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Tim Burton's upcoming film adaptation of the classic Sondheim musical Sweeney Todd, starring Johnny Depp, will go in to a limited domestic release on December 21st, 2007, and open in wide release in the U.S. on January 11th, 2008.
Filming of Tim Burton's Sweeney Todd film has resumed
Filming of Tim Burton's Sweeney Todd film has been halted due to the illness of star Johnny Depp's daughter.
Principal photography has begun in London on 'Sweeney Todd'; starring Johnny Depp in the Tim Burton directed screen adaptation of Stephen Sondheim's award-winning musical thriller.
Irish student Jayne Wisener has landed the dream role of Johnny Depp's daughter in the upcoming movie of the Sondheim musical, 'Sweeney Todd'. Though not widely broadcast, the casting was reported in the Irish press at the end of December and a spokesperson for Warner Bros. confirmed that the 19 year old second year student at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow had been cast.
19-year old Jayne Wisener will play imperiled ingenue Johanna in Tim Burton's upcoming film version of Sweeney Todd
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Stage and screen star Alan Rickman will play the villainous Judge Turpin in the upcoming DreamWorks film version of Sweeney Todd
Dena Hammerstein and Pam Pariseau for James Hammerstein Productions announce that the acclaimed Royal Court Theatre production of My Name is Rachel Corrie to play its final performance Off Broadway on Sunday, December 17th
Oskar Eustis, the Artistic Director of The Public Theater, Gregory Mosher, Director of the Columbia University Arts Initiative and former director of Lincoln Center and Goodman Theatres and Diane Borger, General Manager of The Royal Court Theatre, will form 'The Role of Non-Profit Theatres in the Arts' panel for the December 5th Tuesday Talkback
Daniel Levy (Senior Fellow & Director of Prospects For Peace Initiative at The Century Foundation), Afif Safieh (Head of the PLO Mission to the U.S.) and Alan Rickman (MY NAME IS RACHEL CORRIE), will form the panel for the November 21st Tuesday Talkback. Moderated by Jamil Dakwar, Senior Human Rights Attorney for the ACLU, this Daniel Levy (Senior Fellow & Director of Prospects For Peace Initiative at The Century Foundation), Afif Safieh (Head of the PLO Mission to the U.S.) and Alan Rickman (MY NAME IS RACHEL CORRIE), will discuss the current political realities of the Israeli/Palestinian Conflict for the November 21st Tuesday Talkback. Moderated by Jamil Dakwar, Senior Human Rights Attorney for the ACLU, this panel discussion will occur following the 8pm performance of My Name is Rachel Corrie as part of its ongoing series.
The Roundabout Theatre Company's Off-Broadway revival of Tennessee Williams' drama Suddenly Last Summer, directed by Mark Brokaw, opened at the Laura Pels Theatre at the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre (111 West 46th Street) on Wednesday, November 15th
The parents of Rachel Corrie, Craig & Cindy Corrie and Yonatan Shapira (Israeli founder), Solaiman Khatib (Palestinian founder) of Combatants For Peace will form the panel for the November 14th Tuesday Talkback
The after-party for the star-studded Only Make Believe benefit on November 6th featured Alan Rickman, Julia Stiles and more!
Acclaimed playwrights David Hare, Tony Kushner, and Robert O'Hara will form the 'Playwrights and Politics' panel for the November 7th Tuesday Talkback
The American premiere of London's Royal Court Theatre production of My Name is Rachel Corrie, a new play taken from the writings of American activist Rachel Corrie, has extended its run through December 30th only.
Zoe Caldwell, Roseanne Cash, Megan Dodds, John Doyle, Tom Fontana, Dana Ivey, Thomas Kean, Audra McDonald, Phyllis Newman, Alan Rickman, Laila Robins, David Schramm, Marian Seldes and Francesca Zambello will ateend the Acting Company's October 23rd Masquerade, in which Angela Lansbury will present an award to Patti LuPone
The producers of Off-Broadway's My Name is Rachel Corrie are pleased to announce a Tuesday Talkback series of panel discussions for ticketholders at each of the following 8 PM performances:
After all the controversy, the accusations of censorship and the petitions and letters of protest, Britain's Royal Court Theatre production has finally made it to New York. Sadly, the off-stage drama far exceeds anything taking place on stage at the Minetta Lane Theatre
The controversial, award-winning new play My Name is Rachel Corrie is currently in previews at Off-Broadway's Minetta Lane Theatre, where it opens on Sunday, October 15th for a run of 48 performances only through Sunday, November 19th
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