MAMMA MIA! What A Deal!

A Selection of Awesome Thanks

After the Wizard of Oz came to town, a group of second grade students sent us some handmade thank you cards, expressing their delight and gratitude in seeing the show through some donated tickets. There is nothing like the words of a child to really get the message across. [Although they did think our name was "Creative Artist" instead of "The Artist Series". Cute!]

A special thanks to these sweet students, as well, for coming out and having such a great time!

[image by Julia]

Dear Creative, artist,

Thank you for the tickets for the wizard of Oz. I have gone to a play befor but that was amazing. It was better than Hortant hears a who. how did you make the sound a feackts my hole class jumped when the wich came and left. I mite be in 2 grade but I loved that play. The cowarly lion was cute + funny. My mom liked the cyclone. Thank you for donating the tickets for me my mom and my class we all loved it. I liked Dorothy and toto made a grate team. Thank you so much.

love, Elicia

ABBA Inducted Into Hall Of Fame... Over KISS! Mamma Mia!!

Newsday recently published this article on ABBA getting inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame! ABBA is the musical inspiration behind Broadway's smash hit musical "MAMMA MIA!", coming to Jacksonville March 26-28, 2010 at the Times Union Center's Moran Theater. Get tickets here.

Mama mia! ABBA enters the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

March 11, 2010

By Glenn Gamboa

NEW YORK — No one was more surprised about ABBA being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame than the band’s co-founder Benny Andersson.

“We’re a pop band from the North Pole,” Andersson says, calling from his studio in Stockholm. “There’s no such thing as a (continental European) band in the Rock Hall, so it is flattering. It feels good, but it’s very unexpected.”

After all, ABBA — Andersson, Bjorn Ulvaeus, Anni-Frid Lyngstad and Agnetha Faltskog — is best known for pop hits such as “Dancing Queen” and “Knowing Me, Knowing You” and disco anthems such as “Lay All Your Love on Me,” as well as the Broadway smash “Mamma Mia!” and the movie of the same name. Andersson’s latest album, “Story of the Heart” (Decca), gorgeously runs the gamut of classical-inspired instrumentals, American Songbook-styled ballads and even a tinge of country. Big rock guitars and heavy drumbeats? Not so much.

“Every year, there’s someone that attracts attention from people who aren’t happy about the choice,” says Terry Stewart, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum’s president and chief executive. “One of the problems this year is you have the extremes of ABBA getting inducted and KISS doesn’t. I’ve answered 5,000 to 10,000 e-mails and letters. This issue is a high point this year.”

Grab Your Aquanet! Hairspray Is Almost Here!!

Hairspray will be in town on Tuesday, March 16th for two performances: 10:00am and 7:30pm. Tickets can be purchased by calling the Artist Series Box Office at 904-632-3373 or by visiting us online at www.artistseriesjax.org.