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NENAproductions Theater Project will conclude its 2025 Season with the award-winning musical Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. Learn more about the production!

Little Theatre of Manchester (LTM) has announced the cast and creative team for its November production of Stephen Sondheim's dark musical masterpiece, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.

We're falling into fall with a great Broadway read! This season, Broadway's best have put pen to paper to turn out theatre page-turners of every kind. From theatre biographies to theatre fiction; theatre books for kids to theatre history; check out our collection of 25 new Broadway books for every theatre lover's Fall 2025 reading list.

Aspire is opening Season 9 with crowd favorite, Sweeney Todd. The musical is a 'bucket list' show for many performers. The production has been revived many times, most recently on Broadway.

BroadwayWorld is here with your fall 2025 guide to all the shows lighting up New York’s stages. From world premieres to long-awaited revivals, this season’s Off-Broadway lineup delivers something for every kind of theater fan!

Westport Country Playhouse will kick off its 2025-26 Season with Len Cariou and Christopher J. Domig in “Mitch Albom’s Tuesdays with Morrie,” by Jeffrey Hatcher and Mitch Albom, based on the book by Mitch Albom, September 4 – 6.

Did you know that the Richard Rodgers Theatre, current home of Hamilton, has housed more Best Musical Tony Award winners than any other Broadway house? Since the Tony Awards began in 1947 and began issuing a Best Musical Award in 1949, nine Best Musicals have played the Richard Rodgers Theatre, which used to be named the 46th Street Theatre.

Tony & Olivier Award nominee Michael Hayden has joined the cast of the New York Premiere of The Honey Trap by Leo McGann at Irish Repertory Theatre. Learn more!

Len Cariou will star in the New York premiere of Richard Vetere's ZAGŁADA at the American Theatre of Actors. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

Irish Repertory Theatre has revealed the initial cast for the New York Premiere of The Honey Trap by Leo McGann. See who is starring and learn how to purchase tickets!

This past season contained a higher than usual amount of Broadway shows involving death; in fact, Operation Mincemeat and Dead Outlaw both specifically revolved around transporting a corpse! And Death Becomes Her leans into the hilarity as two women become gorgeous living corpses before our very eyes, thanks to a touch of magic. But plays and musicals about death and its attendant macabre topics have been a part of the theatre landscape for many decades...

Broadway's best have put pen to paper to turn out theatre page-turners of every kind. From theatre biographies to theatre fiction; theatre books for kids to theatre history; check out our collection of 24 new Broadway books for every theatre lover's Summer 2025 reading list.

Does the voice of the Tony Awards sound familiar to your this year? That's probably because it is! This year's announcer is none other than two-time Tony winner Brian Stokes Mitchell.

Which Best Musical and Best Play nominees will take home the ultimate prize? BroadwayWorld has rounded up the winners of the Tony Awards, the Drama Desk Awards, the Drama League Awards and the Outer Critics Circle Awards for the last fifty years to compare winners year by year.

Which Sondheim show is best? While the answer to that question is entirely subjective, it is perhaps easier to investigate which Sondheim shows have the best track records. We're breaking it down show by show, as they were created chronologically...

Celebrate Pride month with Melissa Young, Nick Sula (music director) and special guest Dan Riley with the historical hit: OUT AND PROUD: A Rainbow Icon Celebration at The Den! Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

La Mirada Theatre For The Performing Arts and McCoy Rigby Entertainment have announced its 2025/2026 season of shows. The season will include a production of Sweeney Todd, directed by Jason Alexander.

Asolo Repertory Theatre has announced complete casting for the Olivier and Tony Award-winning memory play Dancing at Lughnasa, which begins previews on March 19, 2025.  

Gretna Theatre and Imaginary Friends puppet theatre will present a new musical to life that looks at the effects of bullying from the victim's perspective and how being bullied can get passed on to those you care about.

Get ready for some macabre madness when Aspire Performing Arts Company's production of Sweeney Todd High School Edition comes to the Fair Lawn Community Center from January 24 to 26, 2025.

The York Theatre Company announced additional performers for its gala honoring Bernadette Peters and Ted Snowdon on November 11 at The Edison Ballroom, promising a memorable evening of celebration.

The 2023 revival of Sweeney Todd is now available at the New York Public Library For the Performing Arts as part of the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive. Learn more about the show and how to view it here!

Portland Center Stage’s SWEENEY TODD is perfectly suited to those looking for some spine-tingling entertainment this Halloween season. Whether you're a Sondheim fanatic who knows every word or brand new to this masterpiece of musical theatre, I think you’ll be happy.

The Acting Company revealed the cast for SPELL #7, featuring a dynamic ensemble of actors. The production is set to bring Ntozake Shange's work to life, exploring themes of identity and culture.

Music Theater Heritage, the professional theater in residence at Crown Center, has released a first look at its production of SWEENEY TODD, the fifth production in MTH's 2024 Season. Check out the photos below!