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‘Mamma Mia!’ features a wedding story and ABBA hits. But the show’s creators want audiences to focus on the plot, not the songs.
Feb. 18, 2001
World & Nation
Swedish tax officials want former ABBA star Bjorn Ulvaeus to pay $2.1 million for undeclared royalties from the supergroup’s hits dating back decades.
Jan. 5, 2007
The ABBA musical will celebrate its fifth year on Broadway next month. Songwriters’ projects include a film version of the play.
Sept. 1, 2006
Music
The latest project from Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus, the ABBA hit makers who helped turn “Mamma Mia!”
March 5, 2004
Despite the astonishing success of the stage musical “Mamma Mia!
July 8, 2008
A benefit performance of the Blank Theatre Company’s production of “Chess,” the musical by Tim Rice, Richard Nelson and ABBA members Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus, will be presented at the Hudson Theatre in Hollywood todayy.
July 24, 1995
With no ABBA reunion in sight, patrons can take a chance on a new museum devoted to the 1970s Swedish pop super-group.
May 7, 2013
“Mamma Mia!”: The Hollywood Brief column about “Mamma Mia!”
July 22, 2008
‘Dancing Queen’ on display: ABBA museum opens in Sweden
The Irvine Civic Light Opera has announced a 1992-93 season at the Irvine Barclay Theatre: “Kiss Me Kate” by Cole Porter and Sam and Bella Spewach (Sept. 10-19), “Phantom” by Arthur Kopit and Maury Yeston (March 18-27) and “Chess” by Tim Rice and Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Anderson (July 8-16, 1993).
June 24, 1992