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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.

To celebrate LES MISÉRABLES becoming the longest-running musical in the world in October of this year, producer Cameron Mackintosh announced today that Boublil and Schönberg's legendary musical will return to Broadway for a special limited six-month engagement, beginning this coming fall at the Broadhurst Theatre (235 West 44th Street).

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

Spielberg's rep has debunked rumors that the director is developing a film version of Mary Poppins.

Today's UK Independent reports that legendary director Steven Spielberg has been in talks with the stage show's director, Richard Eyre, about bringing MARY POPPINS back to the big screen.

Understudies Julie Barnes and Julie Tolivar will go on for pregnant star Erin Dilly during the final three weeks of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang's run

Erin Dilly, Rick Hilsabeck, Kurt Von Schmittou, Dirk Lumbard and cast of CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG will perform 'Toot Sweets' on the Macy's 79th Annual Thanksgiving Day Parade national broadcast on NBC on Thursday, November 24, 2005 from 9:00 a.m. to noon. They will perform live in the 9 a.m. hour.

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

Mary Poppins will begin performances at the New Amsterdam Theatre on October 14, 2006 for a November 16, 2006 opening. The Lion King will exit the New Amsterdam Theatre on June 4, 2006, to re-open at the Minskoff on June 13, 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!, currently running at Las Vegas' Mandalay Bay Theatre, has reached its 32nd month of performances

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