Sutton Foster, Aaron Tveit to Star in ‘Sweeney Todd’ on Broadway

Aaron Tveit and Sutton Foster will take over the roles of Sweeney Todd and Mrs. Lovett, respectively, in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street on Broadway.

The two Tony Award winners take over the roles from Josh Groban and Annaleigh Ashford, who will play their final performance on Jan. 14. Tveit and Foster will start performances on Feb. 9 and play their final performance on May 5.

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Tveit comes to the role after winning a Tony Award for his performance in Moulin Rouge! The Musical and appearing on Broadway in Catch Me If You Can, Next to Normal, Wicked and Hairspray. On screen, Tveit has appeared in Apple TV’s Schmigadoon, Grease: Live, Graceland, Les Miserables and more.

Foster is a two-time Tony Award winner for her roles in Thoroughly Modern Millie and Anything Goes and has been nominated for seven Tony Awards, including her most recent Broadway role starring in The Music Man opposite Hugh Jackman. Foster led the TV Land series Younger and the ABC Family series Bunheads.

The revival of Sweeney Todd, which features a score by Stephen Sondheim and a book by Hugh Wheeler, opened at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on March 26. The production, which has been selling well throughout its run so far, is directed by Thomas Kail and produced by Jeffrey Seller.

In addition to Groban and Ashford, the current cast includes Stranger Things’ Gaten Matarazzo, who will play his final performance on Nov. 5, Daniel Yearwood, Ruthie Ann Miles, Maria Bilbao, Jamie Jackson, John Rapson, Nicholas Christopher and Jeanna de Waal.

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