Bjorn Ulvaeus

'Dancing Queen' on display: ABBA museum opens in Sweden

2013-05-07 06:55:00

With no ABBA reunion in sight, patrons can take a chance on a new museum devoted to the 1970s Swedish pop super-group. Opening Tuesday in Stockholm, the museum will display band memorabilia, including star-shaped guitars, gold records, concert footage...

The Jason Alexander era at Reprise Theatre Company

2008-09-02 00:00:00

"Once on This Island," a tale of love and redemption in the Caribbean, marks a new beginning for L.A.'s leading presenter of old musicals. "Island," which opens Wednesday at UCLA's Freud Playhouse, is the first show of Reprise Theatre Company's first...

ABBA set reveals more than one-hit wonder

2009-03-24 00:00:00

Did ABBA ever make a bad record? For fans of the Swedish group's nearly two dozen U.S. hits, including ear candy like "Dancing Queen" and "Mamma Mia," it's probably hard to imagine anything not being close to irresistible. Sure enough: a new, nine-disc...

On Theater: Two enduring shows offer comfort viewing

2011-06-23 18:42:59

Stretching stories around a number of already established songs from a single source isn't a particularly new approach. Over 50 years ago, Hollywood produced the Oscar-winning "An American in Paris" with all-George Gershwin music and created an enduring...

Monday, January 24, 2011

2011-01-24 07:18:00

5 a.m. Hit The Road Jack by Ray Charles Where It's At by Beck Proud Mary by Creedence Clearwater Revival Use Somebody by Kings Of Leon Under Pressure by Queen Paranoid Android by Radiohead Roxanne by The Police Billie Jean by Michael Jackson� 6 a....

Abbamania at Arcadia

2011-02-07 21:00:00

By SANDY WOJCIK Daily American Correspondent WINDBER – A tribute band for all ages, Abbamania, will grace the stage of the Arcadia Theater, 1418 Graham Ave., at 8 p.m. Feb. 19. ABBAMANIA has been selling out to audiences all over the world for the...

Ah, that score! Theo Ubique Theatre is more than game for the power ballads of 'Chess'

2010-03-08 16:32:32

'Mamma Mia! The Movie', un desatino musical

2008-07-19 00:00:00

Hanks, Streep Take a Chance on ABBA Musical

2007-01-11 00:00:00

Bizarre Fact No. 1: The ABBA musical "Mamma Mia!" has grossed more than $1 billion worldwide since it opened in 1999. Bizarre Fact No. 2: Tom Hanks is expected to executive produce "Mamma Mia!" for the big screen. According to The Hollywood Reporter,...

ABBA redux, one more time

2004-11-19 00:00:00

Maybe "Mamma Mia!" really is just an excuse for a simulated ABBA reunion--and maybe that's OK. Aggressively nostalgic, Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus' connect-the-hits hit, which returns to Chicago Tuesday for a month-long run, regales former and...

Notable openings: 'Mamma Mia,' 'Fossils,' Wit'

2001-05-18 00:00:00

The first major work by Tony Award-winning composer and lyricist Jason Robert Brown was the 1998 Broadway musical "Parade," a depiction of a hate crime in Atlanta from the early 20th Century. It fared better with critics than audiences. Much more...

Super trouper

2001-05-20 00:00:00

There was a time, Bjorn Ulvaeus remembers, when ABBA was all but extinct. "It was in the mid-1980s," he says. "It was over. I was convinced we would be forgotten and never be played again." How wrong he was! ABBA, the Swedish quartet that had been a pop...

Thank you, Bjorn, for all of the snappy, upbeat Swedish pop songs over the years. ABBA frontman Bjorn Ulvaeus turns 66 today. (Photo by Jo Hale/Getty Images)

2013-03-12 18:48:00

Bjorn Ulvaeus and Anni-Frid 'Frida' Synni Lyngstad, former members of the Swedish pop group ABBA, sit by their outfits from the 1974 winning Eurovision song contest performance of 'Waterloo' in Brighton , at the ABBA World exhibition in Earls Court London.

2010-01-26 00:00:00