A Conversation with DeAndre Simmons
On becoming Sweeney Todd, working with Barbara Cook, and balancing opera & musical theatre
It was wonderful to meet American bass DeAndre Simmons ahead of his starring role as Sweeney Todd with San Diego Musical Theatre. DeAndre has a wealth of experience in operatic, symphonic, and musical theatre contexts, and I was really keen to find out how he approaches a role like Sweeney from these perspectives. He also discusses the time he spent wor…