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The 2007-2008 season at the Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson Theatre, which was announced today by CTG's Artistic Director Michael Ritchie, will be a yearlong celebration of the best in musical theatre.

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The Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles will host a season of recent hit musicals in 2007 and 2008 while the Mark Taper Forum undergoes renovation.

Theatre directors Mary Zimmerman, Adrian Noble, Richard Jones and John Doyle will be among those staging operas at the Met during the opera company's 2007-2008 season.

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.

On Thursday, May 24, 2007, Cunard Line will welcome guests from the New York City Opera (City Opera) and Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) aboard the company's flagship Queen Mary 2 for The Britannia Ball, a gala evening benefiting both cultural institutions

Only one show in town features 14 Tony-Award nominations, including three winners. An array of Broadway stars will come together for a gender-bending concert on Monday, February 26, 2007.

Broadway actors in 'Music and Lyrics' film with Hugh Grant and Drew Barrymore

Jersey Boys (on Rhino records) was just announced as the winner of a 2007 Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album in Los Angeles.

The American Theatre Wing's SpringboardNYC, an intensive summer boot camp for actors, is now seeking applications for the 2007 summer program, (June 4 to 15), limited to 35 participants. For the first time, the American Theatre Wing will award multiple scholarships to accepted students in need.

The 10th Annual 'Broadway Bears' auction will be presented on February 11th, 2007.

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The Zipper Theatre, Ryan Hill and John Johnson are pleased to announce a one-night only, newly adapted concert version of WORKING, the 1978 musical adapted from the acclaimed non-fiction book by Studs Terkel. This one-night only premiere concert event to benefit the Actor's Fund of America will take place on Monday, February 19, 2007 at The Zipper Theatre (336 West 37th Street, between 8 th and 9th Avenues).

BWW Discounts! New theatre offers all-girl Shakespeare! BPF offers free staged reading! Best bet! New shows at CenterStage, FPCT! Plus news of Wicked in Baltimore!

The 2007-2008 Mirvish Subscription Season has been announced.

The New York Philharmonic presents Lerner and Loewe's My Fair Lady in four semi-staged performances, March 7-10, 2007. The musical - a New York Philharmonic premiere - will star Kelli O'Hara, Kelsey Grammer, Charles Kimbrough, Brian Dennehy, Marni Nixon and Tim Jerome.

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.

In the wake of the sad news concerning the fate of the Theatre Museum in Covent Garden, it is cheering to read in the theatre's January newsletter that the necessary funds have now been raised to save the Watermill Theatre in Newbury. Backed by a loan of £750,000 from the Boris Karloff Foundation, the Board of Directors were able to meet their deadline and commit to purchasing the theatre. In addition, over 2,600 donors assisted in raising £1,77000 in just 18 months. Richard Price, Chairman of the Board, said: 'We are hugely grateful to all those generous people who have supported the Save The Watermill appeal.' With the future of the theatre secured, the Board's efforts will now be poured into raising the remaining funds needed for essential renovations and improvements to the premises, which will commence in April 2007.

MANHATTAN THEATRE CLUB will present its annual Winter Benefit, An Intimate Night, an evening of cocktails and dinner followed by a special one-night-only cabaret-style show featuring stage, film and television stars - and MTC alumni - Christine Baranski and Jesse L. Martin. An Intimate Night takes place Monday, January 22, 2007 at the Rainbow Room (30 Rockefeller Plaza, 65th Floor).

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19-year old Jayne Wisener will play imperiled ingenue Johanna in Tim Burton's upcoming film version of Sweeney Todd

This morning, the nominations for the 2007 Golden Globe Awards were announced

Stage and screen star Alan Rickman will play the villainous Judge Turpin in the upcoming DreamWorks film version of Sweeney Todd

The 10th annual 'Broadway Bears' auction has been slated for February 11th, 2007

Victor Garber and Mimi Hines are the latest stars to sign onto the upcoming Encores! staged concert production of Stephen Sondheim and James Goldman's Follies, presented from February 8th through 11th, 2007 at City Center