As name would imply, the second season, premiering April 5, may have brought back most of the first season's performers, but in different roles and a darker setting, riffing on shows like "Chicago," "Sweeney Todd," "Hair," and "Cabaret."

Source: https://www.slashfilm.com/1236578/schmigadoon-season-2-review-a-delightful-return-to-form-for-the-musical-comedy-series/

H. Russ Brown portrayed Sweeney Todd and is the head of the theater department at COM.

Source: https://thepostnewspaper.net/2023/02/11/com-theatre-presents-sweeney-todd-the-demon-barber-of-fleet-street/

Johnny Depp has been a Tim Burton movie regular since the 1990 release of and has appeared in a total of seven Burton-directed movies, including Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, and several others.

Source: https://screenrant.com/beetlejuice-2-justin-theroux-casting-relief-johnny-depp-rumors/

One of the darkest musicals ever written, “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” is the unsettling tale of a Victorian-era barber who returns home to London after15 years of exile to take revenge on the corrupt judge who ruined his life.

Source: https://www.timescall.com/2023/10/21/leftoween-at-left-hand-brewing-and-other-events-for-today/

Stepping into the role of Sweeney Todd is Charlie Raine, a relative newcomer to the Green Room Club.

Source: https://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/23705797.sweeney-todd-production-performed-carlisle-stage/?ref=rss

The court also heard how Girl X told Boy Y she was watching her ‘favourite film’, Sweeney Todd, for the ‘9,000th time’ the night before the alleged murder.

Source: https://metro.co.uk/2023/11/30/new-footage-shows-brianna-ghey-leaving-home-hours-killed-19904010/