Benny Andersson News

Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus' long running smash hit musical MAMMA MIA! will be featured on 'Jeopardy' in a special category featuring the Swedish Super Group entitled 'ABBA-solutely Fabulous' on Tuesday, October 25th.

John Dossett and Michele Pawk, as well as other performers, will join the cast of Mamma Mia! on October 19th

Mamma Mia! is supporting the Breast Cancer Research Foundation with 'Rocktober;' a 'Rocktober' calendar can also be downloaded on the show's website

MAMMA MIA!, the world's most successful musical written, produced and directed by women, is once again behind this year's Breast Cancer Awareness month.

Mamma Mia!, currently running at Las Vegas' Mandalay Bay Theatre, has reached its 32nd month of performances

The revolutionary I-Caption System has gone live at Broadway's smash hit musical MAMMA MIA!

A Spanish cast album of Mamma Mia! will be released on September 5th--the same month, the musical will reopen at Madrid's Lope de Vega Theatre after a summer hiatus

Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus' smash hit musical MAMMA MIA! will welcome husband and wife Broadway stars John Dossett and Michele Pawk, Carey Anderson, Andy Kelso and Olga Merediz to Broadway on Wednesday, October 19th at the Cadillac Winter Garden Theatre (1634 Broadway at 50th Street).

Super Troupers, a documentary about ABBA with clips from Mamma Mia!, will re-air on August 11th with Carolee Carmello, Judy McLane and Sara Kramer appearing on the pledge breaks

For eight performances (week ending Sunday, July 31, 2005) the National Tour of MAMMA MIA! grossed C$1,404,449.

Mamma Mia!'s Carolee Carmello, Sara Kramer and Judy McLane will appear on a pledge drive for the ABBA documentary Super Troupers on August 4th

Liz McCartney, who played Rosie in Mamma Mia!, has left the ABBA musical due to be temporarily replaced by understudy Corinne McFadden

Mamma Mia!'s Sara Kramer will sing 'God Bless America' at Fenway Park's Yankees vs. Red Sox game on July 17th

The Las Vegas production of the ABBA musical Mamma Mia! will reach its 1000th performance at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino on June 29th

When Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus' MAMMA MIA! plays its 1500 performance on Sunday, May 15th

The League of American Theatres and Producers will honor the U.S. Tour of MAMMA MIA! with the 2005 'Touring Broadway Award' tonight (formerly the National Broadway Theatre Award) for Best Long Running Musical. The Awards will be presented at a ceremony at the Hilton Hotel in New York.

Following its hugely successful 12 week run from November 2004, the International Tour of MAMMA MIA! which is currently in Estonia following a sold out season in South Africa, will go to Paris, Brussels, Lisbon, Zurich, Vienna and various German cities before returning to Edinburgh on 29th March 2005 for an 8 week season.

The Pillowman opened on April 10th, and BroadwayWorld was there to bring you all the celebrities from the red-carpet.