John Doyle

On stage 3 productions, 75 years

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Also credited on6 works

Company
Company (2006 Revival)
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Sweeney Todd (2005 Revival)
The Color Purple (2015 Revival)
The Visit

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In the literature8 passages

• • Sweeney Todd , a revival of the Stephen Sondheim musical, directed by John Doyle in a concept just staged in London. Todd grossed $22.2 million in 341 performances.ebooks/Donahue, Tim & Patterson, Jim/Stage Money_ The Business of the Professional Theater - Tim Donahue & Jim Patterson.txt
• I had liked her very much the last time I had seen her: in John Doyle's instrumental revival of Sweeney Todd . But Gypsy takes its tone from Rose. I didn't really know Patti LuPone, so I didn't know what her Rose might be. From the YouTube clips and from interviews she gave on the Internet and TV (risky venues), I wasn't sure she knew, ei…ebooks/Laurents, Arthur/Mainly on Directing - Arthur Laurents.txt
• Since I was leaving the next day, the producers arranged for the director, John Doyle, to fly from London to Portland to meet me. I finished the show and went to my hotel lobby to find my visitor. There was a gentleman sitting in a chair, looking very jet-lagged.ebooks/Lupone, Patti/Patti LuPone - Patti Lupone.txt
• John Doyle’s concept for Sweeney was spare, and based on the very successful production that he had previously directed in England at the Watermill Theatre in Berkshire, and in the West End transfer. It was also very different from what I’d been doing. For the concert productions I’d participated in, Lonny Price had built ramps for the ac…ebooks/Lupone, Patti/Patti LuPone - Patti Lupone.txt
• John Doyle’s patience, and the clarity with which he presented his vision of the show to the cast, made this a great rehearsal period. I think that there is a scarcity of good directors in my world. When you are blessed to be working with a director who knows what he is doing in the rehearsal process, then you have an exceptional experien…ebooks/Lupone, Patti/Patti LuPone - Patti Lupone.txt
• 9 Rick Pender, ‘Finding the Story: An Interview with Director John Doyle’, Sondheim Review , 12/4 (2006), p. 48.ebooks/Music, The Cambridge Companion To The Musical Cambridge Companions To/Cambridge Companion to the Musical (Cambridge Companions to Music), The - The Cambridge Companion To The Musical Cambridge Companions To Music.txt

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