This week, Broadway.com’s Gotta Dance! series pays tribute to Allyson Carr, an eye-catching dancer in the Mamma Mia! ensemble. Carr, who is best known for her gravity-defying leaps onstage at the Winter Garden Theatre, made her Broadway debut in the hit ABBA tuner. After getting her start in Staten Island, the dancing diva attended the famous LaGuardia High ...

As the curtain goes down on 2011, Broadway.com is looking ahead to the new year. We’ve asked the brightest stars on Broadway to reflect on their personal highlights from the past year and to reveal their hopes for 2012. Check out what they had to say, and have a Happy New Year!

LISA BRESCIA (Donna Sheridan in Mamma ...

The mood was both celebratory and nostalgic on October 18, when Mamma Mia! marked its 10th anniversary on Broadway. Creator and international producer Judy Craymer welcomed original stars Louise Pitre (Donna Sheridan), Tina Maddigan (Sophie) and Joe Machota (Sky) back for the gala performance at the Winter Garden Theatre, followed by a festive party at Bar Americain. After the show ...

It takes a special show to remain a hit on Broadway for a decade—and when Mamma Mia! reached that milestone on October 18, creator and producer Judy Craymer pulled out all the stops! The festivities began onstage at the Winter Garden Theatre before the performance, when NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg personally presented Craymer with a “Mamma Mia! Day” proclamation ...

In a symbolic event on October 18, the stars of Mamma Mia! presided over a lighting ceremony at the Empire State Building in honor of the hit musical’s 10th anniversary on Broadway. (The iconic skyscraper will be illuminated in pink, white and blue to mark the occasion.) Broadway.com headed down to 34th Street to see show creator Judy ...

The hit musical Mamma Mia! is heading toward its 10th Broadway birthday, and Broadway.com asked the show's handsome young leading man Jordan Dean (Sky) to give us the backstage scoop. Dean’s guided tour of the Winter Garden Theatre begins in the costume shop, followed by cute confabs with Liana Hunt (who plays his fiancee Sophie) and returning ...

All together now: “Honey honey, how he thrills me, a-ha, honey honey!” ABBA fans were able to harmonize with Amanda Seyfried on September 20 at a special sing-along screening of the 2008 feature film adaptation of Mamma Mia! Presented to celebrate the hit musical’s forthcoming 10th anniversary at the Winter Garden Theatre, the screening drew a slew of Broadway ...

In honor of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month and the forthcoming 10th anniversary of her hit Broadway musical, Mamma Mia! producer Judy Craymer is launching a collectible “Rock Chick Supremo” T-shirt benefitting the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. This pink, white and silver cotton shirt was created by Craymer and cartoonist Marisa Acocella Marchetto, a breast cancer survivor and author of ...

Ten years on Broadway is a verrrry long time, and Mamma Mia! is set to hit that impressive milestone on October 18 at the Winter Garden Theatre. To celebrate, the production put together an eight-minute video scrapbook covering the musical’s first decade, including footage of original stars Louise Pitre, Judy Kaye and Karen Mason, plus interviews with the all-female ...

The hit Broadway musical Mamma Mia! is headed into a month of celebrations culminating in its 10th anniversary at the Winter Garden Theatre. On September 14, the show marked a different milestone, becoming the 10th longest running show in Broadway history. During the curtain call, star Lisa Brescia chose 10 lucky audience members to receive a box of cupcakes created ...