Sondheim's "Sweeney Todd" (and let's not even start about "if" it's an opera - sure it is... unless you cast Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter in it), in the John Doyle production, is coming to San Francisco to open the American Conservatory Theater 2007-'08 season, in Geary Theater, Aug. 30 - Sept. 30. The touring production is by the same design team as on Broadway: Doyle is director, scenic and costume designer, working with with lighting designer Richard Jones, sound designer Dan Moses Schreier, and orchestrator and music supervisor Sarah Travis. Dreamworks begins filming "Sweeney Todd" next month, directed by Tim Burton, and starring, yes, Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter. Janos Gereben/SF www.sfcv.org [log in to unmask]