‘Sweeney Todd’ With Josh Groban & Annaleigh Ashford Takes $1.5M And Fills Every Available Seat – Broadway Box Office

The Broadway revival of Sweeney Todd is officially open!

In a Broadway season that might be remembered for a lovely, pared-down minimalism – the intriguing starkness of A Doll’s House with Jessica Chastain, the less-is-more near-concert-style presentations of Into the Woods and Parade – director Thomas Kail’s Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street will stand out for, among many other attributes, its full-on, unabashed ambition. A prodigious theatrical event that aims for greatness and achieves it, this revival of the Stephen Sondheim-Hugh Wheeler masterpiece is not to be missed.

Stephen Sondheim’s horror-musical in which throats are gruesomely slashed and cannibalism is positively hilarious. 2 hours and 45 minutes with one intermission. At the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, 205 W.

Naveen Kumar The cannibalist startup in “Sweeney Todd” kills two birds: For Sweeney, the ruined barber who holds a grudge as steadily as he does a blade, it means turning enemies into actual mincemeat. For Mrs. Lovett, who laments that alley cats were too quick and meager to carve up anyway — well, it’s a living, innit love?  Slitting throats and baking bodies into pies is a wild and wicked business. But in the stately and star-filled revival of Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler’s macabre 1979 musical that opened on Broadway Sunday night, the people-to-pastries pipeline quickly assumes a grim air of mundanity.  For its stars Josh Groban and Annaleigh Ashford, this lushly orchestrated and opera-scale production, from “Hamilton” director Thomas Kail, proves a magnificent showcase for their respective, jaw-dropping talents. Groban’s weighted-blanket baritone makes the prospect of reclining in his company and never waking up again seem like a great way to go. And Ashford’s fleet, agile instinct for comedy, which earned her a Tony Award for “You Can’t Take It With You,” is like a dippy bird for dopamine. But only one of them is a genuine thrill.

was taken to the hospital due to a “scary health issue.”In a video posted to her Instagram story on Saturday, the 36-year-old announced that she’s back starring as Fanny Brice in “Funny Girl” on Broadway, and shared an update on her son. “It’s been a really long week, and we’re still not out of the woods completely with our son,” she said in the video.

Jenelle Riley Deputy Awards and Features Editor Pictured: Casting directors Katja Zarolinski and Geoff Josselson of JZ Casting. This article first appeared as part of Jenelle Riley’s Acting Up newsletter – to subscribe for early content and weekly updates on all things acting, visit the Acting Up signup page. Casting director Geoff Josselson just checked off a major bucket list item. When he was asked what show he dreamed of casting, he would say “Into the Woods.” And just last year, working with Telsey Casting, Josselson was part of the team that assembled the heralded Broadway revival starring Sara Bareilles, Brian D’Arcy James and Joshua Henry. Josselson is on a bit of a Stephen Sondheim spree — with Telsey he also helped cast the new production of “Sweeney Todd,” starring Josh Groban and Annaleigh Ashford. And he and his partner at JZ Casting, Katja Zarolinski, just collaborated for the first time with the Pasadena Playhouse to cast “A Little Night Music,” playing at the theater April 25-May 1. 

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Lea Michele will be back as Fanny Brice in Broadway’s Funny Girl this weekend after missing shows this week due as unspecified health issue that that required the hospitalization of her two-year-old son.

Glee actress Lea Michele has asked fans to send “love and strength” to her after her son was hospitalised. The 36-year-old announced she would be taking a break from her Broadway show, Funny Girl, to be with two-year-old Ever as he battles a “scary health issue”. Michele welcomed her son with husband Zandy Reich and occasionally shares snaps of him with fans on social media.

Lea Michele has announced that she will not be performing in Funny Girl on Broadway tonight as her son is dealing with a scary health issue that requires him to be in the hospital.

Charlotte Crosby oozed confidence as she highlighted the results of her recent gym blitz in a crop top on a night out with friends. The ex-Geordie Shore favourite, 32, who recently underwent a semi-permanent make-up transformation, hit the town for St Patrick's Day in Newcastle on Friday. New mum Charlotte, who welcomed baby daughter Alba Jean with boyfriend Jake Ankers in December, beamed as she showed off her svelte figure in a black crop top and leather trousers, paired with an Off-White shoulder bag.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter Stephen Sondheim’s final musical “Here We Are” is hitting the stage in the fall. The legendary musical theater figure, who composed “Sunday in the Park with George,” “Follies,” “Sweeney Todd” and countless other Broadway classics, died in 2021 at the age of 91. The musical, formerly known as “Square One,” was in the works prior to his death and took inspiration from two Luis Buñuel films, “The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie” and “The Exterminating Angel.” Joe Mantello, whose credits include Sondheim’s “Assassins,” as well as “Wicked” and “Take Me Out,” is directing “Here We Are.” The strictly limited engagement will begin September 2023 in The Shed’s Griffin Theater, an Off-Broadway venue near Manhattan’s Hudson Yards neighborhood. Casting will be announced soon.

A raft of Broadway’s recent arrivals led by Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street helped push the industry’s total box office last week to $28,638,821, up 13.8% from the previous week. Total attendance was up commensurately to 229,771.

Former Love Island star Jack Keating has been seen celebrating his dad Ronan Keating's birthday, just days after he shocked fans by announcing the birth of his baby daughter. Jack, 23, was snapped as he arrived at The Aubrey in Kensington, London for his dad's birthday celebrations, as he sported an open brown shirt, white t-shirt, and black jeans.

Her biggest fans. Carrie Underwood showed off the sweet birthday cards her sons gave her as she turned 40 on Friday, March 10.

The Only Way Is Essex star Amy Childs exclusively revealed to OK! that she’s expecting twins with her boyfriend Billy Delbosq – something which came as a shock to the pair. While Amy, 32, had come off contraception last year, the reality TV star didn’t expect to conceive so quickly as she discovered she was pregnant just two months later. Making the surprise even bigger, she later found out she’s carrying twins.

Celebrating her big day! Olivia Wilde praised her children after they surprised her with gifts and birthday balloons.

Emma Roberts is wishing her “sheesh,” boyfriend Cody John a happy 33rd birthday.

Kevin Clifton has shared a rare picture of Stacey Dooley cradling their baby daughter in a sweet tribute for the TV presenter's birthday. The former Strictly Come Dancing professional shared the snap of Stacey with his 377,000 followers, gushing: "Happy birthday my girl.The most wonderful and beautiful girl in the world.

Victoria Beckham this past week. The fashion designer debuted her latest collection on Friday as part of Paris Fashion Week and was sweetly supported by her family who took their place on the front row.