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The 51st Annual Drama Desk Awards were presented on Sunday, May 21, 2006 at 9:00 PM, at the LaGuardia Concert Hall at Lincoln Center. The annual awards honor excellence in theater for Broadway, Off Broadway and Off-Off Broadway during the season.

While Patti LuPone has her turn as Rose in the Ravinia Festival's Gypsy in Chicago, Judy Kaye will hawk the worst pies in London as Sweeney Todd's Mrs. Lovett from June 20th through 25th

Announced this morning and reported on live at BroadwayWorld.com, we've got all the nominees for the 2006 Tony Awards, which will be broadcast on CBS on Sunday, June 11th.

The History Boys, by Alan Bennett, today won the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best Play of the 2005-2006 season. The Best Musical award was given to The Drowsy Chaperone (book by Bob Martin and Don McKellar, music and lyrics by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison).

Nominations for the 51 st Annual Drama Desk Awards were announced today at The New York Friars Club by theater notables Marvin Hamlisch and Donna McKechnie, who revealed the nominees for the 2005/2006 theater season in front of a crowd of theater professionals at the press conference this morning.

The acclaimed new Broadway production of SWEENEY TODD, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, has recouped its entire $3.5 million investment in just 19 weeks (as of week ending 3/12/06), it was announced Tuesday by the show's producers.

Mack & Mabel, directed by John Doyle and starring Janie Dee and David Soul, will begin performances on the West End on April 5th before opening on April 10th

In a rare public appearance, composer Stephen Sondheim, stars Patti LuPone, Michael Cerveris, and cast members of the acclaimed Broadway revival of SWEENEY TODD, signed copies of the new Nonesuch cast recording on the date of its release - Tuesday, January 31 and BroadwayWorld was there! The signing took place on stage at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre.

On January 31st, the release date of the new Sweeney Todd cast recording, Stephen Sondheim, Patti LuPone, Michael Cerveris and other cast members will sign CDs

The cast recording of the Sweeney Todd revival is now available on iTunes--a week before it is officially released on January 31st

The Actors' Fund will host a benefit Special Performance of Sweeney Todd on January 29th

The cast of the critically-acclaimed revival of Sweeney Todd, starring Michael Cerveris and Patti LuPone, recently headed into the recording studio and the track list for the CD is now available. Amazon.com lists the release as January 31, 2006.

The cast of the critically-acclaimed revival of Sweeney Todd, starring Michael Cerveris and Patti LuPone, recently headed into the recording studio and the track list for the CD is now available. Nonesuch lists the release as 'January 2006' but no specific date has been announced as of yet.

John Doyle's abstract vision of Sweeney Todd may require more active listening than any other production on Broadway

You can now see clips from Sweeney Todd right here on BroadwayWorld.com!

On November 14th, the hit Sweeney Todd revival will be recorded by Nonesuch Records

SWEENEY TODD opened on Thursday, November 3 and BroadwayWorld was there to capture the after-party at the Copacabana.

SWEENEY TODD opened at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre on Thursday, November 3 and BroadwayWorld was there to capture the red carpet arrivals.

SWEENEY TODD, current in previews, opens at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre on Thursday, November 3.