
Daniel Torres of "Sweeney Todd"
Season 2 Episode 1 | 3m 21sVideo has Closed Captions
Daniel Torres takes us inside the world of the Sondheim classic “Sweeney Todd.”
Daniel Torres is no stranger to the Great White Way — in fact, he earned the 2023 Legacy Robe for being the “Sweeney Todd” ensemble member with the most Broadway credits. We catch up with Torres backstage as he discusses Broadway traditions, being part of the “Sweeney family” and performing in the latest revival of the Sondheim classic.
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Daniel Torres of "Sweeney Todd"
Season 2 Episode 1 | 3m 21sVideo has Closed Captions
Daniel Torres is no stranger to the Great White Way — in fact, he earned the 2023 Legacy Robe for being the “Sweeney Todd” ensemble member with the most Broadway credits. We catch up with Torres backstage as he discusses Broadway traditions, being part of the “Sweeney family” and performing in the latest revival of the Sondheim classic.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipAnd the moment I heard Sweeney was auditioning, I told my agent to please get me I knew they were creating something really special for this revival.
A costumer!
Oh My name is Daniel Torres, and I'm in the ensemble of and I also cover the role of Adolfo Pirelli.
Did you come in for a pie, sir?
#Sweeney Todd# in a nutshell, it's a fathe who was wrongly accused and convicted for 15 years, on a trumped up charge, escapes from prison and comes back to foggy London town to seek his revenge on the wicked Judge Turpin.
At last!
My right arm is complete again It's pretty much British Bake Off, but with a lot of blood and killing.
So I'm in the ensemble and this is such a bless you get so many moments where you get to stick out and have your I actually have the honor of being one of the two gentlemen that start the show, and we get to just step out as kind of the voice of the story and narrate what is happening with Sweeney Todd.
This company really feels like a family.
And I know we say that about every show that we And for the most part it's actually very t Every show that I've done on Broadway feels like a different family that And this one certainly feels like that.
We always say, #Welcome to the Sweeney family!#, I have no idea how many people it takes to keep the show running every single night from front of house to on stage and off stage and up in management.
There are so many people involved to get this show running every single night.
And that just goes to show you how much the backstage crew is just as important as the onstage crew.
The Legacy robe started in 1950 as a tradition, as a robe that was passed on to each opening night of a Broadway show.
And each show that And it's bestowed upon the actor in the ensemble who's done the most Broadway credits.
I was beside myself, that they said my name.
And it really is such an honor because now I'm invited to every opening night of every Broadway show.
Talk about Broadway community, this is a traditio every opening of a Broadway show.
Every show that#s currently of well wishes and happy opening wishes to the company that#s opening that night.
it's an honor to be a part of the Broadway community.
I pinch myself literally every day that I still get to That I'm still invited to be a part of this community.
But even long after I'm retired, I'll still feel a part of this co And how many things in life are there like that?
I'm just beside myself that I get to do this every night.
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