Witty and perverse, scary and heart-warming, lofty, and yet wholly accessible. Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, is one of my favorite musicals. Period. Olney Theatre Center…
Britain has always been given a bad rap"fairly or unfairly"for the taste of their food. If anyone had actually eaten Mrs. Lovett's meat pies in 19th century London, you would see why. Th…
Gary Naylor traces five years in which a show playing to 32 customers in a rundown shop on a back street in distant district of South London made it first to the West End and now to New York.
Revenge is sweet as pie in Olney Theatre Center's Sweeney Todd. Director Jason Loewith serves up a grisly production of Stephen Sondheim's 1979 Tony Award-winning musical that captures the e…
Theater Pizzazz’ Mark Ryan Anderson was at AOC L’aile ou la Cuisse to meet the cast and creatives of The Tooting Arts Club production of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet S…
Rehearsals are underwayfor the Tooting Arts Club production ofSweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, music and lyrics byStephen Sondheim, book byHugh Wheelerfrom an adaptation byChri…
The off-Broadway revival of Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler's Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street begins performances at the Barrow Street Theatre on February 14. Broadway.c…
Billy and Me, a world premiere by theater critic Terry Teachout about the difficult friendship of legendary playwrights William Inge and Tennessee Williams, will be one of the highlights in …
The production, directed by Bill Buckhurst, is set to have its New York premiere February 14 at the Barrow Street Theatre.
I was so thrilled when Olney Theatre Center announced that David Benoit and E. Faye Butler were cast as Sweeney Todd and Mrs. Lovett in their new production of the iconic pie-filled Tony Awa…
Votes are cast polls are closed and results have been tabulated This was our biggest year yet After a record number of voters in more than 75regions worldwide, BroadwayWorld is very excited …
You know, we have a lot of reasons to be thankful by way of London. Afternoon tea. Menier Chocolate Factory's production of The Color Purple. Tony Award Winner Cynthia Erivo. And now, an imm…
Don't worry, it's beef, not human flesh as in the show.
Wed, February 1 thru Sun, March 5 @ Olney Theatre Center, presented by Olney Theatre Center
Voting has opened for the 2016 BroadwayWorld Seattle Regional Awards, honoring productions which opened between October 2016 and September 2016. Nominations were reader-submitted and after t…
See rare photos from the original Broadway run, the 1989 and 2005 revival of Sweeney Todd.
A pair of Tony nominees will take over as stars of the Tooting Arts Club production.
Two Tony nominees will attend the tale of Sweeney Todd off-Broadway this spring. Norm Lewis and Carolee Carmello will take on the roles of the titular demon barber and pie shop owner Mrs. Lo…
The producers ofSweeney Toddhave now announced that Tony Award nomineeNorm Lewisas Sweeney Todd, Tony Award nomineeCaroleeCarmelloas Mrs. Lovett,Jamie Jacksonas Judge Turpin andJohn-Michael …
The 'Scandal' actor will play the title character in a spring 2017 limited run, starring opposite Carolee Carmello. read more
New leads have been announced for the Off-Broadway production of the Stephen Sondheim classic once the original London stars depart.
Here's a selection of upcoming auditions in the New York area and around the country.
Hugh Maynard is extremely handsome and charismatic off stage but on stage required to bury his charm beneath Todd's persistently dour and single-minded revenge against Judge Turpin. His perf…
For much as I'd love us to be in a place where it doesn't matter, it still feels important to note that Hugh Maynard is the first black man to play the role of Sweeney Todd professionally in…
By Paul T Davies Residents of Colchester are lucky to have on their doorsteps a production that punches above its regional theatre weight, and lovers of the musical would do well to travel a…