The producers of Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus' Mamma Mia, the smash hit musical based on the songs of Abba, have announced casting for the upcoming National Tour. Mamma Mia is one of the most successful musicals of all time, the eighth longest running show in Broadway history and one of only five musicals to have run for more than ten years on Broadway. The West End production is now in its eighteenth year. To date, Mamma Mia has been seen by over 60 million people worldwide in 50 productions in 16 different languages. Mamma Mia will embark on a farewell tour in the 2016-17 season, which also marks its fifteenth year on the road. Leading the cast of 30 is Sarah Wyatt as 'Donna Sheridan,' the independent single mother whose carefree past catches up with her on the eve of her daughter's wedding. Bride-to-be 'Sophie Sheridan' is played by Lizzie Markson...
- 9/7/2016
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
BERLIN -- Roland Pellegrino, former head of German film financer CP Medien, has launched a new film and television production entity, Miromar Entertainment, together with German producers Michel Morales and Martin Koch of Munich-based production house Haifisch Entertainment, the parties said Thursday. Starting in January, Miromar will bankroll and produce a slate of TV-movies, documentaries and feature films. Koch and Morales have brought two TV productions to Miromar from Haifisch: the TV-movie "Herzrasen" (Pounding Heart) for Munich-based channel ProSieben and the documentary "Alantropa" for pubwebs WDR, BR, NDR and Austria's ORF. Financing for feature films will come from private placement deals set up by Pellegrino. As head of CP Medien, Pellegrino helped bankroll dozens of features, including "Enemy at the Gates", "The Cat's Meow" and "Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery." But CP Medien was shut down in October following a change to Germany's tax law that will make it harder to use cash from German film funds to back Hollywood productions. "Under the new regulations, our current [tax fund] model is no longer tenable," Pellegrino said. "That's why we've gone the private placement route." Miromar Entertainment will be based at CP Medien's old headquarters in Ludwigsburg.
- 12/4/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
BERLIN -- Roland Pellegrino, former head of German film financier CP Medien, has launched a new film and television production entity, Miromar Entertainment, with German producers Michel Morales and Martin Koch of Munich-based production house Haifisch Entertainment, the parties said Thursday. Beginning in January, Miromar will bankroll and produce a slate of TV movies, documentaries and feature films. Koch and Morales have brought two TV productions to Miromar from Haifisch: the TV movie "Herzrasen" (Pounding Heart) for Munich-based channel ProSieben and the documentary "Alantropa" for pubwebs WDR, BR, NDR and Austria's ORF. Financing for feature films will come from private placement deals set up by Pellegrino. As head of CP Medien, Pellegrino helped bankroll dozens of features, including "Enemy at the Gates", "The Cat's Meow" and "Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery."...
- 12/4/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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