MusicalFare's Dark and Delicious Sweeney Todd Has a Killer Cast

MusicalFare Theatre will stage Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler’s Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, directed by Randall Kramer with choreography by Michael Oliver-Walline and music direction by Joe Isgar. The cast includes Steve Copps as Sweeney Todd, Amy Jakiel as Mrs. Lovett, Austin Marshall as Anthony, Ryan Butler as Toby, Emily Yancey as the Beggar Woman, Michael J. Galante as Beadle Bamford, Philip Farugia as Judge Turpin, Solange Gosselin as Johanna, and Bob Mazierski as Pirelli, supported by an ensemble of Christopher Andreana, Taylor Carlson, Chris Cummings and others. Performances run through Nov. 8, 2026, at Shea’s 710 Theatre in Buffalo, New York, with showtimes on Thursdays/Fridays at 7:30 p.m., Saturdays at 2:30 and 7:30 p.m., and Sundays at 2 p.m. The production lasts about two hours and 45 minutes, including one intermission. The story follows Benjamin Barker’s return after 15 years in an Australian penal colony and his slide from exile to revenge.