Howard Harrison News

The Las Vegas production of Mamma Mia! will celebrate its third anniversary by welcoming a new cast

The nominations have been released for the 2006 Laurence Olivier Awards. The ceremony for this year's awards will take place at the Park Lane Hilton on February, 2006. Leading the pack this year are Billy Elliot with nine nominations, and Guys and Dolls with eight.

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

Spielberg's rep has debunked rumors that the director is developing a film version of Mary Poppins.

Today's UK Independent reports that legendary director Steven Spielberg has been in talks with the stage show's director, Richard Eyre, about bringing MARY POPPINS back to the big screen.

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

Mary Poppins will begin performances at the New Amsterdam Theatre on October 14, 2006 for a November 16, 2006 opening. The Lion King will exit the New Amsterdam Theatre on June 4, 2006, to re-open at the Minskoff on June 13, 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.

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!, currently running at Las Vegas' Mandalay Bay Theatre, has reached its 32nd month of performances

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

Matthew Bourne's dance piece Edward Scissorhands will tour across the UK after its London run from November 30th to February 5th

Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus' smash hit musical MAMMA MIA! will welcome husband and wife Broadway stars John Dossett and Michele Pawk, Carey Anderson, Andy Kelso and Olga Merediz to Broadway on Wednesday, October 19th at the Cadillac Winter Garden Theatre (1634 Broadway at 50th Street).

Super Troupers, a documentary about ABBA with clips from Mamma Mia!, will re-air on August 11th with Carolee Carmello, Judy McLane and Sara Kramer appearing on the pledge breaks

For eight performances (week ending Sunday, July 31, 2005) the National Tour of MAMMA MIA! grossed C$1,404,449.

Mamma Mia!'s Carolee Carmello, Sara Kramer and Judy McLane will appear on a pledge drive for the ABBA documentary Super Troupers on August 4th

Liz McCartney, who played Rosie in Mamma Mia!, has left the ABBA musical due to be temporarily replaced by understudy Corinne McFadden