Broadway‘s Sweeney Todd stars Josh Groban and Annaleigh Ashford will play their final performances in the Stephen Sondheim revival on Sunday January 14, 2024, concluding their 46-week run headlining the critically lauded hit production, producers announced today.
The production is currently on-sale through January 14 but will extend its run into the spring of 2024. New casting as well as extension dates and ticket on-sale information will be announced shortly.
Both Groban and Ashford were Tony-nominated for their Sweeney performances. The musical, which opened March 26, has become one of Broadway’s biggest hits, routinely selling out the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre and grossing well above the $1M mark (for the week ending Oct.
15, the show took in $1,739,035). Producers will need to choose their replacements carefully: Attendance at Sweeney dropped considerably – about 20% – in August when the stars missed performances after coming down with Covid.
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