Well, would you look at that? I'm Mrs Lovett!

So as I'm moseying about my posts, I noticed I hadn't written anything about a play I'm playing the lead part in, and I thought, this is ridiculous! My entire life has been centered around this part, and yet I haven't even written a post on my blog for it! So here we go.
A couple of months ago, I auditioned for my High School's production of Sweeney Todd. I hoped to have the lead, but I didn't expect much. This is only my 2nd play I've ever even been in, and I kind of figured I would just give it a try, and maybe work backstage. And, what do you know? I got the lead!
For those unfamiliar of Sweeney Todd, here's a little overview for y'all. A talented barber named Benjamin Barker lived in London with his young wife and brand new baby girl. His wife, Lucy, was a beauty and Benjamin wasn't the only one who thought so. A "pious vulture of the law", Judge Turpin lusted after her like you wouldn't believe. He asked her again and again to give him favor, but she was committed to her family. So the Judge Turpin sent Benjamin Barker out of London for life on a trumped up charge. He then tricked Lucy into seeing him one night, when he raped her. She ended up poisoning herself with arsenic. The Judge took Johanna, their daughter and kept her as his own.
15 years later, Benjamin Barker returned to London with the alias of Sweeney Todd. He came back to find his family and be with them, but he meets a widow, Mrs Lovett (Who allegedly had always had a 'thing' for him". She informed him of his family, and he swears to kill the judge in revenge. Obviously they're both barking mad. While he waits for the perfect opportunity to the judge, he starts a nasty little business with Mrs Lovett, wherein he take clients to barber, and then slits they're throat with his razor. Mrs Lovett, who owns a pie shop below his barber shop, bakes Sweeney's victims into pies and serves them to happily paying customers.
The musical is very dark (obviously), but it offers so much more than that. There's love, lies, and surprises behind every corner. I would tell you one, but then it wouldn't be a surprise anymore. Anyways, I love playing the part and I have to admit my entire life is pretty much centered on this play. It's hard work, and I absolutely LOVE it.