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

Oscar-nominated film and theatre star Amy Irving and theatre veteran Jason Butler Harner have signed onto the cast of Tom Stoppard's The Coast of Utopia, which is set to run in three parts at Lincoln Center's Vivian Beaumont Theatre from October of 2006 through March of 2007

Billy Crudup, Jennifer Ehle, Richard Easton and more have signed on to the cast of Tom Stoppard's three-part The Coast of Utopia, which will run at Lincoln Center from October of 2006 to March of 2007

Randy Graff and Tom Wopat will star in a workshop of a new musical based around the songs of Carole King and Gerry Goffin

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.

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!

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.

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.