‘Sweeney Todd’ revival starring Josh Groban headed to Broadway

The Demon Barber of Fleet Street has returned!

A revival of the late Stephen Sondheim’s musical “Sweeney Todd” starring singer Josh Groban was announced Tuesday and is set to slice its way onto Broadway sometime in the spring, reports Broadway Journal.

The production will see the 41-year-old Groban starring as the demon barber himself while his pie-baking accomplice Mrs. Lovett will be played by Annaleigh Ashford. The production will be directed by “Hamilton” alum Thomas Kail.

“Sweeney Todd” tells the story of a revenge-seeking barber in Victorian London who goes on a spree of dreadful murders and uses his business partner Mrs. Lovett to help dispose of his victim’s bodies.

The musical originally debuted on Broadway in 1979 starring Len Cariou and Angela Lansbury and has been revived off-Broadway several times over the years, including one immersive experience in 2016.

In 2007, the musical was adapted as a film starring Helena Bottom Carter and Johnny Depp.

The revival is the latest in a string of Stephen Sondheim musicals that have graced the Great White Way since the composer’s death in 2021.

Sondheim’s “Into the Woods” opened at the St. James Theatre in July for a limited engagement, while the Tony-winning revival of “Company” recently concluded its run.

It was announced last Wednesday that a revival of another Sondheim musical “Merrily We Roll Along” starring “Harry Potter” alum Daniel Radcliffe and “Hamilton” star Jonathan Groff will premiere in November.

Producers of “Sweeney Todd” have yet to give an exact date for when the show is expected to open.