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Broadway San Jose - A Nederlander Presentation in association with Team San Jose proudly announces its 2010-2011 Season, which includes the South Bay debut of the ground-breaking Broadway show about hardship, redemption and the healing power of love, THE COLOR PURPLE; a rendezvous with the sizzling Broadway smash hit BURN THE FLOOR; the acclaimed Beatles concert RAIN - A TRIBUTE TO THE BEATLES; and STOMP, an impudent symphonic rhapsody on found instruments from trashcans to zippo lighters-with some brand new surprises. Audiences will also be invited to prepare for the Sabbath with Tevye the Dairyman in THE FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, soak up some sun on a matrimonial Mediterranean island with the ABBA-infused musical MAMMA MIA!, or drop a dime in the jukebox and hand jive back to a time of poodle skirts and leather jackets with GREASE. Broadway San Jose's 2010-2011 Season begins September 21, 2010 at San Jose Center for the Performing Arts.

MUSIC BY ACCLAIMED DUTCH COMPOSER LOUIS ANDRIESSEN HIGHLIGHTED IN MONTH-LONG CARNEGIE HALL RESIDENCY, APRIL 9 TO MAY 10

Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus' MAMMA MIA!, the smash hit musical based on the songs of ABBA, returns to the Tennessee Performing Arts Center's Andrew Jackson Hall, March 2-7, 2010, as part of HCA/TriStar Broadway at TPAC.

Harold Prince and Susan Stroman will direct an all-American cast including Kate Baldwin, John Cullum, Shuler Hensley, Judy Kaye and Mandy Patinkin, in the world premiere of Paradise Found at the Menier Chocolate Factory this spring.

Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus' MAMMA MIA!, the smash hit musical based on the songs of ABBA, returns to the Times Union Center's Moran Theater on March 26-28, 2010 for five performances only!

Variety reports this morning that A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC helmer, Trevor Nunn, is set to direct a revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber's ASPECTS OF LOVE for London's Menier Chocolate Factory. Nunn directed the show's premiere in 1987, as well.

Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus' MAMMA MIA!, the smash hit musical based on the songs of ABBA, returns to Atlanta in February 2010 as a Broadway Across America - Atlanta season special. Performances begin on February 9 and run through February 14 at the The Fabulous Fox Theatre.

Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus' MAMMA MIA!, the smash hit musical based on the songs of ABBA, returns to the Fabulous Fox Theatre in St. Louis. Performances begin on February 16 and run through February 21.

Talk about a makeover. Just over one year ago, Diane Paulus was merely a freelance director with a hit on her hands. Now, that hit - Hair - is a Tony Award winning musical, and she a Tony-nominated director, newly appointed Artistic Director of one of the most prestigious regional theaters in the country (A.R.T. in Boston), and soon to be triple tasking on productions on Broadway, in London, and at her theater in Boston. Did I mention she's also a mother of two?

Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus' MAMMA MIA!, the smash hit musical based on the songs of ABBA, returns to Atlanta in February 2010 as a Broadway Across America - Atlanta season special. Performances begin on February 9 and run through February 14 at the The Fabulous Fox Theatre.

Important new works for the stage are regularly being produced all across Greater Philadelphia in significant numbers! Currently, at the Walnut Street Theatre, two new plays can be seen - one a timeless look at the corrupt politician (The Prince by Bill Van Horn and Armen Pandola), and the other about the seeds of change that brought our national politics to where it is today (The Eclectic Society by Eric Conger).

TACT/The Actors Company Theatre (Scott Alan Evans, Cynthia Harris and Simon Jones, Co-Artistic Directors), the critically-acclaimed company "dedicated to presenting neglected or rarely produced plays of literary merit," will conclude its 2009/10 season with The Cocktail Party, by T. S. Eliot.

Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus' MAMMA MIA!, the smash hit musical based on the songs of ABBA, returns to the Tennessee Performing Arts Center's Andrew Jackson Hall, March 2-7, 2010, as part of HCA/TriStar Broadway at TPAC.

The London theatre scene is set to have a strong 2010 season. Already announced is a mix of both revivals and original shows, as well as a solid combination of plays and musicals. In addition, a few hit Broadway transfers are set to travel across the pond and open along with UK originals this season. Variety reports on the upcoming season.

Performance Space 122 is proud to announce the Spring 2010 schedule of events featuring eleven premiere presentations in theatre, dance, video, and more. Spring also features special events and series: Thursday Night Socials and Late-Nights at PS122.

Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus' MAMMA MIA!, the smash hit musical based on the songs of ABBA, returns to the Fabulous Fox Theatre in St. Louis. Performances begin on February 16 and run through February 21.

Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus' MAMMA MIA!, the smash hit musical based on the songs of ABBA, returns to Atlanta in February 2010 as a Broadway Across America - Atlanta season special. Performances begin on February 9 and run through February 14 at the The Fabulous Fox Theatre.

Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus' MAMMA MIA!, the smash hit musical based on the songs of ABBA, returns to Chicagoland in 2010! Performances begin on January 19, 2010 and run through January 24, 2010 at the Rosemont Theatre (5400 North River Road, Rosemont).

Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus' MAMMA MIA!, the smash hit musical based on the songs of ABBA, returns to Atlanta in February 2010 as a Broadway Across America - Atlanta season special. Performances begin on February 9 and run through February 14 at the The Fabulous Fox Theatre.

The Copperstate Dinner Theater, the Valley's oldest dinner theater, has found a new home with Arizona Broadway Theatre, the Valley's newest dinner theatre. Copperstate will present the world premiere of Country Jukebox, the world's most unique musical revue, in ABT's Encore Room.

It has been quite a year for Diane Paulus. Already an internationally acclaimed freelance director for nearly 10 years, Paulus began 2008 in London directing the opera LOST HIGHWAY at the Young Vic. HAIR was on the docket for Shakespeare in the Park summer season. And then came the phone call asking if this soon-to-explode director was interested in throwing her hat in the ring for the job of Artistic Director at the famed A.R.T. Theatre in Boston.

Actors Theatre Artistic Director Marc Masterson and Managing Director Jennifer Bielstein are proud to announce the lineup of the 34th annual Humana Festival of New American Plays, the nation's pre-eminent and longest-running new play festival. This season, the Humana Festival is slated for February 21 through March 28, 2010.

THE SOUND OF MUSIC will end its record-breaking run on January 3, 2010, but the Princess of Wales Theatre won't stay dark for long. There is a yearlong season of familiar and new musicals planned for this popular theatre in 2010.

Northeastern University Center for the Arts presents forum with producer/director, featuring song selections by Judy Kaye and Tom Wopat

Yale Repertory Theatre (James Bundy, Artistic Director; Victoria Nolan, Managing Director) opens its 2009-2010 season with THE MASTER BUILDER by Henrik Ibsen, translated by Paul Walsh, directed by Evan Yionoulis at the University Theatre (222 York Street), September 18-October 10. Opening night is Thursday, September 24.