Champlin, DiMarzio, Felciano & Gemignani Complete Cast of Sweeney

Broadway.com has learned that casting is now complete on the fall Broadway revival of the Stephen Sondheim/Hugh Wheeler musical Sweeney Todd. Manoel Felciano has been tapped to be Tobias, Diana DiMarzio is to play The Beggar Woman, Alexander Gemignani will portray Beadle Bamford and Donna Lynne Champlin has won the roles of Pirelli and Jonas Fogg. They will join previously reported cast members Patti LuPone, Michael Cerveris, Mark Jacoby, Benjamin Magnuson and Lauren Molina.

"I am thrilled," DiMarzio told Broadway.com. "Stephen Sondheim is one of my favorite composers, so it was a real high just to audition for him. This is really a dream come true."

Felciano is currently appearing off-Broadway in Shockheaded Peter. He has been on the Great White Way in Brooklyn, Jesus Christ Superstar and Cabaret. His other credits include national tours of Whistle Down the Wind and Saturday Night Fever and a Public Theater production of Much Ado About Nothing.

DiMarzio, a soprano who plays the clarinet, performs in concerts around the country. On her 2001 self-titled CD she sings Sondheim's "There Won't Be Trumpets" from Anyone Can Whistle. She was awarded a grant by the National Italian American Foundation to produce her concert entitled Music of the Italian Cinema, which she debuted at Symphony Space in October of 2004. Her theatrical credits include Side By Side By Sondheim, Evita, Showboat, Desert Song, A Christmas Carol and a national tour of Man of La Mancha, in which she was featured as Aldonza opposite Jack Jones and Ron Holgate. She also has opera experience, appearing in a European touring production of Carmen, The Marriage of Figaro, Don Giovanni and A Hand of Bridge.

Gemignani, son of frequent Sondheim musical director Paul Gemignani, played John Hinckley in last season's Tony-winning production of Sondheim's Assassins, for which he won a Theatre World Award. He recently appeared in Avenue Q as Brian, subbing for a vacationing Jordan Gelber. He had previously played the role off-Broadway. His other theatrical credits include The Trapped Family Singers at the 2003 New York Fringe Festival, Sorry, Wrong Number off-Broadway and the world premiere of the musical Marty at Boston's Huntington Theatre.

Champlin is best known for playing the older Helen, a character based on Carol Burnett, in Hollywood Arms. She has also appeared on Broadway in James Joyce's The Dead and By Jeeves. Her off-Broadway credits include Reunion, Stars in Your Eyes, the Encores! mounting of Bloomer Girl, My Life With Albertine, First Lady Suite and, recently, The Audience. She is currently in rehearsals for The Flight of the Lawnchair Man, which begins performances at Goodspeed Musicals' Norma Terris Theatre on May 19.

Sweeney Todd, directed and designed by John Doyle, is scheduled to begin previews on October 3 and open November 3 at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre.