“Shhh! If we don’t listen to the overture, we won’t recognize the musical themes when they come back later.” So says Darryl Philbin to Michael Scott in “Andy’s Play,” an episode of The Office in which the play in question is Sweeney Todd. Darryl, who spends much of the show as warehouse foreman at Dunder Mifflin Scranton, is used to being treated with more than a little disdain by regional manager Michael. His comment above beautifully inverts their usual hierarchy. So, A Funny Thing Happened at the Play with the Foreman.
The Music That Nobody Hears: Inside SWEENEY TODD’s Prelude
By The Best News Network
November 8, 2026
