Sweeney Todd is running on Broadway at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre.
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Sunday night saw the opening of Sweeney Todd at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, starring Tony and Grammy-nominated multi-platinum recording artist Josh Groban and Tony Award winner Annaleigh Ashford, is back on Broadway with direction by Thomas Kail.
Below, check out photos of the stars arriving on the red carpet!
Joining Groban as Sweeney Todd and Ashford as Mrs. Lovett are Jordan Fisher (Hamilton, Dear Evan Hansen) as Anthony, Gaten Matarazzo ("Stranger Things") as Tobias, Tony Award winner and Laurence Olivier Award nominee Ruthie Ann Miles (The King and I) as Beggar Woman, Maria Bilbao (On Your Feet!) as Johanna, Jamie Jackson (The Last Ship) as Judge Turpin, John Rapson (Les Misérables) as Beadle Bamford, Nicholas Christopher (Hamilton) as Pirelli / Standby for Sweeney Todd, and Jeanna de Waal (Diana, The Musical) as Standby for Mrs. Lovett and Beggar Woman.
For the first time since 1980, Broadway audiences will experience Stephen Sondheim's Tony Award-winning score as it was performed in the original production-with Jonathan Tunick's original 26-player orchestration on an epic scale. Tony Award-winning director Thomas Kail (Hamilton) helms the return of this musical thriller starring Tony and Grammy nominee Josh Groban (Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812) as Sweeney Todd, and Tony winner Annaleigh Ashford (Sunday in the Park with George, Kinky Boots) as Mrs. Lovett.
The original Broadway production of Sweeney Todd was the winner of eight 1980 Tony Awards including Best Musical, Best Book, Best Score, and Best Direction for Hal Prince. Its London premiere won the 1980 Olivier Award for Best Musical.
Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler's landmark musical, from an adaptation by Christopher Bond, tells the tale of a resourceful pie shop owner and a vengeful barber out for blood. After he's sent away by a corrupt judge, Sweeney returns to London years later seeking his long-lost family, and forms an unlikely partnership with Mrs. Lovett, who serves up pies underneath his former shop. Together, they wreak havoc on Fleet Street and serve up the hottest - and most unsettling - pies in London.
Photo Credit: Bruce Glikas
Annaleigh Ashford and Josh Groban
Annaleigh Ashford and Josh Groban
Annaleigh Ashford and Josh Groban
Annaleigh Ashford and Josh Groban
Natalie McQueen and Josh Groban
Natalie McQueen and Josh Groban
Natalie McQueen and Josh Groban
Natalie McQueen and Josh Groban
Jordan Fisher and Maria Bilbao
Jordan Fisher and Maria Bilbao
Jordan Fisher and Maria Bilbao
Gaten Matarazzo and Jordan Fisher
Jordan Fisher and Maria Bilbao
Jordan Fisher and Maria Bilbao
Director Thomas Kail
Director Thomas Kail
Director Thomas Kail
Jordan Fisher and Director Thomas Kail
Alex Lacamoire and Director Thomas Kail
Alex Lacamoire and Ileana Ferreras
Alex Lacamoire and Ileana Ferreras
Blair Goldberg and Jeanna de Waal
Blair Goldberg and Jeanna de Waal
Jennifer Locke Christopher and Nicholas Christopher
Jennifer Locke Christopher and Nicholas Christopher
Jennifer Locke Christopher and Nicholas Christopher
Dwayne Cooper, Mia Pinero, Kyrie Couter, Hennessy Winkler, Megan Ort and Michael Kuhn
Kyrie Couter
Kyrie Couter
Patricia Philips
Patricia Philips
Paul Jordan Jansen
Paul Jordan Jansen
Dalia Ashurina, Zach Breechen, Aaron Elgart,Cody Renard Richard, Jhanaë Bonnick, Plato Seto and Alex Luong
Dalia Ashurina
Dalia Ashurina
Special Effects Designer Jeremy Chernick
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