Tim Burton News

A weekly theater column for Baltimore/Washington and Broadway

DreamWorks Studios announced today that Johnny Depp has been set to star and Tim Burton to direct Sweeney Todd, the award-winning Stephen Sondheim musical thriller

First reported on this site back in January, Variety is reporting that Tim Burton has turned his attention to Sweeney Todd, with Johnny Depp attached to star.

San Francisco's Best of Broadway 2006-07 Season features many highly-anticipated theatre events! Including 'Jersey Boys,' 'The Light in the Piazza,' 'Legally Blonde,' 'Edward Scissorhands,' 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?,' 'Doubt,' and 'Altar Boyz.'

The tour of Matthew Bourne's critically acclaimed Swan Lake will not be coming to Washington, D.C, Toronto, Ontario, Philadelphia, or Baltimore after producers decided to schedule a hiatus for the production

The Fox Theatre in St. Louis will present Spamalot, The Light in the Piazza, Edward Scissorhands, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee as some of its shows for the 2006-2007 season

The 5th Avenue Musical Theatre Company's high-profile 2006-2007 season will include several touring shows, some classic musicals and one world premiere, Broadway-bound musical.

The 5th Avenue Musical Theatre Company's high-profile 2006-2007 season will include several touring shows, some classic musicals and one world premiere, Broadway-bound musical--Cry-Baby

I recently caught a brief glimpse of wizardry at the show's rehearsal, and even managed to chat to the two lead performers Richard Winsor and Sam Archer.

From April 25th through April 30th, Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake will be performed at the Warner Theatre in Washington, D.C.

The 78th Annual Academy Awards took place on Sunday, March 5, 2006. It was Hollywood's biggest night of the year, but with the worlds of stage and screen colliding more often by the day - how could we resist bringing you photo coverage of the night? We couldn't!

The Kimmel Center's Broadway at the Academy 2006-2007 season will include Spamalot, Edward Scissorhands, the Ray Charles musical I Can't Stop Loving You and an updated version of Pippin

Matthew Bourne's Tony Award-winning take on Swan Lake is on a US national tour through May 14th

Sources report that director Tim Burton and actor Johnny Depp will team together for the upcoming movie musical adaptation of Stephen Sondheim's 'Sweeney Todd.'

Tony Award-winner Bernadette Peters and Pillowman stars Jeff Goldblum and Zeljko Ivanek will appear on Breakfast with the Arts on September 18th

Edward finally cuts his Scissorhands on stage, Sheffield revives Assassins and Rebecca Thornhill Gets Her Gun on tour

Matthew Bourne's dance piece based upon Edward Scissorhands will open at London's Sadler's Wells on November 30th

Contest Closed! Winners of tickets to the 2002 Olivier Award-winning 'Shockheaded Peter' courtesy of BroadwayWorld.com Announced!