John Dossett News

In celebration of Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus' global hit musical Mamma Mia! playing five sold-out years on Broadway, the Mamma Mia! 5th Anniversary Special Edition CD with bonus CD recording will be released by Decca Broadway on Tuesday, October 17th, 2006

The women of Mamma Mia! recently took the Hop On Hop Off bus around NYC

Mamma Mia! stars Leah Hocking and Olga Merediz will be featured during pledge break segments during PBS' WLIW Channel 21 fundraising drive airing of 'ABBA In Concert' tomorrow - Friday, August 11th from 2:30 - 3:30pm and 7:30pm - 8:30pm

Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus' global hit musical Mamma Mia! will celebrate five years on Broadway on Wednesday, October 18th, 2006 at 7:00 p.m. at the Cadillac Winter Garden Theatre with all proceeds to benefit the Phyllis Newman Women's Health Initiative of The Actors' Fund of America, a nationwide human services organization that helps all professionals - both performers and those behind the scenes - in performing arts and entertainment

Mamma Mia!'s Leah Hocking and Olga Merediz appeared at the WLIW PBS station in Long Island, New York to help with an ABBA-themed pledge drive

Lincoln Center Theatre has appointed its upcoming production of Sarah Ruhl's The Clean House with a starry cast that will include Tony Award-winner Blair Brown and Oscar-nominee Jill Clayburgh

The 51st Annual Drama Desk Awards were presented on Sunday, May 21, 2006 at 9:00 PM, at the LaGuardia Concert Hall at Lincoln Center, and BroadwayWorld was there for the starry arrivals!

Tony Award-winner Michele Pawk, John Dossett and Brian D'Arcy James will be among the performers holding an 'Alternative Torch' on May 22nd at Symphony Space's Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theatre

Between the 'Chorus Line' tour in 1980 and his six Broadway shows since '98, Ramón was an internationally known ballet dancer.

On June 7th, the Broadway production of Mamma Mia! will welcome Leah Hocking as Donna Sheridan

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Michele Pawk has departed the Broadway production of the hit ABBA musical Mamma Mia!

A Highlights CD of 17 tracks from last year's popular Wall to Wall Sondheim concert can now be pre-ordered online

On February 8th, Michele Pawk will rejoin the Broadway cast of Mamma Mia!

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

The off-Broadway musical Bingo, starring Klea Blackhurst, Liz McCartney, Janet Metz and others, opened on November 7th

Master classes leading to a performance in the West End production of Mamma Mia! will be held in London in summer of 2006

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.