Matthew Murphy
Aaron Tveit and Sutton Foster are on their way to Fleet Street.
Rialto royalty joins the cast of the Broadway revival of “Sweeney Todd” as the demon hairdresser and his (literally) accomplice Mrs. Lovett. Tveit and Foster will begin their performances on February 9, 2024 and exit the show twelve weeks later on May 5.
They replace Josh Groban and Annaleigh Ashford, who were Tony-nominated for their roles and will take their final bows on January 14.
Thomas Kail (“Hamilton”) directed the recent revival of Stephen Sondheim’s macabre musical, which premiered at the Lunt-Fontanne Theater in early 2023. The play was well-received and well-attended on Broadway, regularly playing to full audiences and winning two Tony Awards.
“Sweeney Todd” tells the story of a vengeful barber and a resourceful pie shop owner. After being sent away by a corrupt judge, Sweeney Todd returns to London years later in search of his family. He forms an unlikely alliance with Mrs. Lovett, who serves strange cakes beneath his shop. The show premiered on Broadway in 1979 (and has been revived several times) and was adapted into a 2007 film by Tim Burton starring Johnny Depp.
Tveit was most recently seen in “Moulin Rouge: The Musical” on Broadway, which earned him the first Tony win of his playing career. He also appeared in “Catch Me If You Can,” “Next to Normal,” “Wicked,” and “Hairspray.” He has appeared on the big and small screen in the Apple TV+ series Schmigadoon, Grease: Live, Les Miserables and Gossip Girl.
Foster was most recently seen in the sold-out Broadway revival of The Music Man opposite Hugh Jackman. She will next be seen in the upcoming adaptation of Once Upon a Mattress as Princess Winnifred in January 2024 before moving on to Sweeney Todd. Another Broadway favorite, Foster won Tonys for “Anything Goes” and “Thoroughly Modern Millie” and also appeared in “Les Miserables,” “Annie” and “Grease.” On television, Foster fronted the popular sitcom “Younger” for seven seasons.