Tony Award® winner Aaron Tveit stars in the title role with Tony Award winner Sutton Foster as Mrs. Lovett through May 5 only. Directed by Tony Award winner Thomas Kail (Hamilton) and choreographed by Olivier Award winner Steven Hoggett (Once, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child), Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street has been hailed as a New York Times Critic’s Pick, “a triumphant, must-see production” (Chicago Tribune), and “a riveting revival with big laughs, serious scares, and a thunderous 26-piece orchestra” (Entertainment Weekly).
Together, Groban’s Todd and Ashford’s Mrs. Lovett are seductively comedic, tragic, and desperate—he slitting throats upstairs and then dispatching bodies down a Willy Wonka-ish chute into the fiery furnace for Mrs. Lovett to somehow expertly de-sinew and butcher into pies. If Todd seems lost in his madness but in outward control, Mrs. Lovett seems more attached to reality even if she is more lost in her mind. As he sings about killing, she reminds him they have to actually get rid of a body.
In their “A Little Priest,” as elsewhere, the psychosexual drama of Sweeney takes the lead. Sweeney and Lovett are more busy punning by way of foreplay for you to focus much on the class war of the number. Their revenge plot is less a righteous up-yours to those above and more a personal crusade. It’s both, because everything in this musical means many things at once, but placing emphasis on the erotic side sets the production spinning in a particular direction. The second act plunges further into violence, with the city on fire and the killings piling up, and the emotions that get big while the focus remains tight. The thing still feels like a chamber opera even on a stage full of bodies. Steven Hoggett choreographs the ensemble to swirl like a murmuration of birds, in sync and inhuman. (He also did The Cursed Child, which explains why I expected everyone to bring out a wand.) The massed crowd isolates Sweeney and Lovett on the fringe and provides them with the anonymity they need to pull off their scheme. In the production’s most chilling moment, they disappear into it. You imagine the pair might rematerialize behind you as you wait at a stoplight some night soon.
Digital Lottery:
Price: $30
Where: https://lottery.broadwaydirect.com/show/sweeney-todd-ny/
When: Lottery entries for each performance will be accepted starting 9AM the day prior to the performance until 3PM the day prior to the performance.
Limit: Two per customer
Information: Tickets are subject to availability.
General Rush:
Price: $49
Where: Lunt-Fontanne box office
When: Rush tickets are available at the box office on the day of the show when the box office opens.
Limit: Two per customer
Information: Subject to availability.
Standing Room Tickets:
Price: $40
Where: Lunt-Fontanne Box Office
Limit: Two per customer
Restrictions: Available day of performance only when the performance is sold out.
1979 | Broadway |
Original Broadway Production Broadway |
1980 | West End |
London Production West End |
1980 | US Tour |
1st National Tour US Tour |
1982 | US Tour |
2nd National Tour US Tour |
1982 | Regional (UK) |
Regional Revival Regional (UK) |
1984 | Regional (US) |
Houston Grand Opera Production Regional (US) |
1984 | Off-Broadway |
New York City Opera Production Off-Broadway |
1984 | Regional (US) |
Regional Revival Regional (US) |
1985 | London Fringe |
London Revival London Fringe |
1989 | Off-Broadway |
Off-Off-Broadway Revival Off-Broadway |
1989 | Broadway |
Broadway Transfer Broadway |
1992 | Milburn, NJ (Regional) |
Paper Mill Production Milburn, NJ (Regional) |
1993 | Regional (UK) |
Royal National Theatre Production Regional (UK) |
1996 | Regional (US) |
Goodspeed Production Regional (US) |
1996 | Regional (UK) |
London Revival Regional (UK) |
1999 | Regional (US) |
Reprise! Concert Regional (US) |
2000 | London Fringe |
London Concert London Fringe |
2000 | Off-Broadway |
New York Concert Off-Broadway |
2002 | Regional (US) |
Sondheim Festival Production Regional (US) |
2002 | Regional (US) |
Regional Production Regional (US) |
2004 | Off-Broadway |
New York City Opera Production Off-Broadway |
2004 | London Fringe |
London Revival London Fringe |
2004 | West End |
West End Transfer West End |
2005 | Broadway |
Broadway Revival Broadway |
2006 | UK Tour |
National Tour UK Tour |
2007 | US Tour |
US Tour |
2012 | West End |
Chichester Festival Theatre Production West End |
2023 | Broadway |
Broadway Revival Broadway |
Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee |
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2023 | BroadwayWorld Awards | Best Revival of a Musical | Sweeney Todd |
2023 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Direction of a Musical | Thomas Kail |
2023 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lead Performance in a Musical | Annaleigh Ashford |
2023 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lighting Design of a Musical | Natasha Katz |
2023 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Musical | Sweeney Todd |
2023 | Drama League Awards | Distinguished Performance Award | Annaleigh Ashford |
2023 | Drama League Awards | Distinguished Performance Award | Josh Groban |
2023 | Drama League Awards | Outstanding Direction of a Musical | Thomas Kail |
2023 | Drama League Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Musical | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street |
2023 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Lighting Design (Play or Musical) | Natasha Katz |
2023 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Musical | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street |
2023 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Scenic Design (Play or Musical) | Mimi Lien |
2023 | Tony Awards | Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Josh Groban |
2023 | Tony Awards | Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Annaleigh Ashford |
2023 | Tony Awards | Best Choreography | Steven Hoggett |
2023 | Tony Awards | Best Lighting Design of a Musical | Natasha Katz |
2023 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Ruthie Ann Miles |
2023 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Musical | Sweeney Todd |
2023 | Tony Awards | Best Scenic Design of a Musical | Mimi Lien |
2023 | Tony Awards | Best Sound Design of a Musical | Nevin Steinberg |
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