Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus' MAMMA MIA!, the smash hit musical based on the songs of ABBA, returns to Toronto this month. Performances begin on April 28 and run through June 6 at the Princess of Wales Theatre.
According to xinhuanet.com, MAMMA MIA! will be come the first major western musical to be produced in Chinese for a run in China. The website reports: '[China Arts and Entertainment Group] CAEG, which promotes Chinese-language productions of musical theatre masterpieces, signed the licensing agreement [with European music company Littlestar] at a ceremony in Beijing on Wednesday (June 2, 2010), and is now set to produce 'Mamma Mia!' 13th foreign-language version, following its original English...Zhang Yu, president of CAEG, said 'Mamma Mia!' will be the first worldwide musical masterpiece to be produced in Chinese...'
The international tour of ?MAMMA MIA!? will play at the Echo Arena Liverpool for 3 weeks only from June 3rd - June 20th 2010, with a gala press night on Thursday 3 June. The tour is coming to Liverpool for the first time, direct from a highly successful engagement in Switzerland.
Artists from 24 states and three other countries will display their artwork beginning on May 28 in The Kinsey Institute Juried Art Show 2010, held for the second year in the School of Fine Arts Gallery at Indiana University Bloomington.
Paul Roseby, Artistic Director of the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain, today announced the company's 2010 season, entitled ‘The Five Elements', which will include a re-working of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Shanghai Expo, a 600-strong cast of young actors swarming around London, a new play about the superstar Victorian chef Alexis Soyer, and a new work from Rebecca Lenkiewicz about a female pop star in Afghanistan.
Award-winning Playwright-in-Residence James Graham reunites with former Finborough Theatre Associate Director Kate Wasserberg to present a blackly comic and uniquely interactive storytelling event - a different actor, telling a story in a different order, selected at random, every single night - opening on Tuesday, 25 May 2010 (Press Night: Thursday, 27 May 2010).
The Finborough Theatre presents VIBRANT - An Anniversary Festival of Finborough Playwrights. 30 NEW PLAYS TO CELEBRATE, 30 YEARS IN JUST UNDER 30 DAYS from 25 May - 19 June 2010
The international tour of MAMMA MIA! is coming to Cork for the first time and will play at the Marquee Cork for two weeks only from 20th July 2010. Tickets start at €39.20.
Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus' global smash hit musical MAMMA MIA! is proud to announce the launch of a brand new multi-media North American website showcasing the Broadway and U.S. national tour productions.
Almost ten years to the day, Mamma Mia returns to the city where the show had its North American premiere. It isn't the happiest of homecomings, due to an annoying tendency for the cast to overplay the material. Still the songs are as effervescent as ever and the book cleverly weaves them into a slender story.
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Benny Andersson' and Björn Ulvaeus' MAMMA MIA!, the smash hit musical based on the songs of ABBA, returns to Toronto this month. Performances begin on April 28 and have been extended through June 27 at the Princess of Wales Theatre.
Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus' MAMMA MIA!, the smash hit musical based on the songs of ABBA, returns to Toronto this month. Performances begin on April 28 and run through June 6 at the Princess of Wales Theatre.
Time Warner Cable Broadway at the Marcus Center and Broadway Across America - Milwaukee invites you to experience the sounds and splendor of Broadway at the Marcus Center throughout 2010-2011. This season we are thrilled to be bringing you the Mel Brooks classic movie to stage, Young Frankenstein, HAIR, the American tribal love-rock musical, Les Misérables, the classic Broadway musical, Fiddler on the Roof, Tony Award® winning musical and the much anticipated Milwaukee premiere of Jersey Boys. Mamma Mia! will run as a special addition to this season.
Harriet Thorpe will take over the role of ‘Tanya' in the smash-hit musical 'MAMMA MIA' on Monday 14 June 2010. Best-known for her television roles in the BBC's 'Brittas Empire' and 'Absolutely Fabulous', Harriet's West End credits include ‘Madame Morrible' in 'Wicked', ‘Fraulein Kost' in 'Cabaret' and ‘Madame Thénardier' in 'Les Misérables'.
The Broadway cast of Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus' global smash hit musical MAMMA MIA!, led by 'Dynamos' Tony Award winner Beth Leavel, Judy McLane and Gina Ferrall will toast the 10th anniversary of 'Real Simple Magazine' with a live performance from Grand Central Station tomorrow, Thursday, April 15th at 6:00p.
Starting tomorrow, April 14, Chicago Shakespeare Theater (CST) opens THE TAMING OF THE SHREW. Shakespeare's comedy, running thru June 6, is staged by London's Bush Theatre Artistic Director Josie Rourke, and incorporates new scenes written by one of America's leading dramatists, Neil LaBute.
Award-winning Playwright-in-Residence James Graham reunites with former Finborough Theatre Associate Director Kate Wasserberg to present a blackly comic and uniquely interactive storytelling event - a different actor, telling a story in a different order, selected at random, every single night - opening on Tuesday, 25 May 2010 (Press Night: Thursday, 27 May 2010).
The Finborough Theatre presents VIBRANT - An Anniversary Festival of Finborough Playwrights. 30 NEW PLAYS TO CELEBRATE, 30 YEARS IN JUST UNDER 30 DAYS from 25 May - 19 June 2010