Benny Andersson News

Rehearsals begin today for The 5th Avenue Theatre's new production of Mamma Mia!, the celebrated musical that features the music of global pop sensation ABBA. The 5th Avenue Theatre is the first producing theater company in the Pacific Northwest to be granted the rights to create its own refreshed version of the show, which toured the world for nearly 20 years.

During Christmas and New Year it is tradition in many countries to have special family musicals, pantos or plays, and that is the case in Sweden as well. It is normal either based one of the book by children author Astrid Lindgren or a well know fairy tale. The producer team Dr se&Norberg has this year chosen 'The Adventure of Aladdin'. I don't think the story need any further presentation as Disney made a film of it several years ago and the musical is running on Broadway and West End. Everyone know the story about Aladdin who finds the magic lamp and reveals the genie it in and is granted 3 wishes. However, Dr se&Norberg has taken the traditional story and creates a new musical with 12 newly written songs (music by Martin Landh and lyrics by Robert Dr se). They also change the names on some characters and add some new. The musical had it's opening night on boxing day in Stockholm and will play in Stockholm some more dates and then tour around Sweden. As it is a touring musical the scenery and technical effects has to be less advance than what you find in Disneys musical. No flying carpet, but instead a very clever solution with a tuctuc with a driver and the carpet on top. So the carpet is 'alive' which add a fun character to the story. The carpet is named Zlatan and was played by Bill Sundberg on the evening I saw it. He alternates with Mattias Olofsson.

Mike McCully and The Masque Theatre will present TRIBUTE TO ABBA, a celebration of favourite ballads and dance numbers released by the Swedish pop group comprising Agnetha F ltskog, Bj rn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, and Anni-Frid Lyngstad.

We could hardly sleep last night knowing that the MAMMA MIA HERE WE GO AGAIN TRAILER would be released today. After we watched it (and replayed it again and again), we noticed some important details that clue us in to where the sequel is heading! Take a look at our thoughts below!

Get ready to sing and dance, laugh and love all over again! Ten years after Mamma Mia! The Movie grossed more than $600 million around the world, you are invited to return to the magical Greek island of Kalokairi in an all-new original musical based on the songs of ABBA. Check out photos!

Universal Pictures' MAMMA MIA! HERE WE GO AGAIN has released its first official trailer! Based on the Broadway musical, the new installment will hit theaters on July 20, 2018. Check out the full trailer below!

Universal Pictures has shared poster art for the highly anticipated sequel MAMMA MIA! HERE WE GO AGAIN. Based on the Broadway musical, the new installment will hit theaters on July 20, 2018.

Universal Pictures' MAMMA MIA! HERE WE GO AGAIN took to Twitter to tease the film's first official trailer, dropping tomorrow. Based on the Broadway musical, the new installment will hit theaters on July 20, 2018.

The 95th season of the New York Philharmonic Young People's Concerts (YPCs) will continue on Saturday, January 6, 2018, at 2:00 p.m. with 'Classical Echoes,' the second program in this season's series, Inspirations and Tributes - each program exploring how composers influence and pay tribute to each other.

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts launches the inaugural season of Broadway Center Stage with CHESS, the epic rock opera about love and political intrigue set against the backdrop of the Cold War as two superpowers attempt to manipulate an international chess championship for political ends.

Producers Cameron Mackintosh and The Really Useful Group announced today final principal casting for the 30th Anniversary of the longest-running show in Broadway history, Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera, directed by Harold Prince. One of the most successful stage productions of all-time, the musical will welcome back international stage star and Platinum-selling Swedish recording artist Peter J back to lead the 30th Anniversary.

CHESS, the epic musical love story set amid the tensions of a world championship chess match, will play at the London Coliseum for a strictly limited 5 week run from Thursday 26 April, 2018. Book tickets here from 20!

The global smash hit musical MAMMA MIA! at London's Novello Theatre is now extending its booking period until 20 October 2018.

California Musical Theatre announces the 2018 lineup for Sacramento Music Circus, the 68th season for the venerable institution and the 16th at the Wells Fargo Pavilion.

CHESS, the epic musical love story set amid the tensions of a world championship chess match, will play at the London Coliseum for a strictly limited 5 week run from Thursday 26 April 2018.

Riverside Theatre, led by Producing Artistic Director/CEO Allen D. Cornell and Managing Director/COO Jon R. Moses, is excited to announce its 2017-2018 Season. Building on the success and support the theatre has attained over the last few years, Riverside is proud to present our magnificent season of music, comedy, and drama.

This weekend we learned that music legend Cher is currently in the UK lending her vocal talents to the upcoming MAMMA MIA! film sequel HERE WE GO AGAIN. Tonight, Michael Riedel has scooped who she will be playing in the film, and ...

UC Irvine's Claire Trevor School of the Arts Department of Drama opens its 2017 18 season with a concert staging of the musical Chess, a complex exploration of strategy and love set at the intersection of US Russia political relations. With music by ABBA's Benny Andersson and Bj rn Ulvaeus and lyrics by Tim Rice, Chess premiered in 1986 telling the story of a match between an American Grandmaster (loosely based on the life of Bobby Fischer) and his Soviet rival, and was generally seen as a metaphor for the Cold War politics of the day. This is the first show in a season themed The Business of Politics/The Politics of Business, which takes a look at the shady underbelly of capitalism.

Daily Mail journalist Baz Bamigboye is reporting that music legend Cher is currently in the UK lending her vocal talents to the upcoming MAMMA MIA film sequel HERE WE GO AGAIN.

Sweden-based Norwegian artist Ane Brun's seventh studio album, Leave Me Breathless, is available worldwide on her own imprint Balloon Ranger Records today. Brun reinterprets fourteen versions of classic hits from an array of artists including Radiohead, Joni Mitchell, Nick Cave, Foreigner, Bob Dylan, Sade and Mariah Carey, among others.