This is a treat. It's the original Sweeney Todd and Mrs. Lovett -- Len Cariou and Angela Lansbury -- recreating a song from Sweeney Todd. This stands out because, although there was a taped TV production of the show with Lansbury, it had George Hearn in the title role. He was excellent (I believe he's who I saw with on when the show played in Los Angeles), it's special to see the two originals. This comes from a 75th birthday celebration for Stephen Sondheim at the Hollywood Bowl in 2005 -- a production I was happily at. And it was all wonderful. My recollection is that they taped it for possible broadcast on PBS, but for whatever reason it was never aired. This is the song "A Little Priest," which is when Mrs. Lovett explains to Sweeney her idea of what to do with the bodies he's killed in revenge. (I have a fond memory of this number when I saw the stage production. I'd taken a date, and as the song went on, she started sinking lower in her seat. And kept singing lower. And lower. I whispered to her, asking what the problem was. I said I'd told her the show was dark. "But I didn't know it was about this," she whispered back. But I told you it was dark, I whispered. "But I didn't know it was about this," whispered. But I told you it was dark. "But I didn't know it was about this." And that kept going on a few more times as she kept sinking lower in her seat. Ending with, of course, "But I didn't know it was about this." Well, just so you know, it's about this --
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