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Kids' Night on Broadway turns 10 years old in 2006, and we're looking for a child who has participated in every year! If that's you or someone you know, please write us at ask@broadway.org.

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Ben Pesner: How did you guys end up in the show together? A lucky coincidence, or were you cast as a package?

Michele Pawk: Well, I had to audition!

John Dossett: She auditioned, and I jokingly said, “What about me?” We have the same agent, and so when he presented the idea to the show they said it seemed like a good idea.

You share a lot more than just the same agent—you have a son.

John: Yes, we share him as well. [Laughs]

Michele: The same son. [Laughs]

John: Jack knows all the Mamma Mia! songs. You haven't lived until you've heard a five-year-old sing “Gimme gimme gimme a man after midnight.”

Michele: In the supermarket in New Jersey! [Laughs]

Mamma Mia! has a lot to say about marriage and parenthood. As a married couple with a child, how does the show speak to you?

Michele: The first thing for me is the whole idea of letting go. I have a fantastic song called “Slipping Through My Fingers.” I don't think there's a parent in the audience that doesn't relate to that in some way. You wake up one day and you realize, “Oh my gosh, he's getting on the school bus now.” Where does that time go? In the case of the show, it's “Oh my gosh, she's getting married.” Carey Anderson, who plays my daughter in the show, actually got married this past weekend. She made her Broadway debut on Wednesday night, and then got married on Friday. I'll never forget that Thursday performance. When she turned to me and said, “Mom, will you give me away?”, tears were streaming down her face, and I had mascara all over.

Many people go to work during the day and then spend their evenings with their kids. With you two it's been a little different.

John: We've had the great luxury of being able to be with our son during the day, then working at night. Most people don't get that. They just get a few hours at night.

Michele: Until this show we didn't really both work at the same time. Our schedules have been opposite a lot. When you're on different shows, you never see each other. So for us, part of the plus of taking this job is we can spend all this time together. I love it. I love looking at John across the stage. It's a gift. How many people get that opportunity?

You first worked when you met doing Hello Again Off Broadway in 1993. Was it love at first sight?

John: Very shortly thereafter! I got cast in Hello Again , and they were looking for this other part, an actress. [Director/choreographer] Graciela Daniele called me and said, “John, we finally found the woman to play the actress. She's perfect. You're going to love her.” Little did I know how prophetic those words would be.

And a dozen years later, it seems like you guys are having a blast in Mamma Mia!.

Michele: It's fantastic.

John: We get to make out in front of thousands of people every day. I get to kiss my wife on stage, and get paid for it. What could be better than that?

Michele Pawk's Broadway credits.

John Dossett 's Broadway credits.

Tickets and information to Mamma Mia!.

Tickets for this year’s Kids’ Night on Broadway: 10th Birthday Edition -- that once-a year-opportunity for young people, age 6-18, to attend a Broadway show for free when accompanied by a full-paying adult – are on sale from October 28-November 13th.

Madame Tussauds, returning for a second fun-filled year, is the presenting sponsor for Kids’ Night on Broadway. The 2006 edition of the event will take place in New York City on Tuesday, January 31, 2006 and Wednesday, February 1, 2006.

Visit kidsnightonbroadway.com for a list of shows, details on how to purchase tickets, and information on Kids' Night celebrations around the country. Tickets subject to availability.

When you think of West Point, NY, you probably think...theatre? More likely you think of West Point as the home of the prestigious United States Military Academy. What you may not know is that West Point is also home to the Eisenhower Hall Theatre, the Hudson Valley's premiere performing arts center containing New York State's second-largest auditorium (behind only Radio City Music Hall in New York City).

"Many people are surprised to discover a large performing arts center on the grounds of a military institution," says Bill Yost, Director of the Eisenhower Hall Theatre, "but in fact, there are some very specific parallels between theatre work and military training. The work is exacting and happens under considerable stress, and it requires a great deal of discipline and practice."

"The cadets come from every state," says Yost, "and when they leave the Academy they are disbursed world-wide. My contribution is to help foster their social and cultural development, and to offer them an international language that they can take with them wherever they go."

Visit the Eisenhower Hall Theatre on-line.

Theatre at Sea is an annual presentation of The Theatre Guild. This year's cruise will take place April 21-May 6 and will feature Broadway, film, and music stars Cherry Jones, Leslie Uggams, Ed Asner, Patricia Neal, Lee Roy Reams, Cliff Robertson, Gena Rowlands, and John Tillinger.

These stars will be performing on board the luxurious six star Radisson Navigator as it travels across the Southern Atlantic to visit seven fascinating European cities.

Visit theatreatsea.com for more information.

The Theatre Guild has produced 228 plays on Broadway. Formed in 1919 by Theresa Helburn, Lawrence Langner, and Armina Marshall, the stars of the Theatre Guild include contemporaries such as Jane Fonda, Uta Hagen, Anne Jackson, Burt Lancaster, Paul Newman, Eli Wallach, and Joanne Woodward - honored by the legacy of Lunt and Fontanne, Katherine Hepburn, Ina Claire, Alfred Drake, Lillian Gish, John Guilgud, Helen Hayes, Judy Holiday, Walter Matthau and many more.

Broadway Meets Country is an exclusive concert benefiting The Actors' Fund of America and the American Red Cross.

Leading stars of Broadway and Country join for an unforgettable evening of music! Don't miss this fantastic line-up including Idina Menzel, Trisha Yearwood, Lee Ann Womack, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Patrick Wilson, Carrie Underwood and more!!

Saturday, November 12th, 11pm
The Allen Room
Frederick P. Rose Hall
Home of Jazz at Lincoln Center (Broadway @ 60th Street)

Tickets: $250.00 (only 50 seats left!)
Tickets subject to availability

To get tickets at this special price for Broadway Fan Club members, call 212-869-4535 and mention code "Fanclub".

VISA Is the Exclusive card of Broadway Meets Country.