"Kristina från Duvemåla" on its way to Broadway

"Kristina från Duvemåla" is on its way to Broadway. Auditions will be held in April to find the American cast. We have waited ten years for this. Now it's finally on its way, say director Lars Rudolfsson.

Kristina från Duvemåla" opened in Malmö in 1995. After years of sold out performances in Sweden there was early talk about an international release for the musical. Björn Ulvaeus started the work with the translations of his and Benny Andersson's musical. Since then nothing much have happened. Until now. Lars Rudolfsson, who is the director of the show, then and now, reveals that the musical is on its way to Broadway.
     - We are leaving for New York in April to arrange American auditions. After that we shall try and get the people we want for this fall. Then we will produce the whole show in rehearsal auditoriums on Broadway to see that it's working, says Lars Rudolfsson. During the following winter they are planning to open the American version "Kristina från Duvemåla" in a smaller theatre in New York. And also have a try-out in Minnessota, where a lot of people who have family connections with Sweden lives. When exactly the musical will open on Broadway Lars Rudolfsson, doesn't know. Probably some time next . Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson's "Chess" played on Broadway in 1988. And in later years their musical "Mamma Mia!" has had enormous success on that prestigeous New York street.

Read more about "Kristina from Duvemåla" in English here!

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[maja]

its a shamt they dont accept the swedish cast just beacuse they´re not americans =( noone else can do the musical justice