(l to r) Felicia Finley, Judy McLane, and Lauren Cohen in ‘Mamma Mia!’ (photo: Joan Marcus via The Broadway Blog.)
All good things must eventually end. Seen by over 45 million people around the world, Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus’ global smash hit musical Mamma Mia!, is celebrating over 3,700 performances in its tenth smash hit year at Broadway’s Winter Garden Theatre and remains among Broadway’s top selling musicals. The show plays its final performance on September 12, 2015.
The original West End production of Mamma Mia! is celebrating 10 years and over 4,000 performances in London, an international tour has visited more than 40 foreign cities, and the blockbuster feature film adaptation, produced by Judy Craymer and Gary Goetzman, is the most successful movie musical of all time grossing $600 million worldwide.
With a worldwide gross of over $2 Billion, Mamma Mia! is acclaimed by the Associated Press as “quite simply, a phenomenon.”
Inspired by the story-telling magic of ABBA’s timeless songs, writer Catherine Johnson’s tale of family and friendship unfolds on a tiny Greek island. On the eve of her wedding, a daughter’s quest to discover the identity of her father brings 3 men from her mother’s past back to the island they last visited 20 years ago. Songs including “Dancing Queen”; “The Winner Takes It All”; “Money, Money, Money” and “Take A Chance on Me” are all featured in this feel-good night of fun and laughter.
Mamma Mia!
Broadhurst Theatre
235 West 44th Street
Through September 12
