Benny Andersson News

A weekly column on theater in the Baltimore/Washington area

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.

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