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Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus have won the court battle. Broadway is next....03/25/07 links are below

IMPORTANT NEWS FOR KRISTINA MAKING IT TO BROADWAY

LINKS TO NEWS STORIES REGARDING B&B'S WIN OVER LEGAL RIGHTS FOR KRISTINA

March 16, 2006 - Enjoyed seeing Benny's Ochestra along with Helen singing again. Benny also played his accordion along with piano and other instruments for the unique event marking the 75th Anniversary of the American Swedish Institute in Minnesota........I was lucky to have my photo taken with Helen and to hand her my Kristina cast photo from 10years which she really enjoyed.

The BAO concert and party hosted by the American Swedish Institute was on Saturday, March 18, 2006 in Minnesota The Benny Anderssons Orkester (BAO), direct from Sweden with his 14-piece band, featured singers Helene Sjöholm and Tommy Korberg who were truly fantasic. It was a real treat seeing Helen again and meeting her in person again.

Other sites with useful news and information

I was informed of these two websites for rehearsal information about Kristina starting in February 2006: McLeodOnStage.com | Yahoo Group: DanceoftheVampiresUS • Dance of the Vampires U.S.

ICETHESITE's site on Kristina (lots of news included) 2/7/06 added

Attention fans in the United States

Info about Kristina in the USA as of August 2005 PDF file | MS WORD file | text file

Search GOOGLE

Scan GOOGLE's news search engine for ABBA

• BroadwayWorld.com : BroadwayWorld thread on Kristina

• Musik: Kristina
• abba.pagina.nl
• THE LOCAL: Sweden's News in English
• ABBA The Site ABBA - The Forum : The Musicals : "No Swedish emigrants in Broadway" Sept. 2, 2005
• EXPRESSEN.SE Sept. 2, 2005
• Former ABBA stars Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus in court over who scripted Kristina musical Oct. 17, 2005
• IrishExaminer: Abba's Bjorn and Benny in court over musical Oct 17, 2005
• THE LOCAL: Benny and Björn in court over Kristina Oct 17 2005
• ABBA members go to court over script of Broadway-bound musical Oct 18, 2005
• cantonrep.com - Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson went to court in a failed attempt to settle a dispute about who wrote the script to one of their musicals Oct 18, 2005
• New York Times: Abba Stars in Literary Dispute Oct 18, 2005

From: Wayne Buisman 
To: ABBAMAIL@LISTS.WHATHELPS.COM 
Cc: abba-day@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 11:03 PM
Subject: [ABBA-Day] Kristina Update

Just got through talking to Valerie Arrowsmith who spend some time with Benny on Sunday.  B&B have finalized plans for Kristina. Kristina is set to go on Broadway in the same theater where the Color Purple is currently playing .  
It will open when The Color Purple ends which could be between six months or three years. It will play in Minnesota for three weeks before it opens on Broadway.
Wayne Buisman
Harris MN.

Yahoo Group on Kristina

Yahoo Group on Kristina (discussion, chat, email list, file section, etc) added 6/24/01

NOTE: You will need a yahoo user id (which is free)

NEW SITES and News about Kristina, Cast & ABBA

ABBA: When - Calendar of upcoming ABBA Events

• Recap of my first ABBADay May 2001
• Special web site for the Fans attending the Broadway premiere of MAMMA MIA

• Swedish site on Kristina in Swedish!!
• Yahoo - Sweden directory of Kristina
• A SWEDISH EMIGRANT 100 YEARS LATER
• See Ron Miskoff's pictures of A*Teens and MAMMA MIA
• I just heard word that the ENGLISH translation of Kristina is completed. 11/24/00
• Many have asked me about the sheet music of Kristina. When I was in Stockholm in 1999 I found a music book of 14 Kristina songs for 250 Kronor. its called "Kristina fan Duvemala: NOTALBUM" (I think!!). The equivalent of the ISBN number to order it for music is "ISMN M-66150-002-5"
• Expected premiere in the USA sometime in 2002 and London in 2002 presuming the english translation
• MAMMA MIA update: (see ABBA When above also!! )

  San Francisco - Nov 15th 2000- Jan 7th 2001 Orpheum Theater

  Los Angeles - Feb 2001 Schubert Theater

  Chicago - May 20th 2001 Cadilla Palace Theater

  New York - Oct 18th 2001 Winter Garden on Broadway

• NEWS ABOUT THE KRISTINA PERFORMERS: Oct 1, 2000

  Helen Sjoholm - was touring Sweden all summer in "Rhapsody in Rock" and other concerts. She will be in "Les Miserables" at Malmo Musikteater later in 2000.

  Anders Ekborg - performed concerts with guitarist Bengt Magnusson and is filming a movie. He will be acting in Stockholm and playing Che in "Evita" at the Goteborg Opera

  Peter Jobak - is on stage at Theatre Royal Drury Lane in London's West End playing the role of Michael in Cameron Mackintosh's "The Witches of Eastwick". Premiered on Jul 18. Also completed his first English album released on Sept 20th titled "Only When I Breathe".

  Asa Bergh - recorded a Swedish album in 1998 "Vi sjunger i natt". No new plans

  Click here for my recap of the "Made in Sweden" chorus that was touring the U.S. & Toronto. I also have Photos I took of the visiting Swedish Chorus (AUG 2000) 8/10/00 | Click here to see the 2nd Set

• some of my photos from the MAMMA MIA premiere on May 23, 2000 in Toronto, Canada!! PHOTOS ARE FOR SALE OR TRADE!!!!!

• THIS WAS JUST A RUMOUR The Malmo newspaper writes today that "Kristina from Duvemala" will be performed again at "Malmo Musikteater" at the autumn of 2001! Probably with the original cast; Helen Sjoholm, Anders Ekborg, Asa Bergh and Peter Joback. (There is a question mark at Peter Joback because of his other engagement). It will be 25 performances to start with this time. 4/17/00 | http://www.malmo.se
• Agnetha working on a new solo album!!!!
• ABBA turns down a billion dollars to reunite!! | click here also 02/02/00
• ABBA Musuem in Stockholm Jan 2000
• Kristina might be returning to Malmo in 2001!!!!!!!
• Text and pics of my Sep 99 trip to Stockholm !!
• Mamma Mia coming to Toronto in May 2000 and eventually to Broadway (New York City) In Swedish added 8/31/99
• news about an ABBA exhibit opening up in Stockholm Nov '99 !!!!!
• www.peterjoback.com added 8/21/99
• Assorted Kristina/ABBA links IN SWEDISH!! added 8/1/99
• Private ABBA Photos by Pentti Koponen added 4/17/99
• new Kristina site in English & Swedish has songs translated and more added 1/10/99

Other Useful Sites

• http://www.aftonbladet.se
• http://se.yahoo.com

Email me for any questions click to email me

All photos are copyrighted by George Lewycky (C) 1996-1998, 2006

Attention USA ABBA Fans

Myself and other fans are looking tinto having our own ABBA convention in the states. If interested click here and sign up in the email list

Photo's and Highlights of Kristina från Duvemåla

About my trip to Minnesota to see Kristina TWICE!!

Hi Everyone !!! First of all I had a great time out there. The weather was fantastic, even better than New Jersey's. Plus the state is beautiful and clean. I'm thinking of making a vacation out there sometime in the future.

The Mall of America was outrageous also. Besides being humongous, it has a ferris wheel, roller coaster, acquarium and everything else imaginable. Luckily I didnt spend too much $$$ there.

I have some great photos for everyone to enjoy from the TWO Kristina performances in Minnesota on Oct. 12th-13th.

• SAT Oct 12, 1996 8pm - Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis, MN
• SUN OCt 13, 1996 4pm - Chisago Lakes High School, Lindstrom, MN

  I'm in the video of this performance!!!!!!

Kristina was a great gathering of ABBA fans on and off the list. Jim Preston , Michael T , Jeff de Hart and many others were there from all over the USA !!

The performers are all fantastic and their voices are superb. I just wish I knew some Swedish to better understand the performance.

Peter Jsback, Helen Sjsholm, Anders Ekborg, Asa Bergh were all superb singers and gave memorable performances. I met them all and they were real friendly and cheerful.

My Favorite Song

Peter and Helen were breathtaking - "Du Maste Finnas" was my favorite song sung by Helen. Very powerful song climaxing many times. I get moved by her voice everytime i hear that song
When i was in Stockholm I bought "fran Waterloo till Duvemala" its a fantastic CD of ABBA & Kristina tunes

I saw both performances, one was at Orchestra Hall in Minn., and the other was at a high school in Chisago.

Yes I got the cast's autograph and most importantly I have Benny & Bjorn's autograph on the the ABBA Gold CD booklet (see below). They all gave me no hassle and the security was nothing at the high school (scary isnt it ?). I now have the two B's of ABBA, now I need the two . There will not be many opportunities to meet the members in the U.S. so I didnt want to miss this one. I just wish Agnetha was there also !!!

I'm in the Swedish broadcast of the concert !!!!

I saw the video when i visited a friend in Stockholm and I heard about this from another Swedish friend that towards the end of the video I'm in the video. I have a white shirt on and I'm sitting in the stalls taking photos.

My Collage of images

I made this collage of Kristina images mostly of images that i took there...

Click here to see it its a large image (100K) which is why im not displaying it

English Translations now online!!!!!!!!!

Now available ( as of 8.15.98): English translation of the Kristina lyrics

Two translation files are available:

• 1. Version 1 (ascii text) size: 136KB
• 2. Version 2 (ascii text) size: 35KB

Other Pics

Here is great close up I have of Benny of Bjorn

Kristina Stamps

Autographs

Update on Kristina performances and cast members

Click Here for assorted news and tidbits about Kristina and its cast, etc

Contacting the Plymouth Music Series of Minnesota

Plymouth Music Series of Minnesota
1900 Nicollet Ave
Minneapolis, MN 55403 USA
phone: 612 870 0943
fax: 612 870 9962

NOTE AS OF JUNE 2002

They are now called VocalEssence VocalEssence.ORG

Interesting Information found out at Kristina

Below are several interesting tidbits that I found out and heard while I was there:

• They are looking into having a performance of Kristina in New York City (in English ??)
• I heard this from someone in the tech crew for the show: He told me they are looking into having the entire 4+ hour performance of Kristina in about 1-1.5 ys at the Orpheum theater in Minneapolis.
• The performances were taped by a Swedish film crew and they will broadcast it in Sweden on Dec. 26th. Members in Sweden we will be haunting you. The cameraman told me it will mostly contain the high school performance. Right now I'm trading my photos for a video copy of the broadcast in VHS format readable on American VCR's preferred. LETS MAKE A DEAL!!!!

Other Sites on Kristina

Kristina fren Duvemela

New Kristina site (in Swedish)

http://www.osterholmsskolan.stockholm.se/~matilda/

• Brian Sendelbach's Page
• http://www.osterholmsskolan.stockholm.se/~matilda/
• Magnus Brynestam's page
• Michael T's Kristina site
• The REAL PETER JÖBACK BOARD! talk about Peter with other fans
• Another site on PETER JBACK

NOTE: If this is pages is linked from other Web sites please email me the URL address (http://xxxx.xxx)...thanks......

Other ABBA Related Sites

The ABBA Links Page - ABBA Links - ABBF Record Service (Netherlands) - Swedish 101 - ABBA International Fan Club - Radio Sweden - Skivhuggets - ABBA Internet Index - Brian Sendelbach's page - ABBA The Movie (VH1) - Muriel's Wedding (Miramax) - Jame's Porrit's alt.music.abba page - FTP Site ftp.csn.net/ABBA/ - ABBA Mania - ABBA Web Directory -

JOSEFIN NILSSON & her "Shapes" album

Here is a great link on JOSEFIN NILSSON and her recent release of "Shapes" in the U.S. .

Where to order the 3 CD Kristina set

In the United States

Footlight Records
113 E. 12th St. (between 3rd & 4th Ave.)
New York, NY 10003
(212) 533-1572   FAX: (212) 673-1496
 http://www.footlight.com  
Footlight1@aol.com

The Music Machine
 http://www.musicmachine.com 
Phone:  (410)356-4567

In Europe

ABBF Record Service They have a LARGE catalog of other ABBA Goodies too!!

World Wide Web/ Other

Amazon.com