UPDATE: Gaten Matarazzo, the Stranger Things star who has received raves from critics and audiences alike with his performance as the lovable apprentice Toby in the Broadway revival of Sweeney Todd, has joined cast mates Josh Groban and Annaleigh Ashford in setting a final performance date.
Matarazzo will play his final show on November 5. A replacement has not been announced announced.
As previously announced, Groban and Ashford will continue in the show through Sunday January 14, 2024. All three of the actors have been with the musical since it began previews at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on Feb. 26.
Matarazzo’s departure date was announced on the Sweeney Todd Instagram past.
PREVOUS, Oct. 19: 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. While the musical received across-the-board raves, the star power, particularly among the devoted fans of Groban, has made for considerable audience appeal.
Directed by Thomas Kail, and featuring music and lyrics by Sondheim and a book by Hugh Wheeler (from an adaptation by Christopher Bond), Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street began performances on February 26 and opened on March 26). The revival is led by producer Jeffrey Seller.
Sweeney Todd will launch a national tour in late winter-early spring of 2025 that will span both the 2024/25 and 2025/26 theatrical seasons. Casting, dates and cities for the national tour will be announced at a later date.
