Word: mcclelland
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...biggest surprise in the Harvard-Radcliffe Dramatic Club’s production of Sweeney Todd, directed by Cary P. McClelland ’02, is not the post-apocalyptic set or the reframing of the story as young Tobias’ narration, but the reinvention of Sweeney Todd himself...
...despite a massive physical production that sets scenes in a person-sized birdcage and a surreal infomercial, McClelland denies that his approach to the play is about uniqueness for the sake of uniqueness...
...production’s setting, McClelland has jettisoned the traditional accoutrements of mid-19th century London and instead adopted an often post-apocalyptic look that pulls on a wide variety of time periods...
...There’s the idea that somehow because certain choices were made, they were made for a certain uniqueness as opposed to for a kind of legitimacy or solution,” McClelland says. “I think the choices bring out the best parts of the script or the tale or the people...
Directed by Cary P. McClelland...