This Sept. 6, 2008 file photo shows Swedish songwriters Benny Andersson, left, and Bjorn Ulvaeus pose, during a photocall for the movie "Mamma Mia " at the 34th American Film Festival in Deauville, Normandy, France.
This Sept. 6, 2008 file photo shows Swedish songwriters Benny Andersson, left, and Bjorn Ulvaeus pose, during a photocall for the movie "Mamma Mia " at the 34th American Film Festival in Deauville, Normandy, France. Michel Spingler, Associated Press
By Deseret News

NEW YORK (AP) — Before there was the musical "Mamma Mia!" there was "Kristina." And now New York will get to hear it.

The first English-language production of the musical by Benny Andersson and Bjorn (Byorn) Ulvaeus (OOL'-vay-us) of ABBA fame will be presented Sept. 23-24 at Carnegie Hall.

The musical about a family's journey from Sweden to America in the mid-19th century premiered in Sweden in 1995 and ran there for nearly four years. The English-language version will have lyrics by Ulvaeus and Herbert Kretzmer. A concert version of the musical in Swedish played Minneapolis in 1996.

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Andersson and Ulvaeus are the composers of the musical "Chess" as well as the long-running, worldwide hit "Mamma Mia!"

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