Josh Groban takes it all in.
He pondered awards of all sorts, and what it means to win and lose them.
He addressed the differences between Broadway and concert performing, howSweeneydiffers fromComet and why he still gets asked aboutSunny.
Josh Groban, and with Annaleigh Ashford and the company of “Sweeney Todd.“Thomas Falcone/Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman
This interview has been edited and condensed for length and clarity.
DEADLINE:Was Sweeney a role that you had your heart set on for a while?
And I went, Do you actually think that would be possible?
‘Sweeney Todd’ company (Credit: Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman)
I just cant believe that its here and Im talking to you about it.
DEADLINE:Vocally its in your wheelhouse…
GROBAN:It is and it isnt.
Vocally Ive learned so much from this show.
DEADLINE:Is there a greater risk to your voice with an eight-performances-a-week production than a concert?
GROBAN:Ask me in September.
I know my voice tells me whats happening in real time.
Itll tell me if its tired, it tells me if its not.
Were looking out for it.
Does that sit on your mind, or are you just focused on your own performance?
GROBAN:I think its a good combo of both.
Thats what the rehearsal process is and the preview process is finding that magic ingredient is.
And then the audience tells you so much.
Thats something thats been made I think a little bit more apparent in this production.
Theres a sense of two characters who begin as flirtatious before taking a very, very dark turn.
Its an incredible feeling.
To not have that showcase would have been devastating.
GROBAN:Its very kind of you to ask and I feel very lucky.
And I also feel two for two as far as the uniqueness of each experience.
As far as what would be next, I have until January to think about that.
GROBAN:Oh, my gosh.
If they call Im there.
IfSunnycalls, Im there.
