Abba- The Musicals

Although Abba themselves never created a full scale musical. They do have quite a history of involvement with musicals as follows:

1.Jesus Christ Superstar

Agnetha played the part of Mary Magdelene in the Swedish version of Jesus Christ Superstar by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice. She sung the very famous song ''I Dont Know How To Love Him'' with which she had a large hit in Sweden.

2.The Girl With Golden Hair

As part of their stage act they created a mini musical entitled ''The Girl With Golden Hair''. This consisted of the songs- Thank you for the Music, I Wonder (Departure), I'm A Marionette and first appeared on Abba-The Album

3.Chess

After the break up of Abba, Benny & Bjorn wrote the musical Chess with Tim Rice. The very familiar song '' I know Him So Well'' which was a Uk number one single performed by Barbara Dickson & Elaine Page comes from this musical.

The musical was based on an actual confrontation in Iceland between American and Russian grand masters of the board game.

To find out more about this musical check out the following sites:

• Chess Christian Shadlock in the UK.

• Chess Part of the Sir Tim Rice Homepage. Jennifer J. Bogdanski in the USA.

• Chess The Story Of The Musical Sylvia Stoddard. Details of the original album and productions around the world.

• Chess - The Musical The Chess CD available at Amazon.co.uk

4.Kristina Fran Duvemala

This musical written by Benny & Bjorn and was based on a Swedish Folk Story. The original 4 novels were written by Vilhelm Moberg and collectively called The Emigrants. The 4 books are currently available in paperback and comprise:

1. The Emigrants
2. Unto A Good Land
3. The Settlers
4. Last Letter Home

For more information check out Kristina fran Duvemala The site has a cast list, lyrics (in Swedish with English translation) and storyline (in English).

5.Mamma Mia

This musical is based on 27 Abba songs which were woven into a completely new story. Although it is based on Abba songs it is not the Abba story. Check out the official site at Mamma Mia! - show site . Other sites with details of the Mamma Mia musical include:

• Mamma Mia! Premiere in Toronto includes details of the premiere

• Mirvish Productions Producers of the Toronto production of the musical Mamma Mia! Includes theater and ticket details.