Sweeney Todd Revival to Embark on National Tour

The critically praised 2023 Broadway revival of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street announced a national tour beginning in early spring 2025, marking the first time the Stephen Sondheim musical would tour the United States since 2008. Directed by Thomas Kail and starring Josh Groban and Annaleigh Ashford, the production ran at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre from March 2023 through May 2024 and earned eight Tony nominations including Best Revival of a Musical.

The revival was particularly praised for restoring Jonathan Tunick's original 26-piece orchestration, which many felt had been stripped away in previous productions, and for Kail's direction balancing dark humor and operatic ambition. The tour will retain the full orchestration and represents an opportunity for audiences outside New York to experience a production critics called one of the finest stagings of Sondheim's 1979 masterwork.

The tour was the promise that outlived the show. The revival closed at the Lunt-Fontanne on May 5, 2024 after 407 performances, with two design Tonys from eight nominations, as Broadway News recorded. Producer Jeffrey Seller's early spring 2025 launch has yet to surface: no opening city, route or cast has been announced, and the production's own news page stops in February 2024. Others are staging Sondheim's barber anyway. Jason Alexander directed Will Swenson and Lesli Margherita at La Mirada through February 22, 2026, and Ramin Karimloo takes the title role at Birmingham Rep from July 4 to August 9, 2026. Seller owes an answer, and the touring season announcements this fall are the next place to look.