By Marcus Crowder, The Sacramento Bee, Calif. Jul. 24--Stephen Sondheim's "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" is unlike anything you've seen at the Music Circus. But then, "Sweeney Todd" is unlike any other creation in American musical theater.

By Vanessa Fultz, Suwannee Democrat, Live Oak, Fla. Jul. 23--When Malone Thomas, 19, started dance lessons at age 4, she probably didn't know those skills would benefit her in an acting career.

Toads Stage Musical Company have lined up three exciting productions and two Torbay premieres over the next 18 months, and are looking for new members to take part.

By Everett Evans, Houston Chronicle May 30--English director John Doyle's leaner, meaner, "ferociously inventive" take on Sweeney Todd had critics scrambling for superlatives when the revival hit Broadway in November 2005.

The following DVDs will be released Tuesday: ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS (20th Century Fox, rated PG, $29.98) -- ** -- Not as eye-gougingly awful as expected, this live-action version is simply mediocre and immediately forgettable.