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Tim Burton's adaptation of Stephen Sondheim's Grand Guignol musical Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street is gruesome fun. 9/10

Toronto theatres are presenting a roster of popular musicals in their summer 2009 seasons, and so are the nearby Shaw and Stratford festivals.

Drenched in melancholy and bitterness, Sondheim's lyrics transcend the limits of the stage to the excesses of the big screen in Tim Burton's sumptuous new adaptation.

Following the success of their La Cage Aux Folles, the Menier are preparing to move their current production of Sondheim's A Little Night Music but is it worth £60?

The Lizard Lounge is a snug little basement bar in Cambridge, MA, complete with the requisite beer on tap, greasy food and...opera?

Burton's ultra-violent foray into the land of Hollywood musicals leaves Depp deprived while giving viewers vapid singing and blood that will stain their minds for days.

About to pack up the current Broadway revival of Sondheim and Styne's Gypsy, everything's still coming up roses for this winning production directed by Arthur Laurents.

The life of the 19th Century author of Fantastic Tales and Passion, the novel that inspired Stephen Sondheim's award-winning musical.

It's hard to imagine a filmmaker more perfectly suited to stage a cinematic version of Stephen Sondheim's popular musical than director Tim Burton (Alice in Wonderland).

Grim and gothic, Burton creates an excellent piece of cinema that is wonderfully acted by a quality cast.

Some helpful guidelines to aiding the creative process of lyric writing for a Broadway show.

The Curve, Leicester's exciting modern theatre is the venue for the European Premiere of Light in the Piazza, which won 6 Tonys on Broadway as well as plaudits all round.

The show-stealer is a cow named Milky White, who has no lines. But even without a voice, Milky White, played by dancer David Leef, has a lot of personality.

This horrifying musical about the Demon Barber of Fleet Street continues Burton's darkly comic directing style.

After selling out their entire run during the Vancouver Fringe, including their "Pick Of The Fringe" performances, it has returned to grace the stage once more.

With a new live album, Melora Creager presents a sound that harkens back to Rasputina's first album, Thanks for the Ether (1996), which is sure to please many old fans.

Biography of American songwriter Oscar Hammerstein II, one of the greatest American lyricists, famous for Show Boat, Oklahoma!, The Sound of Music, and South Pacific.

Tim Burton's best film brings Stephen Sondheim's infamously bloody musical to life.

Inspired by an Ingmar Bergman film, A Little Night Music returns to Broadway with a star cast at the Walter Kerr Theater on 48th Street, but is it worth the price?

The Drowsy Chaperone and The History Boys were the big winners at the 60th Annual Tony Awards held on Sunday, June 11th, 2006.

Brent Carver has had a long and successful career, with few stumbling blocks. That is, until he created the role of Gandalf in The Lord Of The Rings.

Mako (full name Mako Iwamatsu) voiced roles in Samurai Jack, Avatar: The Last Airbender and Dexter's Laboratory. He fought to get Asian actors better roles in Hollywood.

London's West End theatre district offers numerous musical shows and Panto-style fare for the Christmas holiday season of 2009-2010.

A hit back in 1974 when it opened on Broadway, Over Here! will get a new life in Toronto this summer prior to heading to London.

At Carnegie Hall, the New York Philharmonic's new Music Director Designate Alan Gilbert led the orchestra in a celebration of Bernstein's relationship with the NYP.

Here's a brief biography of American composer Cole Porter, one of Broadway's greatest lyricists, songwriters, and melodists of all-time, on stage and films.

An outline of the upcoming theatre season at the Citadel in Edmonton, Alberta.

What musical shows are opening - or might be opening - in London's West End during the 2010 theatre year?

Every holiday season movie audiences have come to expect prominent film releases and this season will be no exception.

Bruce Dow played leading roles in Oliver!, South Pacific, Into The Woods, and Guys & Dolls. Now, he embarks on the role of a lifetime - the MC in Kander and Ebb's Cabaret

Many folk and fairy tales have been adapted for other media including movies and TV. Jack and the Beanstalk, and the similar Jack the Giant Killer are no exceptions.

Many fairy tale stories have been adapted for other media, particularly film. Little Red Riding Hood is no exception having had several movie adaptations.

Whether it's alleged homosexual agendas in Shrek 2 and Teletubbies, or those foul-mouthed kids in South Park, right-wingers do love to hate them toons.