The role of \u201cSweeney Todd\u201d will now be played by Danny Rothman who was most recently a member of the revival cast of Sweeney Todd<\/strong><\/em> currently running on Broadway.<\/p>\n Kevin McAllister who was previously announced in the role of \u201cSweeney Todd,\u201d is dealing with a minor medical matter and is therefore unable to be a part of the new production at TUTS.<\/p>\n \u201cOur hearts are with Kevin during this time and look forward to future opportunities to work together,\u201d said TUTS Artistic Director, Dan Knechtges<\/strong>, who is also directing the production. \u201cWe\u2019re excited to welcome Danny to Houston and for our audiences to see him lead this incredibly talented cast.\u201d<\/p>\n As previously announced the Sweeney Todd<\/strong><\/em> cast is Sally Wilfert<\/strong> as \u201cMrs. Lovett,\u201d Sam Gravitte<\/strong> as \u201cAntony Hope,\u201d Leslie Jackson<\/strong> as \u201cJohanna,\u201d August Emerson<\/strong> as \u201cTobias Ragg,\u201d Brian Mathis<\/strong> as \u201cJudge Turpin,\u201d Mark Ivy<\/strong> as \u201cBeadle Bamford,\u201d Courtney Markowitz<\/strong> as \u201cBeggar Woman,\u201d Benjamin Robert Lurye<\/strong> as \u201cAdolfo Pirelli\u201d, and Alec Michael Ryan<\/strong> as \u201cJonas Fogg\u201d.<\/p>\n Joining them in the ensemble are: John Ryan Del Bosque, Sophia Clarke, Jana Ellsworth, Gemini Quintos, Cody Ryan Arthur, Joseph Rawley, Piero Regis, Lisa Borik Vickers, Miles Marmolejo, Cassandra Zepeda, LaBraska Washington<\/strong> and Teresa Zimmermann<\/strong>.<\/p>\n The production also features a Teen Ensemble made up of students from TUTS Humphreys School of Musical Theatre: Aisha Choquette, Camden Baker, Jordan Grice, Julian Lammey, Kaavya Rajarathnam, Laiza Rivera, Lila Johnson, Madison Weaston, Sydney Meek, Riley Neal, Chloe Petterson<\/strong>, and Taylor Mattingly<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Joining Knechtges on the production isMusical Director, Stephen W. Jones<\/strong>; Projection Designer, Mike Tutaj<\/strong>; Costume Designer, Colleen Grady<\/strong>; Lighting Designer, Jason Lyons<\/strong>; Sound Designer, Andrew Harper<\/strong>; Hair & Makeup Designer, Kelley Jordan<\/strong>; Assistant Director, Monica Josette<\/strong>, and Production Stage Manager, Caskey Hunsader<\/strong>. Casting for Sweeney Todd<\/strong><\/em> is provided by Calleri Jensen Davis Casting<\/strong> and TUTS Artistic Line Producer, Laura Peete<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Winner of 8 Tony Awards! Stephen Sondheim\u2019s musical masterpiece is theatrical excellence. Set in the dark corners of 19th century England, this is the extraordinary, inventive tale of a vengeful barber whose love for a lost daughter has pushed him close to the edge, and an all too eager pie shop owner, who will do anything for a price. A bold, chilling and vibrant theatrical treat for you from Theatre Under The Stars. Sweeney Todd<\/strong><\/em> runs October 17 \u2013 29<\/strong> at Theatre Under The Stars. Tickets start at just $40, and are available online, by contacting the TUTS Box Office by phone at (713) 558-8887<\/a><\/strong> or in person by visiting the Box Office<\/strong> located at 800 Bagby Street<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Theatre Under The Stars is grateful to our season sponsors Hampton\/Homewood Suites<\/strong> and ABC13<\/strong>. Theatre Under The Stars is funded in part by The Brown Foundation, The Wortham Foundation<\/strong>, and the City of Houston through the Houston Arts Alliance<\/strong>.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Theatre Under The Stars announced a change to the cast of its upcoming production of Stephen Sondheim\u2019s masterpiece Sweeney Todd. The role of \u201cSweeney Todd\u201d will now be played by […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":40915,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"\r\n Theatre Under The Stars (TUTS)<\/strong> announced a change to the cast of its upcoming production of Stephen Sondheim\u2019s masterpiece Sweeney Todd<\/em><\/strong>! \u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n The role of \u201cSweeney Todd\u201d will now be played by Danny Rothman who was most recently a member of the revival cast of Sweeney Todd<\/em><\/strong> currently running on Broadway.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Kevin McAllister who was previously announced in the role of \u201cSweeney Todd,\u201d is dealing with a minor medical matter and is therefore unable to be a part of the new production at TUTS.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \u201cOur hearts are with Kevin during this time and look forward to future opportunities to work together,\u201d said TUTS Artistic Director, Dan Knechtges<\/strong>, who is also directing the production. \u201cWe\u2019re excited to welcome Danny to Houston and for our audiences to see him lead this incredibly talented cast.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n As previously announced the Sweeney Todd<\/em><\/strong> cast is Sally Wilfert<\/strong> as \u201cMrs. Lovett,\u201d Sam Gravitte<\/strong> as \u201cAntony Hope,\u201d Leslie Jackson<\/strong> as \u201cJohanna,\u201d August Emerson<\/strong> as \u201cTobias Ragg,\u201d Brian Mathis<\/strong> as \u201cJudge Turpin,\u201d Mark Ivy<\/strong> as \u201cBeadle Bamford,\u201d Courtney Markowitz<\/strong> as \u201cBeggar Woman,\u201d Benjamin Robert Lurye <\/strong>as \u201cAdolfo Pirelli\u201d, and Alec Michael Ryan<\/strong> as \u201cJonas Fogg\u201d.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Joining them in the ensemble are: John Ryan Del Bosque<\/strong>, Sophia Clarke<\/strong>, Jana Ellsworth<\/strong>, Gemini Quintos<\/strong>, Cody Ryan Arthur<\/strong>, Joseph Rawley<\/strong>, Piero Regi<\/strong>s, Lisa Borik Vickers<\/strong>, Miles Marmolejo<\/strong>, Cassandra Zepeda<\/strong>, LaBraska Washington<\/strong> and Teresa Zimmermann<\/strong>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n The production also features a Teen Ensemble made up of students from TUTS Humphreys School<\/strong> of Musical Theatre:<\/strong> Aisha Choquette<\/strong>, Camden Baker<\/strong>, Jordan Grice,<\/strong> Julian Lammey<\/strong>, Kaavya Rajarathnam<\/strong>, Laiza Rivera<\/strong>, Lila Johnson<\/strong>, Madison Weaston<\/strong>, Sydney Meek<\/strong>, Riley Neal<\/strong>, Chloe Petterson<\/strong>, and Taylor Mattingly<\/strong>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Joining Knechtges on the production isMusical Director, Stephen W. Jones<\/strong>; Projection Designer, Mike Tutaj;<\/strong> Costume Designer, Colleen Grady<\/strong>; Lighting Designer, Jason Lyons<\/strong>; Sound Designer, Andrew Harper<\/strong>; Hair & Makeup Designer, Kelley Jordan<\/strong>; Assistant Director, Monica Josette, <\/strong>and Production Stage Manager, Caskey Hunsader<\/strong>. Casting for Sweeney Todd<\/em><\/strong>is provided by Calleri Jensen Davis Casting<\/strong> and TUTS Artistic Line Producer, Laura Peete<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Winner of 8 Tony Awards! Stephen Sondheim\u2019s musical masterpiece is theatrical excellence. Set in the dark corners of 19th century England, this is the extraordinary, inventive tale of a vengeful barber whose love for a lost daughter has pushed him close to the edge, and an all too eager pie shop owner, who will do anything for a price. A bold, chilling and vibrant theatrical treat for you from Theatre Under The Stars. \u00a0Sweeney Todd <\/em><\/strong>runs October 17 - 29<\/strong> at Theatre Under The Stars. Tickets start at just $40, and are available online<\/a>, by contacting the TUTS Box Office by phone at (713) 558-8887<\/strong> or in person by visiting the Box Office<\/strong> located at 800 Bagby Street<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Theatre Under The Stars is grateful to our season sponsors Hampton\/Homewood Suites<\/strong> and ABC13<\/strong>. Theatre Under The Stars is funded in part by The Brown Foundation, The Wortham Foundation,<\/strong> and the City of Houston through the Houston Arts Alliance.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40508","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tuts.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40508","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tuts.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tuts.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tuts.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tuts.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40508"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tuts.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40508\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tuts.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tuts.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tuts.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tuts.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.tuts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Danny-Rothman-Main-682x1024.jpeg\")
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