Len Cariou
Len Cariou
Leonard Joseph "Len" Cariouis a Canadian actor, best known for his portrayal of Sweeney Todd in the original cast of Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street. He currently plays the patriarch, Henry Reagan, NYPD Police Commissioner, in the multi-generational television series Blue Bloods on CBS...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionStage Actor
Date of Birth30 September 1939
CityWinnipeg, Canada
CountryCanada
artistic asked canada centre copy director manager musical prince running season send stage theatre written
I was in Canada running the Manitoba Theatre Centre as artistic director and I had written to Mr. Prince and asked him if he would give me his stage manager copy of the musical 'Company,' which I was going to do in my season there, ... He said, 'Yes,' and then said, 'By the way, Stephen's written you a musical and I'm going to send you the book.'
god knows matter might musical romantic score speak subject
I thought, 'It's a pretty grisly story, but if he makes a really romantic kind of score it might work,' ... But God knows why that subject matter would speak a musical to him. It's still beyond, I think, most people's comprehension.
When we did the first preview, we weren't ready. We hadn't teched the show.
amused
I said, 'Fine.' I was amused by that 'Oh, by the way,'
mother singers
My mother was a singer, and both of her sisters were singers. There was always music around.
mother house musical
My mother - the Irish side of the family - was very musical. My mother was a singer; there was music around the house all the time.
sleep home joy
It's a joy to work where I live, and come home and sleep in my own bed.
play years saws
I was an actor for over a year before I ever saw a play.
boys voice sopranos
I was a boy soprano. I had a natural kind of voice and then trained it after my voice changed.
careers theatre hollywood
I pursued a theatre career, and Hollywood came calling.
sweet children growing-up
I grew up in Winnipeg, in the Canadian midwest, the fifth child. It was a great household to grow up in - I was loved to sweet death.
church paper four
I didn't have to do paper routes. I'd sing for 5 bucks a crack at weddings and church functions; I'd have four or five on some Saturdays.
jobs theatre acting
For my first acting job I played the role of Ensign Pulver in 'Mr. Roberts' at the Manitoba Theatre Centre.