In our new series, the music takes Center Stage.

Northern Stage: In Concert is a new musical concert series celebrating the power of iconic scores, performed by top-tier professional artists in an intimate, stripped-down setting. These fully produced concert readings put the music front and center, inviting audiences to experience legendary shows in a bold, immediate way, where musicianship and storytelling take the spotlight.

Attend the tale of Sweeney Todd! Stephen Sondheim’s thrilling, darkly comic masterpiece comes to Northern Stage in a special In Concert presentation. Featuring one of the most electrifying scores in musical theater, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street tells the infamous story of a wronged barber seeking revenge in the streets of Victorian London. This concert reading puts Sondheim’s unforgettable music front and center, performed live by an extraordinary cast and orchestra for an electrifying theatrical event.

AUGUST 12-16, 2026

SWEENEY TODD: IN CONCERT is made possible in part through the generous support of Mark Greenberg.

THE COMPANY OF SWEENEY TODD: IN CONCERT

MUSIC & LYRICS BY

Stephen Sondheim

BOOK BY

Hugh Wheeler

FROM AN ADAPTATION BY

Christopher Bond

DIRECTOR

Kevin David Thomas

MUSIC DIRECTOR

Nathan Beary Loughstein

PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER

Julia Egizio

Originally directed on Broadway by Harold Prince

Orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick

Originally Produced on Broadway by Richard Barr, Charles Woodward, Robert Fryer, Mary Lea Johnson, Martin Richards in Association with Dean and Judy Manos.

This Production of SWEENEY TODD was licensed by Music Theatre International.