Eddie Pensier writes:

CORRECTION AND APOLOGY: Since this post was put up, the video has been taken off YouTube. Apologies, and I’ll try to find another one.

If there’s a better opening to a performance on video, I’ve yet to see it. And don’t pretend you’ve never wanted to wreck a concert stage just like that. (The fun starts at about 2:30.)

From last month’s “Live From Lincoln Center” broadcast with Bryn Terfel, Emma Thompson, Audra McDonald, and the New York Philharmonic.

Related

• Want to watch the entire performance? Here you go.
• A previous ShoSat with the original Sweeney and Mrs Lovett, Len Cariou and Angela Lansbury.