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Sweeney Todd, the Tony Award-winning musical, sails into Unity May 18 to June 2, 2012. Based on a version of Sweeney Todd by Christopher Bond, with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by Hugh Wheeler, it's a tragicomic tale of murder, mayhem, and meat pies.

Albuquerque Theatre Guild today announced the six winners of its 2012-13 Youth Theatre Scholarships.

One effort of the MCC Education & Outreach Department is the MCC Theater Youth Company, a free after-school program for under-served city youth interested in learning playwriting and acting from theater professionals.

The Hartt School of the University of Hartford todya announced that Dr. Vanessa L. Bond has been appointed Assistant Professor of Music Education beginning in September, at the start of the 2012-2013 academic year.

American Idol's Constantine Maroulis (Tony Award-nominee, Rock of Ages) joins nearly a dozen Broadway favorites to salute 'Broadway's most-wonderfully wicked showstoppers' in the gala benefit evening, Life Upon the Wicked Stage: Broadway's Greatest Villains, Thieves and Ladies of the Evening, on Saturday, June 9, 2012, 8 pm, at the Bickford Theatre at the Morris Museum, 6 Normandy Heights Road, in Morristown, NJ.

NEW DRAMATISTS, Tony Honor recipient and the nation's premiere playwright development workshop, today announced that two-time Tony Award winner Bernadette Peters will be honored with their 2012 Lifetime Achievement Award at its 63rd Annual Spring Luncheon tribute, to be held Thursday, May 24th at the New York Marriott Marquis. Among those on the program offering tributes will be Emmy Award-winner Mary Tyler Moore, Peters' Tony Award-winning A Little Night Music co-star Elaine Stritch, and New Dramatists Artistic Director Todd London. Tony and Academy Award-winner Joel Grey and Peters' Tony-nominated Gypsy co-star John Dossett will offer musical tributes.

The loveable characters from Charles Schulz's iconic comic strip Peanuts learn life's lessons in the musical You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown. The production, which is directed and choreographed by Donna Feore, begins previews at the Avon Theatre on May 15.

Am Samstag, 19. Mai 2012, 11.00 Uhr findet die neunte Matinee der Reihe 'Kammermusik der Wiener Philharmoniker' statt: Martin Zalodek (Violine), Christoph Wimmer (Kontrabass), Matthias Schorn (Klarinette), Benedikt Dinkhauser (Fagott), Martin Mühlfellner (Cornett), Walter Voglmayer (Posaune), Thomas Lechner (Schlagzeug) und Christoph Widauer (Sprecher und Handpuppenspieler) interpretieren Igor Strawinskys 'Geschichte vom Soldaten'.

If It Only Even Runs A Minute 10 is the tenth edition of this series of rare songs, behind-the-scenes tales, and inspiring photos from Broadway musicals that may not have been fully appreciated the first time around. The show features performances and stories from original cast members and writers of several of the featured shows.

Rehearsals begin today, May 15th for 7th MONARCH, a new play by Jim Henry, featuring Tony Award winner Michael Rupert. The Off-Broadway premiere of 7th MONARCH is set to play a limited engagement at Theatre Row's Acorn Theatre June 12th through September 9th. Opening night is Sunday, June 24th. In addition to Michael Rupert, the cast of 7th MONARCH features Michael Cullen, Gretchen Hall, Leslie Hendrix and Matthew Humphreys, under the direction of Scott C. Embler.

Producers Hal Luftig and Scott Sanders announced today that the Tony Award Nominated Best Revival of a Musical, Tim Rice's and Andrew Lloyd Webber's EVITA, will launch a first national tour in the fall of 2013 at Providence Performing Arts Center in Providence, Rhode Island. Casting and additional information will be announced at a later date.

Legendary singer/songwriter/poet Leonard Cohen will return to Detroit's Fox Theatre with a new live show on Monday, November 26 at 8 p.m.

From May 24 to June 9, 2012 the Festival TransAmériques (FTA) will set the city of Montreal ablaze with 28 diverse dance, theatre and performance art productions from Canada, the United States and abroad.

Christine Pedi, Michael West, Christina Bianco and Tommy Walker - the four principal cast members in NEWSical the Musical: End of the World Edition - have extended their contracts in the show through December 21, 2012 at which point the world will definitely end. A new block of tickets is now on sale at Telecharge.com.

Seattle Theatre Group (STG) announces the following concerts going on sale this week.

The surf community proved to be a big stepping stone for Howard, who found himself playing to packed audiences long before his music spread beyond the U.K. beaches. He continued developing his style, too, adding a percussive element to his playing by learning to rap his knuckles across the guitar body between strums.

The National Alliance for Musical Theatre (NAMT) announces 15 awards granted from their National Fund for New Musicals, a major funding program to support NAMT member not-for-profit theatres in their collaborations with writers to create, develop and produce new musicals. Now in its fourth year, the Fund will provide grants totaling $48,000 to 14 organizations across the country.

On Friday, June 8 at 8pm, Little Anthony and the Imperials will grace the Warner stage for one performance only.

The NATIONAL NEW PLAY NETWORK (NNPN), the country's alliance of non-profit theaters that champions the development, production, and continued life of new plays, announces its 30th Rolling World Premiere: Caridad Svich's Guapa will receive three productions through the Network's Continued Life of New Plays Fund in the 2012/13 season, the Network's 15th.

The evening is directed by Joe Langworth and musical direction by Greg Jarrett, the show will run for one night only, June 18, at the Loews Regency Hotel (540 Park Avenue at 61st Street).