Benny Andersson News

Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus' global hit musical Mamma Mia! will celebrate five years on Broadway on Wednesday, October 18th, 2006 at 7:00 p.m. at the Cadillac Winter Garden Theatre with all proceeds to benefit the Phyllis Newman Women's Health Initiative of The Actors' Fund of America, a nationwide human services organization that helps all professionals - both performers and those behind the scenes - in performing arts and entertainment

Mamma Mia!'s Leah Hocking and Olga Merediz appeared at the WLIW PBS station in Long Island, New York to help with an ABBA-themed pledge drive

Oscar-winner Tom Hanks, with his production company Playtone, may soon be bringing the hit ABBA musical Mamma Mia! to the big screen

A new book celebrating the global hit musical Mamma Mia! will be released on October 17th by Sterling Publishing Co., Inc.

Complete casting has been announced for the West End production of Wicked.

On June 7th, the Broadway production of Mamma Mia! will welcome Leah Hocking as Donna Sheridan

Variety reports that Mamma Mia! is headed to the big screen, aiming for a late 2007 release.

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Michele Pawk has departed the Broadway production of the hit ABBA musical Mamma Mia!

This evening Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus' MAMMA MIA!, the global smash hit musical based on the songs of ABBA, celebrates its Third Anniversary at the Mandalay Bay Theatre in Las Vegas, solidifying the show's reputation as the gold standard of Broadway musicals on the Strip.

Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus' MAMMA MIA!, the global smash hit musical based on the songs of ABBA, celebrates its Third Anniversary at the Mandalay Bay Theatre on Thursday, February 23, solidifying the show's reputation as the gold standard of Broadway musicals in Las Vegas.

On February 8th, Michele Pawk will rejoin the Broadway cast of Mamma Mia!

On March 6th, a new cast--including Helen Hobson, Joanna Monro and Geraldine Fitzgerald--will be welcomed into the West End production of Mamma Mia!

The Las Vegas production of Mamma Mia! will celebrate its third anniversary by welcoming a new cast

Mamma Mia! celebrated its 5th New Year's Eve on Broadway with a record gross of $1,381,821.66 for the week ending January 1, 2006 at the Cadillac Winter Garden Theatre

The ABBA documentary Super Troupers is airing in time with the US national tour of Mamma Mia!

Tune in online to BBC Radio 2 at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/shows/paige/musical.shtml beginning this Sunday, November 20th from 8:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. (EST) (1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. -GMT) as Britain's leading musical theatre actress Elaine Paige (Evita, Cats, Chess, Sunset Boulevard) puts the spotlight on the original cast recording of MAMMA MIA!

Mamma Mia!, which was a hit in South Africa earlier this year, is set to return for a second run in 2006

Master classes leading to a performance in the West End production of Mamma Mia! will be held in London in summer of 2006

MAMMA MIA! recently welcomed its 4 Millionth patron to the Prince of Wales Theatre in the heart of London's West End and has extended its booking period through January 27, 2007. The smash hit musical celebrated its 6th London Birthday this year.