EXCLUSIVE: Heartstopper breakout star Joe Locke will make his Broadway debut next month when he joins the cast of the hit Stephen Sondheim-Hugh Wheeler musical Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.
Producers announced today that Locke has been cast in the pivotal role of the young apprentice Tobias. Locke will begin performances at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on Wednesday January 31.
Stranger Things‘ Gaten Matarazzo, who originated the revival’s Tobias, left the show last month. Daniel Marconi currently plays the character.
Locke’s arrival will come just ahead of the February 9 debuts of Aaron Tveit and Sutton Foster in the roles of Sweeney Todd and Mrs.
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