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The Bay Area Critics Circle nominations are in and TheatreWorks, the nationally-acclaimed theatre of Silicon Valley, received 21 nominations for the company's 2009 productions. With over 8,000 subscribers and 100,000 patrons per year, TheatreWorks has captured a national reputation for artistic innovation and integrity.

This year's Critics Circle Awards, sponsored by Actor's Equity Association, today announced is nominees for excellence in San Francisco Bay area theater. Berkeley Rep's production of American Idiot, which played in the fall of 2009, leads with 12 nominations and will open on Broadway this spring.

Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus' global hit musical MAMMA MIA!, currently playing on Broadway at the Winter Garden Theatre has had quite a big year. BroadwayWorld brings you the highlights:

Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus' global smash hit musical MAMMA MIA! welcomed a host of new Broadway stars to the Winter Garden Theatre stage on Tuesday, September 22, as Tony Award® nominee John Dossett, Tony Award® winner Beth Leavel, Patrick Boll, Alyse Alan Louis, Eric William Morris, Patrick Boll, David Andrew Macdonald, Alison Briner, Michael Mindlin and Halle Morse all joined the Broadway cast for the mega hit!

Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus' global smash hit musical MAMMA MIA! welcomes a host of new Broadway stars to the Winter Garden Theatre stage tonight, Tuesday, September 22, as Tony Award® nominee John Dossett, Tony Award® winner Beth Leavel, Patrick Boll, Alyse Alan Louis, Eric William Morris, Patrick Boll, David Andrew Macdonald, Alison Briner, Michael Mindlin and Halle Morse join the cast.

TheatreWorks, the nationally acclaimed theatre of Silicon Valley, launches its 40th Anniversary season with a vibrant world premiere musical, TINYARD HILL, by Tommy Newman and 2009 Jonathan Larsen Award-winning composer Mark Allen.

TheatreWorks, the nationally acclaimed theatre of Silicon Valley, launches its 40th Anniversary season with a vibrant world premiere musical, TINYARD HILL, by Tommy Newman and 2009 Jonathan Larsen Award-winning composer Mark Allen.

TheatreWorks, the nationally acclaimed theatre of Silicon Valley, launches its 40th Anniversary season with a vibrant world premiere musical, TINYARD HILL, by Tommy Newman and 2009 Jonathan Larsen Award-winning composer Mark Allen.

The North American tour of Mamma Mia! celebrated its 6th anniversary last night in Kalamazoo, Michigan at the Miller Auditorium, and plays its 2,500th performance tonight!

Mamma Mia! tour rolls into Colonial Theatre with a cast full of passion and energy, the renowned songs of ABBA, and fun and love on a Greek island

Ashley Brown, the current Belle of Broadway in Disney's Beauty and the Beast, will be among the stars performing at the South Jersey AIDS Alliance's Broadway on the Bay benefit at Atlantic City's Borgata on Monday, February 27th

Two shows recently ended their runs at the newest and oldest cabaret venues in New York, respectively. One should be brought back for an encore. The other should not. Guess which is which.