Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street is Stephen Sondheim’s darkly comic musical thriller about a wronged barber who returns to London seeking revenge. With a book by Hugh Wheeler adapted from Christopher Bond, the production features grim twists, dramatic music, violent spectacle, and the story’s notorious barber-and-pie-shop partnership.

Vagabond Players’ production is directed by Stephen Foreman and TJ Lukacsina. It opens the theater’s season and is presented by special arrangement with Music Theatre International, which also supplies the authorized performance materials.

When: October 9–November 15, 2026

Schedule: There are no performances from October 30 through November 1.

Showtimes: Friday, October 23 at 8:00 p.m.; Saturday, October 24 at 8:00 p.m.; Sunday, October 25 at 2:00 p.m.; Friday, November 6 at 8:00 p.m.; Saturday, November 7 at 8:00 p.m.; Sunday, November 8 at 2:00 p.m.; Thursday, November 12 at 8:00 p.m.; Friday, November 13 at 8:00 p.m.; Saturday, November 14 at 8:00 p.m.; and Sunday, November 15 at 2:00 p.m.

Venue: Vagabond Players

Tickets: Price not available

Music and Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim

Book: Hugh Wheeler, based on an adaptation by Christopher Bond

Directors: Stephen Foreman and TJ Lukacsina

Cast: Sean Hogan as Sweeney Todd; AnnaBelle Auguste as Mrs. Lovett; Michael Bevard as Judge Turpin; Ethan Kehring as Anthony Hope; Danae Nick as the Beggar Woman; Wilson Seltzer as the Ensemble and Bird Seller; Macrae Smith as the Ensemble and Jonas Fogg; Ben Strigle, Heather Ann Bounds, Valerie Dzielski, and Brynn Farlow as Ensemble members; Allison Farrall as the Ensemble and Young Lucy; Matt Wetzel as Adolfo Pirelli; Terriq White as Beadle Bamford; Shelly Wiese as Johanna; and Deacon Withers as Tobias Ragg.

Understudies: Heather Ann Bounds for Mrs. Lovett; Peyton Aronow for Johanna; Brynn Farlow for Tobias Ragg; Ben Strigle for Adolfo Pirelli; and Matt Wetzel for Sweeney Todd. The listed showtimes should be checked for performances featuring understudies.

Audience Advisory: Recommended for mature audiences because of adult language and violent themes.

Special Effects: Performances include strobing lights, fog or haze, and a gunshot.

Production Background: The original Broadway production was directed by Harold Prince, with orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick. The original Broadway producers were Richard Barr, Charles Woodward, Robert Fryer, Mary Lea Johnson, and Martin Richards, in association with Dean and Judy Manos.