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According to the NY Post, Oscar-winning actress Emma Thompson is asking a federal court to protect her from a copyright dispute with playwright Gregory Murphy over her screenplay 'Effie.' The screenplay is about the scandalous marriage of Victorian-era critic John Ruskin and his young wife, Effie Gray.

Registration is underway for the all new four-week Summer Classics Workshop at Oak Park Festival Theatre beginning June 20, 2011. There will be one session for middle school students and one for high school students. Students will learn about the classics in Austin Gardens where Festival Theatre performs its shows.

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Wallis Knot Theatre premieres their new play Between Two Worlds at HERE, May 2011. Between Two Worlds is a refreshing and addictive feel-good romance, a tonic for this age of cynicism, that celebrates the Hollywood romances of a bygone era. This romantic comedy-drama set in England during WWII tells the story of an American pilot shot down over the Channel without a parachute. He awakens on the coast of England. He believes himself dead. But is he? After falling in love with his nurse, he is interrupted by a bumbling Angle of Death and shuttled to a heavenly tribunal in order to defend his life. Can love alone save this man's hopes and dreams?

James L. Nederlander, president of the Nederlander Organization, theater owner and producer, recently sat down with Margaret Brennan on Bloomberg Televisions 'InBusiness with Margaret Brennan' to discuss the re-opening of SPIDER-MAN: TURN OFF THE DARK. He also discussed overall Broadway ticket sales.

This dazzling annual late night fundraising show sees West End Shows/Theatres competing against each other singing original Eurovision Song Contest songs to win the votes of the audience, a panel of celebrity judges & judges from each competing entry, to be crowned West End Eurovision Champions.

3-D Theatricals presents ALL SHOOK UP at the Plummer Auditorium in Fullerton through May 29.

Broadway Workshop presents the first NYC staging of The Secret Garden: Spring Version at The 52nd Street Theatre Project/5 Angels Theatre from May 14th through May 15th.

In a surprising turn of events, rocker James Durbin returns to Santa Cruz today for a special homecoming celebration. 'Durbin Day' will include a visit with Durbin's former 'Kids on Broadway' theater group, a procession with the Santa Cruz High School marching band, and a stop at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk where Durbin joins old friends The White Album Ensemble for three songs on the Boardwalk's beach bandstand.

Screenvision announced that tickets are on sale NOW for its limited presentation of the New York Philharmonic's critically acclaimed, all-star revival of Stephen Sondheim's Tony Award-winning musical, Company. Through an arrangement with Ellen M. Krass Productions and the New York Philharmonic, Screenvision will bring the special performance - recorded live last month at Lincoln Center's famed Avery Fisher Hall in New York City - to hundreds of its North American digital cinema theaters beginning on June 15.

Imago is holding free open dress rehearsals for 'Splat' To attend arrive no earlier than 15 minutes before any dress rehearsal. Doors will be locked at curtain time. 'Splat' is recommended for teens and older. Imago Theatre is located at 17 SE 8th, No Reservation Required. The show lasts one hour.

My script has been chosen to be made into a short (8-10 minute) film by Access Sacramento, to be shown at the Crest Theater in October.The event is titled 'A Place Called Sacramento'. My script is about an the journey of an obsessed Kings fan, as the team threatens to leave town. So, I need to find a people who would be interested in volunteering to help me make this film over the summer, to begin as soon as possible, as I need a crew together by early June.

After breaking box office records and selling out in record time in 2009, WICKED, Broadway's biggest blockbuster, returns to Omaha's Orpheum Theater, Wednesday, May 25 through Tickets for WICKED's return engagement went on sale February 21. They start at $39 and can be purchased online at TicketOmaha.com; by calling 402-345-0606 or at Ticket Omaha in the Holland Performing Arts Center, 13th and Douglas streets, Omaha, Neb. For group sales call 402-661-8516 or toll-free at 866-434-8587.

Weekend movie box office estimates: May 6-May 8, 2011.

On May 7, Katy Perry performed her California Dreams Tour at the Vector Arena in Auckland, New Zealand. BroadwayWorld brings you coverage from the concert below.

'The Frank Capp Juggernaut Big Band' will perform 'A Tribute to Count Basie Featuring Barbara Morrison' Tuesday in the Mid-Summer Nights Jazz Concerts Under the Stars Series at the Barbara Morrison Performing Arts Center in Leimert Park.