Will Swenson and Lesli Margherita to Star in SWEENEY TODD Directed by Jason Alexander

Tony Award nominee Will Swenson (A Beautiful Noise, Hair, 110 In The Shade) will star as “Sweeney Todd” and Olivier Award winner Lesli Margherita (Gypsy, Matilda, Dames at Sea) will star as “Mrs. Lovett” in Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd, with Musical direction will be by Darryl Archibald, choreography by Lee Martino, and direction by Tony Award-winner Jason Alexander.  

SWEENEY TODD will preview on Friday, January 30 at 8 pm and Saturday, January 31 at 2 pm, have its official Press Opening on Saturday, January 31 at 8 pm, and run through Sunday, February 22, 2026 at La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts, 14900 La Mirada Blvd in La Mirada.                                                                                                                               

Attend the dark, witty, and Tony Award-winning tale of love, murder, and revenge set against the backdrop of 19th-century London.  SWEENEY TODD has become a bloody, worldwide sensation since being awarded eight Tony Awards (including Best Musical) for its Broadway premiere in 1979.  

Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler's (A Little Night Music) tasty, thrilling, theatrical treat has simultaneously shocked, awed, and delighted audiences across the world.  An infamous tale which originally appeared as a Penny Dreadful serial in 1867, Sweeney Todd follows an unjustly exiled barber (Todd) as he returns to London to seek vengeance against the lecherous judge who framed him and ravaged his young wife.  

The road to revenge leads Todd to Mrs. Lovett, a resourceful proprietress of a failing pie shop, above which he opens a new barber practice.  Mrs. Lovett's luck sharply shifts when Todd's thirst for blood inspires the integration of an ingredient into her meat pies that has the people of London lining up for more... 

and the carnage has only just begun!