• In the forthcoming 2023 revival of Sweeney Todd.
• The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Ruthie Ann Miles will return to Broadway.
• A few additional cast members were introduced on Wednesday.

Ruthie Ann Miles   and singer Josh Groban, who is returning to the Great White Way after his Tony Award-nominated stint in Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812, leads the cast. The Tony Award winner joins them.

Along with Annaleigh Ashford in the Mrs. Lovett part, Groban will play the title character; Miles will take on the role of the Beggar Woman.

A few additional cast members were introduced on Wednesday, according to the production. With Gaten Matarazzo as Tobias, Maria Bilbao as Johanna, Jamie Jackson as Judge Turpin, John Rapson as Beadle Bamford, Nicholas Christopher as Pirelli/Sweeney Todd stand-in, and Jeanna de Waal as Mrs. Lovett and Beggar Woman stand-in, Jordan Fisher will play Anthony.

The last time Miles and Ashford appeared on Broadway together was in the 2017 revival of Sunday in the Park with George, for which she received a Tony Award for her work in The King and I.

Miles posted the information on Instagram when the cast was revealed. She added in the caption, drawing inspiration from the Sondheim musical: “Attend implies to travel and appear. It can also imply to look after. Attending also means keeping yourself safe. Be cautious. Come, let us to tell you a tale.”

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, a musical directed by Tony Award winner Thomas Kailand with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by Hugh Wheeler, will begin performances on February 26 and premiere on March 26 at Broadway’s Lunt-Fontanne Theatre.

In the “Beauty and the Beast” anniversary special, hear H.E.R. as Belle and Josh Groban as The Beast for the First Time.

Eight Tony Awards were given to the original Broadway production in 1980, including Best Musical, Best Book, Best Score, and Best Direction for Hal Prince. The musical’s London debut took home the 1980 Best Musical Olivier Award.

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