do you do with an early rehearsal where you end up with far too many telling exposures? Some cool stufff will never see the light of day. I added the intro shot here to the list of Director picks. Megan has Oliver and Wayne’s hands bound as Flinch arrives....
Puffs rehearsals – A few Rogue Picks…
In spite of the continuing presence of script use at rehearsal, I’m pretty happy with the latest exposures – slowly clicking into a pace, learning to be prepping for the next shot while taking the one before it. Famiiiarity… These are all Lilli (the Director)...
Puffs rehearsals – Puffs can be very emotional…
We’ve watched the Broadway version a couple of times now – and are convinced that this cast, very much as in Sweeney Todd, is more in tune with the story line. And it’s so much easier to follow when the characters look the part – in spite of the fact that...
Puffs rehearsals – Triute…
This finishes with “recommended” conversions to b&w to date – leaving me free to mine the exposures for a few favorites – before the next rehearsal. I I do expect scripts to disappear soon, making this a lot more fun. The intro shot is the Puffs response...
Puffs rehearsals – Remedial potions for you…
I can’t wait to get a crack at these scenes in costume, and without scripts. Things move so fast in this show that I will need every opportunity to practice being ready for each next shot. In the intro shot here Oliver (Will Conway) receives another admonishment,...
Puffs rehearsals – Wand pointing lesson…
Puffs is shaping up to be a repeat of Sweeney Todd in one sense, better than the original. Casting, casting, casting. These are the final March rehearsal images – April should see the scripts gradually going. The title applies to the intro image – it’s the...
Puffs rehearsals – 10 this time Lilli, really?
Well, what can I do. I gave Rogue their color jpegs for the March 29 rehearsal, and a little while later I got the “suggestions” for b&w conversion. My first move after exporting the RAW files was to pointed NOT review the rest looking for further selections...
Puffs – But will there be bubbles?
I same answering the question as to if there will be bubbles, until the end here. Coming up to the first of April soon, when I assume there will be a lot less in the way of reliance on scripts. At the same time, we have finally managed to watch the full...
Puffs' Tears – bringing home the angst…
The rest pf the images from the last rehearsal – and I still have images to process from last night. The intro shot is my own addition – Puffs’ tears. Balow Jesse & a “petrified" Nate and Jesse & Caleb, followed by Amy being very expressive, and last a Puffs...
PUFFS – "Lumos" / rehearsals are long, exhausting and fascinating…
Well this was unexpected. At this point in rehearsals, worthy shots are kinda infrequent. I didn’t expect much, even after the shoot. But between Lilli and myself (only one addition) there are easily two postings worth. Hopefully this evening there will...
PUFFS – still reading scripts, our Rogues beginning to rock this out…
Jist watched the off-Broadway production – disappointing in that our local Rogues, even while still reading scripts, are doing a much more interesting job. Part of that is casting. After getting a taste of the Rogues in action, playing 11 to 17 year old...
Rogue Swan begins rehearsals for PUFFS – Interactive Script Reading…
I like, and need, to shoot rehearsals, even the early ones where most of the have scripts in hand. So much can happen so fast, and I will need to know what to expect, and when, and often what angle I will have to assume in order to do shooting the show...
Moonshine Bellydance Mardi Gras Hafla 2025 – the Dance Troupes…
Firefly, Blue Lapis & Silk, Lotus Sol, Salimpour Collective DC, Deb & Becca… I saved these for last primarily because of the nightmare of “fixing" shadows and color overlap lines on bodies and faces. I did manage to work up one of each, not necessarily the...
Moonshine Bellydance Mardi Gras Hafla 2025 – Emily Gonzaga & Moonshine Student Troupe…
This is the last of the singles, along with a couple of shots of April Monique’s Moonshine Student Troupe. The groups, with the harsh shadows and lights of different colors overlapping, are proving something of a nightmare – especially the faces. There are...
Moonshine Bellydance Mardi Gras Hafla 2025 – Farah Abi, Madeline and Zora…
Wow, I still have six to go after these three. My only comment, Nan hates to see me whining, is that I’m saving the worst lighting disasters for the end – It gets worse as I move along. One reason there will probably be but one image from most group performances....
Moonshine Bellydance Mardi Gras Hafla 2025 – Jaelynn & Ariadne
The next pair. Jaelynn did more spins than most, making for some shots highlighting the dress and hair. Ariadne is the young lady working feather fans, a little different. The Haflas are always a mix of around twenty very different performances. Everyone...
Moonshine Bellydance Mardi Gras Hafla 2025 – Donna Eileen & Jo Wall
I managed to work up two of the ladies for this posting. Both Donna Eileen are repeats, and always seem to come up with something different. Donna Eileen especially seems to improve her performance with each show she’s in, always with a touch of the seductive…....
Moonshine Bellydance Mardi Gras Hafla 2025 – April Monique
Havre de Grace’s own April Monique – always a highlight of the evening. Her unique style gives movement to every beat of the music, totally in sync. Here the shadows from converting to b&w from exposures that show the results of multicolored lights on the...
Moonshine Bellydance Mardi Gras Hafla 2025 – Hanoomah
A number of these performances had a theme, some of which escaped me. That was the case on Hanoomah’s until< through the zoom lens, I spotted the five dollar bill in her belt. Then it came together, I thing – a street hooker theme. She WAS dressed all in...
Moonshine Bellydance Mardi Gras Hafla 2025 – Taschen
Next up is Taschen, another with images in the folio from previous Haflas – she’s especially steps up in the Fall version, close to Halloween. Best case scenario is that I have one great shot of each – but this is NOT studio work. It’s stage action with...
Moonshine Bellydance Mardi Gras Hafla 2025 – Kalaya
No one has more fun performing than Kalayla – and it’s contagious. The one exception was myself this show because she shrugged off the stage and perfored in front of it. in the dark and with heads between me and her. Ouch. I fired of a few speculative shots,...
Moonshine Bellydance Mardi Gras Hafla 2025 – Naimah
I’ve been doing these since the beginning, in the very little “Black Box” in the Opera House. Results of the shots are very much a crap-shoot. Every venue is different for background, stage ambiance and lighting. All this is complicated by the color of the...
Sweeney Todd ZINE going to print… limited edition
A little bit of a grand experiment. This is a screen shot of the cover in the layout program. Zines run the gauntlet from like the cheapest magazines (comics) to old fashioned posh things that more resemble books. This one will be on that higher end. Heavy...
Sweeney Todd PDF eBook
Here’s my pdf eBook of Sweeney Todd show images, plus a few non-show gems. It was meant to be finished over the holidays, but we were both ill. Of course, this is a free download, from here as well as the eBook download page. For now, I’ll probably put a...
Sweeney Todd – Some final bows…
This was quick and hectic, with the audience standing (myself behind them jockying for position and holding the camera above my head). First a wide shot with everyone in it. Because the shot had to be so wide, I had to enhance its resolution – and no way...
Sweeney Todd – Epilogue, and some very serrious faces…
the finale is a reciting of the Sweeney Todd theme by the cast. I took a number of exposures, attempting mainly to make sure everyone was covered. Lots going on on stage, so I had to work quick to decide on where to shoot. The absoulte end is covered by...
Sweeney Todd – the "Final Scene"…
The story of Sweeney Todd ends in the dark basement where the large oven is. No more comic relief – begins with a not quite dead yet Judge grabbing Mrs. Lovett’s ankle and ends up with toby, in front of witnesses, giving a willing Sweeney a “close shave”....
Sweeney Todd – Lucy and the Judge in the chair…
The lead-up to th end continues in Sweeney’s shop. The Beggar Woman (Lucy ) shows up while Johanna is hidden. Sweeney discovers Lucy and disposes of her in great haste – as the Judge arrives. The images tell the story up to where Johanna is discovered and...
Sweeney Todd – Toby finds out, Johanna hides, Lucy on the shop…
In a race to the end here. Beginning with Toby finding a finger, witnessing the after/shave and then being searched for by Sweeney adn Mrs. Lovett. The last has been posted before so I added more to this posting…
Anthony brings Hohanna to hide...
Sweeney Todd – at Fogg's Asylum…
A series of images catching key moments in extracting Johanna from the Fogg’s asylum – from arriving (disguised as a hair merchant) through Johanna grabbing the gun to shoot Fogg when Anthony can’t do it. One of my favorite moments, no way to show it here,...
Sweeney Todd – "The Letter" and "Not While I'm Around"
Finally seeing a light at the end of the tunnel on these. Today “The Letter” number and “Not While I’m Around”. Three each – already beginning to lay-out a pdf eBook in my head, making for a lot of decisions as to choices, sizes and arrangement. “The Letter":
"Not...
Sweeney Todd – "By the Sea"…
“By the Sea” is a Mrs Lovett's solo looking ahead to prosperity from their ill-fated endeavors. Katie’s actions and James’s expressions are priceless. It was so difficult to trim it down to just these seven – I got it down to 18 and left it to Nan to cut...
Sweeney Todd – Johanna in the Mad-House…
A few exp\posures I liked from the Johanna in the mad-house scene. The opening scene shows her pacing, and driving everyone else nuts singing incessantly. Then an odd pair of shots of her in captivity…
Finally Anthony complains to the wrong person...
Sweeney Todd – Knock Three Times…
Just a couple – In the opening shot here, Sweeney is demonstrating how he will knock three times whenever he “shaves” a customer, sending them down the chute to the basement. Then a couple shots from what can only be called a sequence of “quickies” happening...
Making progress – the Rest of Rosie Jack…
I’m gaining on the backlog – after losing almost three weeks to covid. I admit I saved the problemest (?) exposures for last. But better a flawed image that says something than a perfectly executed nothing-burger. I can’t believe I’m actually bginning to...
Rosie Jack and the Bangtails Speakeasy 2
Just a large drop of Bangtails images. One more batch to come. They did manage to illuminate their faces a little better this time, at the cost of some pretty drastic shadows. These events are kinda cool, almost everyone attending dresses to fit the occasion...
Rosie Jack and the Bangtails Speakeasy November
Yes, this past November. What with Sweeney Todd, the holidays and getting a pretty long lasting case of COVID, we got pretty far behind. In fact, family not beginning to come around for Christmas until mid-January. Any, this is the first of probably three...
Rogue Swan Steals Christmas Again – 2
This second posting from Rogue Swan Steals Christmas again is more of a mixed bag. The intro shot is of Arianna, the surprise voice of the evening – sounding a litte like Cher, just low enough to handle songs made for that kind of sexy voice.
Then Moxie...
Rogue Swan Steals Christmas Again – 1
Wow, playing catch-up is rough. Trust me, COVID can still be pretty bad, the worst of it lasting a couple of weeks (on the couch). Here is the first half of the images from the December 12 Rogue Swan Steals Christmas Again at the Vandiver. Their shows there...
Sweeney Todd – "God,That's Good!" 2
This is the sencond batch, of eight, finishing up on the “God, That’s Good!” number in Rogue Swan’s recent Sweeney Todd production. As mentioned in the first posting, i’m just throwing these out there – still too weak from our battle with COVID to think...
Sweeney Todd – "God, That's Good!" 1
This post comes after a two week break while we both battled COVID – and not the light cases we’ve seen others get. Probably an age thing. And NOT how we wanted to spend the Christmas holidays. While the worst is over, it left ut both very weak – we’re...
Sweeney Todd – A Little Priest…
Man, it was difficult to cut this group down to the seven here. A Little Priest made the finale to Act I, and there were simply far too many good exposures to choose from. The intro image is the final image of the first half of the performance – preceded...
Sweeney Todd – Epiphany
Just a pair of images depicting the epiphany moment because I have a full house coming next with “A Little Priest” finishing up Act I. Here Sweeney finally picks up on Mrs. Lovett’s scathingly brilliant idea. Then, to be honest, with the time of year and...
Sweeney Todd – "Pretty Women", Dejection and "Do You Want a Shave, You, You?"
Back to Sweeney Todd images. When they’re all finished, there will be something of a cool pdf eBook of the show. Here are “Pretty Women” where Sweeney lures the Judge into his chair, dejection when he loses his opportunity and finally anger where he seems...
Moonshine Autumn Bellydance Gala – Donna Eileen, Marekai, Yasmina Rose, Ariadne and a couple missed April Moniques…
This finishes up covering everyone from the Autumn Bellydance Gala here in town. Looking back, I managed to put together a small number of “keepers”. Surprising with overhead lighting that cast horrendous shadows, those obtrusive front stage speakers that...
Moonshine Autumn Bellydance Gala – Traust Project, Booty Patrol and Mystic Caravan…
Hey, don’t blame me for some of the performers’ stage names – I’m sure it isn’t easy coming up with something. First two shots this posting is Traust Project – a lot of swords being waved around by the dancers…...
Moonshine Autumn Bellydance Gala – Boudica, Hayati , DC SALIMPOUR COLLECTIVE, Dance Souls
Two individuals, honestly a lot more fun to shoot, and two group shots: Boudica, Hayati , DC SALIMPOUR COLLECTIVE and Dance Souls. Must be rough coming up with an original name. The opening shot and the one below are Boudica – this time around I can only...
Moonshine Autumn Bellydance Gala – Jaelyn, Nini, Zora…
Actually I took some time off from postings to finish up on the Hafla “girls” images. that way I have three or more postings while I get back to the Sweeney Todd pyramid project. This time… Jaelyn, Nini and Zora. Jaelyn is first because I just cant get over...
Moonshine Autumn Bellydance Gala – Wildlight and Anam Cara…
Sorry if I skip individual names in the group shots – tough enough following the group names in the show list. Wildlights is a group effort by three of the soloists. If a lot of the images from the Hafla look posed, it’s because they use a lot of short stops...
Moonshine Autumn Bellydance Gala – Naimah and Amandari…
Naimah, in veil, introduces Amanda, her student group. Tricky those, they pretty much took up the entire, unevenly lit stage. Then, below that Naimah returned for a solo performance…
Getting there…
Moonshine Autumn Bellydance Gala – Taschen and Lorelei…
Taschen and Lorelei are two Hafla regulars that I can always rely on to make for good shots. On facebook the performers have been putting the color versions out there – sort of an afterthought on my part, but I love that they can use them. With so many performers...
Sweeney – Kiss Me and mansplaining Ladies and Their Sensibilities…
Where Anthony and Johanna finally get together. My favorite line in the musical happens much later, while the duo are escaping after she shoots someone – she adds in another loud “kiss me” while running.
Not sure about the expression on Jesse’s...
Moonshine Autumn Bellydance Gala – Kamala Nar, Sha'vei, Farasha…
In one sense it’s a good thing there were 29 performances this time around, lighting, stage/backdrop issues and impeding speaker boxes pretty much limited successful shots that work in b&w. I just hope I did justice to the ladies. First up here is Kamala...
Moonshine Autumn Bellydance Gala – Kalayla and Blue Lapis & Silk
After a week of being sick I can get back to catching up on both Bellydance Gala and Sweeney Todd images. Getting the color out to them isn’t all that trying – and only the Bellydance girls really those. My b&w is another story altogether – if it goes smoothly,...
Moonshine Autumn Bellydance Gala – April Monique / Moonshine Troupe / Tandem Terror
I’m always happy to wind up with additions to my Bellydance Hafla collection on the blog. Some of the regulars upped their game – an a couple of interesting new “faces”. Some of the groups put up interesting shows, but mostly not what I’m looking for adding...
Sweeney – Perelli's Demise, the sequence…
Not much to add here. I believe I posted one some time ago, but this is the bloody sequence, for “enjoyment. This brings me to about the half way point in working these up – OUCH. Anyway, they’re posted here in order…
Cool seeing the hand caught...
Sweeney – a Six Shorter Scenes Image Drop…
Really working to get through these – in some semblance of order. So today’s posting includes the one trial shot, with the youngest memeber of the cast playing the doomed urchin / Toby takes off his wig / Mrs Lovett chases off the Beggar woman with a broom,...
Sweeney "The Contest" image drop…
I worked up ten from this scene – trying to capture key moments. My favorite is the intro shot, I love the expressions. Not much to say about the Sweeey Todd images at this point – just that there is still more than half the performance to cover here. Rogue...
"Miracle Elixer" image drop…
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...
"Ah Miss" and "Johanna" image drop…
I just spent a week getting together an image Archive, from 2017 through Sweeney Todd, for Rogue Swan – Sweeney is far from finished. Very busy right now, plus at least three upcoming performances to cover before the end of the year. Hopefully Sweeney can...
Sweeney Todd – "My Friends"
A couple of shots from the number “My Friends” as Sweeney is presented with his old razors. Mrs Lovett had saved them. Three tries and never did get the presentation shot I wanted – in the best one they were just too far apart to make for an effective shot....
Sweeney Todd – "Poor Thing" – #2
As the “Poor Thing” number moves along, Lucy is tricked into going to the Judge’s, where the following sequence takes place. It ends with Mrs Lovett telling Sweeney that she took arsenic afterwards…
I’m making...
Sweeney Todd – "Poor Thing" – #1
“Poor Thing” was, I’m sure, tricky for whoever was on lighting – a spotlight had to be separately on the two areas at the same time. Of course they weren’t equal, so working up thr first two images was a little time consuming. Mrs Lovett is telling Sweeney...
Sweeney Todd – "Worst Pies in London"…
Sweeney enters the pie shop below his old home and barber shop, and meets Mrs. Lovett. She gives him one of her “Worst Pies in London”. In the first shot he’s “a customer” the first in weeks – then you quickly discover why. More in the sequence below…....
Sweeney Todd – Meeting the Beggar Woman…
These were all part of the “No Place Like London” sequence, I just liked too many of the first appearance of the Beggar Woman on the scene to add them to the previous posting. In the first pair Anthony is approached, only to be shocked at her sudden metamorphosis…....
Sweeney Todd – "No Place Like London"…
The first thing one sees in the actual show numbers, just before Anthony comes on, is Sweeney standing in a very, very dark corner of the stage. It took a bit of magic to bring this exposure to life. I avoid shooting at iso 51,200 because I don’t like how...
Sweeney Todd – "Parlor Songs"…
Skipping around a bit checking off the thirty some scenes. In “Parlor Songs” – Beadle decides he has a singing voice. The first exposure is actully from dress rehearsal, where I could grab a better vantage point, limiting any interference from the music...
Sweeney Prologue – First of 30+ show segments/numbers…
Took some doing to organize all of the Sweeney Todd images into something I can approach logically. I’m staring at at least thirty more scene/number folders of selecteed images (to work up). Attacking these in order – while I move on to some new work – is...
Sweeney Todd – “Green Finch and Linnet Bird”, and pre-show exercises…
OK, I’m back working on Sweeney Todd images. First the Rogue Hard Drive filled up on me and had to be replaced with a much larger one (should have seen that coming) and the very next day my computer back-up drive failed – only 2 months after warranty was...
Sweeney Todd – Behind the Scenes, the Orchestra (two views)
Katie, quite wisely, always requests a second shot with these, telling everyone to act up, be goofy, etc. And it’s almost always better than the standard group shot. The intro shot is just that, the second. Note, the conductor – Jarett Rettman – picked up...
Sweeney Todd – One reason you shouldn't miss what's happening in the shadows…
With this last performance I began working to chatch some of the little nuance stories taking place in the shadows. With this shot I finally get why Alli is described as a prostitute. Ensemble members have occupations that are connected to their peripheral...
Sweeney Todd – Toby, where are you? No one will hurt you……
Two quickies before tonight’s performance. Sweeney and Mrs Lovett don’t have such good intentions at this point, but Toby is nowhere to be found. In the second shot, Anthony is courting Johanna with song…
Simply too shot right now to come up with...
Sweeney Todd – A couple of the lighter moments
The stage production of Sweeney Todd has lighter moments throughout – it’s a little bit of a roller-coaster ride. The intro shot is the finale moment of Act 1, celebrating Mrs Lovett’s scathingly brilliant “idea”.
In the second shot the “Judge” that...
Sweeney Todd – Another Batch of Hot Pies Coming Up…
Way behind but gaining on the backlog. Show reviews are fantastic – bet that my camera and I will be moved back a few rows for the last two shows. Really only a few shots left that I want to concentrate on catching. In the opening shot here Matt Cannon,...
Sweeney Todd – This shot makes Nan laugh the hardest…
I thought I was done for the day when Nan just couldn’t help herself for the third time over this one. She wanted to see it done up (tricky, from the rear of the theater and in harsh lighting). Caleb as Pirelli is singing away as he tries to blackmail Sweeney...
Sweeney Todd Cast Photo – and Be Yourselves…
Rogue traditionally requests two cast photos, one straight (at least for that particular show) and one Katie calls as “Goofy”. She might as well just say to “be yourselves”. The orchestra was shot at the same time – coming soon. The intro shot is, naturally,...
Sweeney Todd Sneak Peeks – Sweeney and Mrs Lovett at home, while making an "honest living"…
Only time for one quick one today – far too many exposures to go through at this point. This is by far the most demanding performance to cover yet. The image is from the number where Mrs Lovett is looking to a “normal” future for them…
First performance...
Sweeney Todd Sneak Peeks – Wait for it…
Right at the start of the second act Toby has a monologue number, duriing which at one point he leaps off a chair. I’m gonna try this one again, compensating for the fact that he leaps almost completely above the spotlight into the dark. Anyway, I manage...
Sweeney Todd Sneak Peeks – Tastes like chicken…
Close to burn-out at this point, and the show isn’t on us yet. Ouch. These shots are from show run-throughs as stage, lighting and orchestral sync are worked out. Tonight should be full dress rehearsal. Here Mrs Lovett’s new “hot pies” are a huge hit with...
Sweeney Todd Sneak Peeks – Doing it on the stage…
Finally, midst all the back and forth coordinating with the orchestra (better than listening to “rehearsal track” every 30 seconds), the cast gets to rehearse on stage. Me, I’m busy trying out camera-lens combinations, vantage points, etc. For this rehearsal...
Sweeney Todd Sneak Peeks – Sweeney pouts and Mrs Lovett offers "comfort"…
Last few days before performance, and I’ve got a lot to work out. Busy week. “Should” be the last off-stage rehearsal shots. Sweeney is pouting because he was thwarted in giving the “shave” he wanted to – Mrs Lovett at first offers unwanted comfort, before...
Sweeney Todd Sneak Peeks – I'm not crazy, are you?
The title here refers to the intro close-up of one of the inmates at the local asylum. April, as a number of Rogues, has a talent for putting her crazy on. Anthony has just arrived looking for his beloved who has been committed in order to keep her from...
Sweeney Todd Sneak Peeks – Focus on Jesse and Lisa
Jesse plays Anthony, so has a number of solos – it’s fun to see him have to work so hard. In the intro image, he’s just been forbidden to ever approach Johanna again. In the image below Lisa, who doubles as a town member, here plays Lucy in a flashback background...
Sweeney Todd Sneak Peeks – You there, do you want a shave?!
This is at the point where Sweeney, in a fit of impatience, starts pointing to imaginary victims (the audience) and challenging them to get a “shave”. James can look a little intimidating when he wants to.
The second shot here is one of the final “head-shots”,...
Sweeney Todd Sneak Peeks – Oops, I told the wrong guy what I'm up to…
I think Jesse (as Anthony) has the expression of horror down as he realizes that he’s been spilling things to Nate (as Beadle). Most numbers in Rogue productions, heavy on Vaudeville, have multiple points where good shots can be managed. In this production...
Sweeney Todd Sneak Peeks – Three more cast pose for head shots…
Many, but certainly not all, cast members are posing for their head shots as their costumes are ready. Then it’s throw up a quick backdrop, use whatever lighting is available and take my one to three shots I have time for. Only a few to go. The first on...
Sweeney Todd Sneak Peeks – when the trunk that holds the body isn't there yet…
I just had to take a break and do up two exposures that made me smile. In the intro shot Toby (played by Ethan) is sitting on a trunk that, unbeknownst to him, contains the body of his employer. Caleb is a body at this point, in the virtual trunk, providing...
Sweeney Todd Sneak Peeks – I believe Mrs Lovett is a little more into things than Sweeney…
Searched my brain for a title for this sequence to no avail. I’ll just let them speak for themselves for now. At least they’re to the point now where they can keep stage faces while doing numbers like this Tomorrow is a run-through so I will probably see...
Sweeney Todd Sneak Peeks – aah, a nice complimentary shave, oops
For this posting I decided to just put up these back-to-back shots. The Beadle is settling down to his complimentary shave in the first shot. The second shot is the instant he reasized something is amiss. In this production the rest goes rather quickly,...
Sweeney Todd Sneak Peeks – Ode to a Razor…
Not a Nightingale or even a Summer’s Day, that being almost romantically celebrated is a razor. Oh well, this IS Sweeney Todd. James and Katie are pretty darn convincing in this scene, though Mrs Lovett is much more focused on her doration of Sweeney than...
Sweeney Todd Sneak Peeks – "A Little Priest"
I love the way they do “A Little Priest” a whole lot more than the movie – it’s more alive and gives the audience a very fun interlude. “A Little Priest gleefully compares the potential taste of those in various occupations. James and Katie, as Sweeney and...
Sweeney Todd Sneak Peeks – "Worst Pies in London"
Even in early rehearsals Katie and James “become" Mrs Lovett and Sweeney Todd. By the time the show gets here, it will be second nature to them. In the intro shot Mrs Lovett is serving Sweeney one of her “Worst Pies in London” – which his expression confirms....
Sweeney Todd Sneak Peeks – four Gentlemen in want of a "Shave"…
Continuing cast photos for Sweeney Todd. all of these, at some point, go for a “shave”. The first one is Leonard Gilbert who plays “Fogg" – and then after his “shave” is free to play a policeman. First below is Michael Maistros, Fleet Street butcher…
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