On Saturday, "Mamma Mia!," the beloved ABBA musical, begins performances at the Winter Garden Theatre — the same Broadway venue where its original 14-year run began in 2001. With its infectious ...

Judy Craymer came up with the idea of using Abba songs in a musical — and won the band's permission. "Mamma Mia!" has been playing in London for 25 years and ran on Broadway for 14 years. The musical ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Members of ABBA, from left, Bjorn Ulvaeus, Agnetha Faltskog, Anni-Frid Lyngstad and Benny Andersson arrive for the ABBA Voyage ...

A big-screen adaptation of musical Mamma Mia! is on the way thanks to Tom Hanks and producing partner Gary Goetzman. The musical focuses on a girl who is preparing for her wedding. Kept in the dark ...

ABBA star Benny Andersson says John Cleese turned down the chance to write a book and musical with the pop group. The 76-year-old singer and his songwriting partner Bjorn Ulvaeus met Cleese whilst on ...

"The Future of Entertainment" was the topic in focus for the Swedish singer, songwriter, producer and co-founder of Pophouse Entertainment. By Georg Szalai Global Business Editor “Right now, I’m ...

ABBA‘s Björn Ulvaeus is proving that curiosity doesn’t diminish with age. At 80, the Swedish songwriter behind some of pop music’s most enduring hits is pioneering a new frontier in musical theater: ...

Björn Ulvaeus has revealed he is working on a new musical created with the assistance of artificial intelligence. The announcement came during a panel at SXSW London, where Ulvaeus described himself ...

Over the years, "Chess" has acquired this reputation as a musical with a great score, by Tim Rice and ABBA's Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus, that has been cursed by Rice's problematic book. For the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Who needs a song of the summer when we’ll always have Abba? Over 50 years after the Swedish pop group conquered Eurovision in 1974 ...