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Mamma mia (literally "my mother") is an Italian interjection, used in situations of surprise or anguish.
"Mamma Mia" can refer to several works associated with the musical group ABBA:
"Mamma Mia" (song), a 1975 ABBA song
Mamma Mia!, a musical based on ABBA songs, which premiered in London in 1999
Mamma Mia! (film), a 2008 film based on the musical
Mamma mia can also refer to:
¡Mamma Mia!, an album by Mexican pop singer Verónica Castro
"Mama Mia" (In-Grid), a song by the Italian artist In-Grid
"Mamma Mia" (Frasier), a seventh-season episode of the American television series Frasier
"Mamma Mia" (30 Rock), a third-season episode of the NBC television series 30 Rock
"Mumma Mia", a Gogo's Crazy Bones figurine
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Mamma Mia

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Mamma mia (literally "my mother") is an Italian interjection, used in situations of surprise or anguish.
"Mamma Mia" can refer to several works associated with the musical group ABBA:
"Mamma Mia" (song), a 1975 ABBA song
Mamma Mia!, a musical based on ABBA songs, which premiered in London in 1999
Mamma Mia! (film), a 2008 film based on the musical
Mamma mia can also refer to:
¡Mamma Mia!, an album by Mexican pop singer Verónica Castro
"Mama Mia" (In-Grid), a song by the Italian artist In-Grid
"Mamma Mia" (Frasier), a seventh-season episode of the American television series Frasier
"Mamma Mia" (30 Rock), a third-season episode of the NBC television series 30 Rock
"Mumma Mia", a Gogo's Crazy Bones figurine
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Mamma Mia! (film)

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Mamma Mia!
MammaMiaTeaserPoster.JPG
Promotional poster
 
Directed by
Phyllida Lloyd
Produced by
Judy Cramer
Gary Goetzman
Screenplay by
Catherine Johnson
Based on
Mamma Mia!
 by Catherine Johnson
Starring
Meryl Streep
Pierce Brosnan
Colin Firth
Stellan Skarsgård
Julie Walters
Dominic Cooper
Amanda Seyfried
Christine Baranski
Music by
Benny Andersson
Björn Ulvaeus
ABBA
Cinematography
Haris Zambarloukos
Editing by
Lesley Walker
Studio
Playtone
Distributed by
Universal Pictures
Release date(s)
June 30, 2008 (United Kingdom)
July 18, 2008 (United States)
 
Running time
109 minutes
Country
United Kingdom
Language
English
Budget
$52 million
Box office
$609,841,637[1]
Mamma Mia! (promoted as Mamma Mia! The Movie) is a 2008 Anglo-American musical/romantic comedy film adapted from the 1999 West End/2001 Broadway musical of the same name, based on the songs of successful pop group ABBA, with additional music composed by ABBA member Benny Andersson. The film was directed by Phyllida Lloyd and distributed by Universal Pictures in partnership with Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson's Playtone and Littlestar,[2] and the title originates from ABBA's 1975 chart-topper "Mamma Mia". Meryl Streep heads the cast, playing the role of single mother Donna Sheridan. Pierce Brosnan (Sam Carmichael), Colin Firth (Harry Bright), and Stellan Skarsgård (Bill Anderson) play the three possible fathers to Donna's daughter, Sophie played by Amanda Seyfried.
The film has also developed a cult following since 2009.[3]

Contents
  [hide] 1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Musical numbers
4 Production
5 Release 5.1 Reception
5.2 Box office
5.3 Awards and nominations
6 Sequel
7 Home media
8 Comic Relief satire
9 References
10 External links
Plot[edit]
On a Greek island called Kalokairi, 20-year-old bride-to-be Sophie Sheridan posts three wedding invitations ("All Out of Love") to different men.
Sophie's bridesmaids and best friends, Ali and Lisa, arrive before the wedding. Sophie reveals that she found her mother's diary and learned she has three possible fathers: New York-based Irish architect Sam Carmichael, Swedish adventurer and writer Bill Anderson, and British banker Harry Bright. She invited them without telling her mother, believing that after she spends time with them she will know who her father is ("Honey, Honey"). Villa owner Donna Sheridan is ecstatic to reunite with her former Dynamos bandmates, wisecracking author Rosie and wealthy multiple divorcée Tanya, and reveals her bafflement at her daughter's desire to get married. Donna shows off the villa and explains her precarious finances to Rosie and Tanya ("Money, Money, Money"). The three men arrive, and Sophie smuggles them to their room and explains that she, not her mother, sent the invitations. She begs them to hide so Donna will have a surprise at the wedding: seeing the old friends of whom she "so often" favourably speaks. They overhear Donna working (humming "Fernando") and swear to Sophie they will not reveal her secret.
Donna spies them and is dumbfounded to find herself facing former lovers she could never forget ("Mamma Mia"), and is adamant that they leave. She confides in Tanya and Rosie ("Chiquitita") a secret she has kept from everyone — she is uncertain which of the men is Sophie's father. Tanya and Rosie rally her spirits by getting Donna to dance with the female staff and islanders ("Dancing Queen"). Sophie finds the men aboard Bill's yacht, and they sail around Kalokairi ("Our Last Summer") and tell stories of Donna as a carefree girl. Sophie musters up the courage to speak with her fiancée Sky about her ploy, but loses her nerve. Sky and Sophie sing to each other ("Lay All Your Love on Me"), but are interrupted when Sky is snatched for his bachelor party.
At Sophie's hen party, Donna, Tanya and Rosie perform as Donna and The Dynamos ("Super Trouper"). Sophie is delighted to see her mother rock out, but becomes nervous when the festivities are interrupted by the arrival of Sam, Bill and Harry. She decides to talk with each of her prospective dads alone. While her girlfriends dance with the men ("Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)"), Sophie learns from Bill that Donna received the money to invest in her villa from his great aunt Sofia. Sophie guesses she must be Sofia's namesake and Bill is her father. She asks him to give her away and to keep their secret from Donna until the wedding. Sophie's happiness is short-lived as Sam and Harry each tell her they must be her dad and will give her away ("Voulez-Vous"). Sophie cannot tell them the truth and, overwhelmed by the consequences of her actions, and faints.
In the morning, Rosie and Tanya reassure Donna they will take care of the men. On Bill's boat, Bill and Harry are about to confide in each other, but are interrupted by Rosie. Donna confronts Sophie, believing Sophie wants the wedding stopped. Sophie says that all she wants is to avoid her mother's mistakes. Donna is accosted by Sam, concerned about Sophie getting married so young. Donna confronts him and both realize they still have feelings for each other ("SOS"). Down on the beach, Tanya and young Pepper continue their flirtations from the previous night ("Does Your Mother Know"). Sophie confesses to Sky and asks for his help. He reacts angrily to his fiancée's deception and Sophie turns to her mother for support. As Donna helps her daughter dress for the wedding, their rift is healed and Donna reminisces about Sophie's childhood and how quickly she has grown ("Slipping Through My Fingers"). Sophie asks Donna to give her away. As the bridal party walks to the chapel, Sam intercepts Donna, begging her to talk. She reveals the pain she felt over losing him ("The Winner Takes It All").
Sophie and Donna walk down the aisle as the band plays "Knowing Me, Knowing You". Donna tells Sophie that her father could be any of the three men, whom Sophie admits to inviting. Sam reveals that while he left to get married, he did not go through with it, and returned to find Donna with another man. Harry confesses that Donna was the first and last woman he loved, and reveals he has begun a relationship with a waiter from the taverna. The three men agree that they would be happy to be one-third of a father for Sophie. She tells Sky they should postpone their wedding and travel the world as they have wanted. Seeing that there is a chance a wedding can still be done and not wanting any of the wedding preparations to go to waste, Sam proposes to Donna ("I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do"). She accepts and they are married. At the reception, Sam sings to Donna ("When All Is Said and Done"), which prompts Rosie to make a play for Bill ("Take a Chance on Me"). All the couples present proclaim their love ("Mamma Mia" reprise). Sophie and Sky bid farewell to Kalokairi and sail away ("All Out of Love" reprise).
During the principal credits, Donna, Tanya and Rosie reprise "Dancing Queen", followed by "Waterloo" with the rest of the cast. Amanda Seyfried sings "Thank You for the Music" over the end credits, followed by an instrumental of "Does Your Mother Know".
Cast[edit]
Meryl Streep as Donna Carmichael (née Sheridan), Sophie's mother, owner of the hotel Villa Donna, and wife of Sam at the end.
Amanda Seyfried as Sophie Sheridan, Donna's daughter, Sky's fiancée and current girlfriend.[4]
Pierce Brosnan as Sam Carmichael, Sophie's possible father, husband to Donna, and an Irish-American architect.[5]
Colin Firth as Harry Bright, Sophie's possible father and an English banker; based on "Our Last Summer", which he sings at one point.
Stellan Skarsgård as Bill Anderson, Sophie's possible father, a Swedish sailor and travel writer.
Dominic Cooper as Sky, Sophie's fiancé, designing a website for the hotel.
Julie Walters as Rosie Mulligan, one of Donna's former bandmates in Donna and the Dynamos; an unmarried fun-loving author.
Christine Baranski as Tanya Chesham-Leigh, Donna's other former bandmate; a rich three-time divorcee.
Philip Michael as Pepper, Sky's best man who likes Tanya. He is also a bartender.
Juan Pablo Di Pace as Petros.
Ashley Lilley as Ali, close friend of Sophie and her bridesmaid.
Rachel McDowall as Lisa, close friend of Sophie and her bridesmaid.
Enzo Squillino as Gregoris, one of Donna Sheridan's employees.
Niall Buggy as Father Alex, priest who nearly married Sophie and Sky, but ends up marrying Sam and Donna.
Cameo appearances and Uncredited RolesBenny Andersson as Piano player
Björn Ulvaeus as Greek god
Rita Wilson as Greek goddess

 

ABBA appeared together with the film's cast in 2008.
Musical numbers[edit]
See also: Mamma Mia! The Movie Soundtrack
The following songs are included in the film, of which 17 are on the soundtrack album:
1."All Out of Love" - Sophie
2."Honey, Honey" - Sophie, Ali and Lisa
3."Money, Money, Money" - Donna, Tanya, Rosie and Greek Chorus
4."Mamma Mia" - Donna, Sophie, Ali, Lisa and Greek Chorus
5."Chiquitita" - Rosie, Tanya and Donna
6."Dancing Queen" - Tanya, Rosie, Donna, Greek Chorus and Company
7."Our Last Summer" - Harry, Bill, Sam and Sophie
8."Lay All Your Love on Me" - Sky, Sophie, Sky's Bachelor party friends.
9."Super Trouper" - Donna, Tanya and Rosie
10."Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" - Sophie, Donna, Tanya, Rosie, Ali, Lisa and Greek Chorus
11."Voulez-Vous" - Donna, Sam, Tanya, Rosie, Harry, Bill, Sky, Ali, Lisa and Pepper
12."SOS" - Sam, Donna and Greek Chorus
13."Does Your Mother Know" - Tanya, Pepper, Lisa, Guys and Girls
14."Slipping Through My Fingers" - Donna and Sophie
15."The Winner Takes It All" - Donna
16."I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do" - Sam, Donna and Company
17."When All Is Said and Done" - Sam, Donna and Company
18."Take a Chance on Me" - Rosie, Bill, Tanya, Pepper and Harry
19."Mamma Mia!" (Reprise) - Company
20."All Out of Love" (Reprise) - Westlife and Sophie
21."Dancing Queen" (Reprise) - Donna, Rosie and Tanya
22."Waterloo" - Donna, Rosie, Tanya, Sam, Bill, Harry, Sky and Sophie
23."Thank You for the Music" - Sophie
24."The Name of the Game" - Sophie (deleted scene)
Production[edit]

 

 Movie was filmed in the Greek island of Skopelos
 

 The Agios Ioannis chapel during filming of the wedding scene for Mamma Mia!.
Most of the outdoor scenes were filmed on location at the small Greek island of Skopelos (during August/September 2007),[6] and the seaside hamlet of Damouchari in the Pelion area of Greece. On Skopelos, Kastani beach on the south west coast was the film's main location site.[6] The producers built a beach bar and jetty along the beach, but removed both set pieces after production wrapped.[6] A complete set for Donna's Greek villa was built at the 007 stage at Pinewood Studios and most of the film was shot there. Real trees were utilised for the set, watered daily through an automated watering system and given access to daylight in order to keep them growing.
The part of the film where Brosnan's character, Sam, leaves his New York office to go to the Greek Island was actually filmed at the iconic Lloyd's Building on Lime Street in the City of London. He dashes down the escalators and through the porte-cochere, where yellow cabs and actors representing New York mounted police were used for authenticity.[7]
The "Fernando" Bill Anderson's yacht (actually a ketch) in the film was the Tai-Mo-Shan built in 1934 by H. S. Rouse at the Hong Kong and Whampoa dockyards.[8][9]
Meryl Streep had taken opera singing lessons as a child, and as an adult, she had previously sung in several films, including Postcards from the Edge, Silkwood, Death Becomes Her, and A Prairie Home Companion.[10]
Release[edit]
Though the world premiere of the film occurred elsewhere, most of the media attention was focused on the Swedish premiere, where Anni-Frid Lyngstad and Agnetha Fältskog joined Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson joined the cast at the Rival Theatre in Mariatorget, Stockholm, owned by Andersson, on July 4, 2008. It was the first time all four members of ABBA had been photographed together since 1986.[11]
Reception[edit]
Mamma Mia! received mixed reviews from critics. Rotten Tomatoes reported that 54% of critics gave the film positive reviews based upon a sample of 175 reviews, with an average rating of 5.5/10.[12] The Times gave it four stars out of five,[13] as did Channel 4 which said it had "all the swing and sparkle of sequined bell-bottoms."[14] BBC Radio 5 Live's film critic Mark Kermode admitted to enjoying the film, despite describing the experience as 'the closest you get to see A-List actors doing drunken karaoke'.[15] The Guardian was more negative, giving it one star, stating that the film gave the reviewer a "need to vomit",[16] while Bob Chipman of Escape to the Movies said it was "so base, so shallow and so hinged on meaningless spectacle, it's amazing it wasn't made for men".[17] The Daily Telegraph stated that it was enjoyable but poorly put together ("Finding the film a total shambles was sort of a shame, but I have a sneaking suspicion I'll go to see it again anyway."),[18] whereas Empire said it was "cute, clean, camp fun, full of sunshine and toe tappers."[19]
The casting of actors not noted for their singing abilities led to some mixed reviews. Variety stated that "some stars, especially the bouncy and rejuvenated Streep, seem better suited for musical comedy than others, including Brosnan and Skarsgård."[20] Brosnan, especially, was savaged by many critics: his singing was compared to "a water buffalo" (New York Magazine),[21] "a donkey braying" (The Philadelphia Inquirer)[22] and "a wounded raccoon" (The Miami Herald),[23] and Matt Brunson of Creative Loafing Charlotte said he "looks physically pained choking out the lyrics, as if he's being subjected to a prostate exam just outside of the camera's eye."[24]
Box office[edit]
As of April 6, 2009, Mamma Mia! has grossed a worldwide total of $602,609,487 and is the fifth highest-grossing film of 2008.[1] It eventually became the highest grossing musical of all-time in terms of worldwide gross. It is the third highest-grossing film of 2008 internationally (i.e., outside North America) with an international total of $458,479,424 and the thirteenth highest gross of 2008 in North America (the US and Canada) with $144,130,063.
In the United Kingdom, Mamma Mia! has grossed £69,166,087 as of January 23, 2009, and is the sixth highest grossing film of all time at the UK box office (behind Skyfall, Avatar, Titanic, Toy Story 3, and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2).[25] The film opened at #1 in the U.K, taking £6,594,058 on 496 screens. It managed to hold onto the top spot for 2 weeks, narrowly keeping Pixar's WALL-E from reaching #1 in its second week.
When released on July 3 in Greece, the film grossed $1,602,646 in its opening weekend, ranking #1 at the Greek box office.[26]
The film made $9,627,000 in its opening day in the United States and Canada, and $27,605,376 in its opening weekend, ranking #2 at the box office, behind The Dark Knight.[27] At the time, it made Mamma Mia! the record-holder for the highest grossing opening weekend for a movie musical, surpassing Hairspray's box office record in 2007.
Awards and nominations[edit]
Golden Globe Awards[28] Best Motion Picture: Comedy or Musical Nominated
Best Actress in a Motion Picture: Comedy or Musical (Meryl Streep) Nominated
BAFTA Awards[29] Outstanding British Film Nominated
The Carl Foreman Award for Special Achievement by a British Director, Writer or Producer for their First Feature Film (Judy Craymer) Nominated
Outstanding Music (Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus) Nominated
Razzie Awards[30] Worst Supporting Actor (Pierce Brosnan) WINNER

Sequel[edit]
Because of the film's financial success, Hollywood studio chief David Linde, the co-chairman of Universal Studios told The Daily Mail that it would take a while, but there could be a sequel. He stated that he would be delighted if Judy Craymer, Catherine Johnson, Phyllida Lloyd, Benny Andersson, and Björn Ulvaeus agreed to the project, noting that there are still plenty of ABBA songs to use.[31]
Home media[edit]
November 2008, Mamma Mia! became the fastest-selling DVD of all time in the UK, according to Official UK Charts Company figures. It sold 1,669,084 copies on its first day of release, breaking the previous record (held by Titanic) by 560,000 copies. By the end of 2008, The Official UK Charts Company declared it had become the biggest selling DVD ever in the UK, with one in every four households owning a copy (over 5 million copies sold).[32] The record was previously held by Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl with sales of 4.7 million copies.
In the United States the DVD made over $30 million on its first day of release.[33]
By December 31, 2008, Mamma Mia! had become the best-selling DVD of all time in Sweden with 545,000 copies sold.[34]
1-disc featuresSing-along
"The Name of the Game" deleted musical number
Audio commentary with director Phyllida Lloyd
The single-disc DVD released in Sweden on 26 November contains all of the following:
Sing-along
"The Name of the Game" deleted musical number
Deleted scenes
Outtakes
The Making of Mamma Mia! featurette
Anatomy of a Musical Number: "Lay All Your Love on Me"
Becoming a Singer featurette
A look inside Mamma Mia! featurette
"Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!" music video
Björn Ulvaeus cameo
Audio commentary with director Phyllida Lloyd
German and English audio
Subtitles in English, German, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish and Icelandic
2-disc special edition
The widescreen single-disc includes a bonus disc which includes:
Limited time only digital copy
Deleted scenes
Outtakes
The Making of Mamma Mia! featurette
Anatomy of a Musical Number: "Lay All Your Love on Me"
Becoming a Singer featurette
Behind the scenes with Amanda
On Location in Greece featurette
A Look Inside Mamma Mia! featurette
"Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!" music video
Björn Ulvaeus cameo
Blu-ray exclusivesUniversal Pictures' U-Control[35]
Behind the Hits (details and trivia of the music while the musical performance plays)
Picture-in-picture (access to cast and crew interviews and behind the scene while the movie plays)
Comic Relief satire[edit]

 This section contains information of unclear or questionable importance or relevance to the article's subject matter. Please help improve this article by clarifying or removing superfluous information. (June 2010)
The BBC's 2009 Red Nose Day special for Comic Relief featured a 10-minute satire of Mamma Mia. The short starred Jennifer Saunders and her long-time collaborators, Dawn French and Joanna Lumley, as Donna, Rosie, and Tanya, respectively. Sienna Miller appeared as Sophie. While the opening credits listed Saunders and French's characters as Meryl Streep and Julie Walters, rather than the character names, Lumley's portrayal of Tanya was described in dialogue and the opening credits as "Patsy" whom she played opposite Saunders in Absolutely Fabulous. The three possible fathers appear only momentarily in a spoof of their introduction to Sophie: Phillip Glenister is dressed and credited as Pierce Brosnan but references Colin Firth's joking reference to Brosnan by saying "I'm Bond," while Alan Carr is credited as Colin Firth and introduces himself, "I'm Darcy," referencing his parts in both Pride and Prejudice and the two Bridget Jones films, and a swede is credited as "the Swede". Most of the humor pokes fun at awkward transitions into songs (a common issue in most musical films), Miller's reluctance to actually insult the film, and of course, the fact that Lumley is actually playing Patsy and not Tanya.
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External links[edit]
Official website
Mamma Mia! at the Internet Movie Database
Mamma Mia! at AllRovi
Mamma Mia! at Box Office Mojo
Mamma Mia! at Rotten Tomatoes
Mamma Mia! at Metacritic
Mamma Mia! production notes

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ABBA

 
­Agnetha Fältskog·
 ­Björn Ulvaeus·
 ­Benny Andersson·
 ­Anni-Frid Lyngstad
 
 
Studio albums

Ring Ring (1973)
­"Ring Ring"·
 ­"Another Town, Another Train"·
 ­"Disillusion"·
 ­"People Need Love"·
 ­"I Saw It in the Mirror"·
 ­"Nina, Pretty Ballerina"·
 ­"Love Isn't Easy (But It Sure Is Hard Enough)"·
 ­"Me and Bobby and Bobby's Brother"·
 ­"He Is Your Brother"·
 ­"She's My Kind of Girl"·
 ­"I Am Just a Girl"·
 ­"Rock'n Roll Band"·
 ­Bonus Tracks:·
 ­"Merry-Go-Round"·
 ­"Santa Rosa"
 
 
Waterloo (1974)
­"Waterloo"·
 ­"Sitting in the Palmtree"·
 ­"King Kong Song"·
 ­"Hasta Mañana"·
 ­"My Mama Said"·
 ­"Dance (While the Music Still Goes On)"·
 ­"Honey, Honey"·
 ­"Watch Out"·
 ­"What About Livingstone?"·
 ­"Gonna Sing You My Lovesong"·
 ­"Suzy-Hang-Around"
 
 
ABBA (1975)
­"Mamma Mia"·
 ­"Hey, Hey Helen"·
 ­"Tropical Loveland"·
 ­"SOS"·
 ­"Man in the Middle"·
 ­"Bang-A-Boomerang"·
 ­"I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do"·
 ­"Rock Me"·
 ­"Intermezzo No. 1" (instrumental)·
 ­"I've Been Waiting for You"·
 ­"So Long"·
 ­Bonus Tracks:·
 ­"Crazy World"·
 ­"Pick a Bale of Cotton/On Top of Old Smoky/Midnight Special medley"
 
 
Arrival (1976)
­"When I Kissed the Teacher"·
 ­"Dancing Queen"·
 ­"My Love, My Life"·
 ­"Dum Dum Diddle"·
 ­"Knowing Me, Knowing You"·
 ­"Money, Money, Money"·
 ­"That's Me"·
 ­"Why Did It Have to Be Me?"·
 ­"Tiger"·
 ­"Arrival" (instrumental)·
 ­Bonus Tracks:·
 ­"Fernando"·
 ­"Happy Hawaii"
 
 
ABBA: The Album (1977)
­"Eagle"·
 ­"Take a Chance on Me"·
 ­"One Man, One Woman"·
 ­"The Name of the Game"·
 ­"Move On"·
 ­"Hole in Your Soul"·
 ­"Thank You for the Music"·
 ­"I Wonder (Departure)"·
 ­"I'm a Marionette"
 
 
Voulez-Vous (1979)
­"As Good as New"·
 ­"Voulez-Vous"·
 ­"I Have a Dream"·
 ­"Angeleyes"·
 ­"The King Has Lost His Crown"·
 ­"Does Your Mother Know"·
 ­"If It Wasn't for the Nights"·
 ­"Chiquitita"·
 ­"Lovers (Live a Little Longer)"·
 ­"Kisses of Fire"·
 ­Bonus Tracks:·
 ­"Summer Night City"·
 ­"Lovelight"·
 ­"Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)"
 
 
Super Trouper (1980)
­"Super Trouper"·
 ­"The Winner Takes It All"·
 ­"On and On and On"·
 ­"Andante, Andante"·
 ­"Me and I"·
 ­"Happy New Year"·
 ­"Our Last Summer"·
 ­"The Piper"·
 ­"Lay All Your Love on Me"·
 ­"The Way Old Friends Do" (live)·
 ­Bonus Tracks:·
 ­"Elaine"·
 ­"Put On Your White Sombrero"
 
 
The Visitors (1981)
­"The Visitors (Crackin' Up)"·
 ­"Head over Heels"·
 ­"When All Is Said and Done"·
 ­"Soldiers"·
 ­"I Let the Music Speak"·
 ­"One of Us"·
 ­"Two for the Price of One"·
 ­"Slipping Through My Fingers"·
 ­"Like an Angel Passing Through My Room"·
 ­Bonus Tracks:·
 ­"Should I Laugh Or Cry"·
 ­"I Am the City"·
 ­"You Owe Me One"·
 ­"Cassandra"·
 ­"Under Attack"·
 ­"The Day Before You Came"
 

 
Compilations
­Greatest Hits·
 ­Greatest Hits Vol. 2·
 ­Gracias Por La Música·
 ­The Singles: The First Ten Years·
 ­Thank You for the Music·
 ­Gold: Greatest Hits·
 ­Oro: Grandes Éxitos·
 ­More Gold: More Hits·
 ­Thank You for the Music·
 ­The Definitive Collection·
 ­18 Hits·
 ­The Complete Studio Recordings·
 ­Number Ones·
 ­The Albums
 
 
Other albums
­ABBA Live·
 ­List of ABBA tribute albums  (Abba-esque·
 ­The ABBA Generation·
 ­ABBAmania·
 ­Abbasalutely·
 ­Rajaton Sings ABBA with Lahti Symphony Orchestra·
 ­A Tribute to ABBA)
  ·
 ­Mamma Mia  (Mamma Mia! Original Cast Recording·
 ­Mamma Mia! The Movie Soundtrack)
 
 
 
Tours and TV specials
­Eurovision Song Contest 1974·
 ­European & Australian Tour (ABBA)·
 ­ABBA: The Tour·
 ­Dick Cavett Meets ABBA·
 ­Congratulations
 
 
Films and musicals
­ABBA: The Movie·
 ­The Girl with the Golden Hair·
 ­Mamma Mia!·
 ­Mamma Mia! (film)
 
 
Video games
­SingStar ABBA·
 ­ABBA: You Can Dance
 
 
Related music
­Discography·
 ­Awards and nominations·
 ­Songs·
 ­Unreleased songs·
 ­ABBA: The Museum·
 ­Music of Sweden
 
 
Related people and groups
­Stig Anderson·
 ­Rutger Gunnarsson·
 ­Ola Brunkert·
 ­Michael B. Tretow·
 ­Lasse Hallström·
 ­A-Teens·
 ­Linda Ulvaeus
 
 
Wikipedia book Book:ABBA


 

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Mamma Mia!

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This article is about the stage musical. For the film, see Mamma Mia! (film). For the song, see Mamma Mia (song).

Mamma Mia!
Prince of Wales Theatre 01.jpg
Mamma Mia! at the
Prince of Wales Theatre, the venue for Mamma Mia! in London between 2004-2012
 
Music
Björn Ulvaeus
Benny Andersson
Lyrics
Björn Ulvaeus
Benny Andersson
Stig Anderson[1]
Book
Catherine Johnson
Basis
Songs of ABBA
Productions
1999 West End
 2000 Toronto
 2000 US Tour
 2001 Melbourne
 2001 Broadway
 2002 North America Tour
 2002 Hamburg
 2002 Tokyo
 2003 Las Vegas
 2003 Utrecht
 2004 Seoul
 2004 International Tour
 2004 Stuttgart
 2004 Madrid
 2005 Stockholm
 2006 Antwerp
 2006 Moscow
 2007 Essen
 2008 Film
 2009 Oslo
 2009 Mexico City
 2009 Netherlands Tour
 2009 Australia Tour
 2010 South Africa Tour
 2010 Milan
 2010 Copenhagen
 2010 Paris
 2010 São Paulo
 2011 Shanghai
 2012 Buenos Aires
 2012 Moscow
 2013 Stuttgart
Mamma Mia! is a stage musical written by British playwright Catherine Johnson, based on the songs of ABBA, composed by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, former members of the band. The title of the musical is taken from the group's 1975 chart-topper "Mamma Mia". Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson, who composed the original music for ABBA, were involved in the development of the show from the beginning. Anni-Frid Lyngstad has been involved financially in the production and she has also been present at many of the premieres around the world.
The musical includes such hits as "Super Trouper", "Lay All Your Love on Me", "Dancing Queen", "Knowing Me, Knowing You", "Take a Chance on Me", "Thank You for the Music", "Money, Money, Money", "The Winner Takes It All", "Voulez Vous", "SOS" and the title track. Over 54 million people have seen the show, which has grossed $2 billion worldwide since its 1999 debut. A film adaptation starring Meryl Streep, Colin Firth, Pierce Brosnan, Amanda Seyfried, Christine Baranski, Stellan Skarsgård and Julie Walters was released in July 2008.

Contents
  [hide] 1 Background
2 Productions 2.1 Original London production
2.2 Original Broadway production
2.3 Original Las Vegas production
2.4 International and touring productions
3 Synopsis 3.1 Act I
3.2 Act II
3.3 Finale and bonus
4 Musical numbers 4.1 Notes on the music
5 Principal roles and cast
6 Film adaptation
7 Awards and nominations 7.1 Original London production
7.2 Original Broadway production
8 Response
9 References
10 External links
Background[edit]

 

 The original home of Mamma Mia! The Prince Edward Theatre
Mamma Mia! is based on the songs of ABBA. ABBA was a Swedish pop/dance group active from 1972–1982 and was one of the most internationally popular pop groups of all time, topping the charts again and again in Europe, North America and Australia. Following the premiere of the musical in London in 1999, ABBA Gold topped the charts in the United Kingdom again. This musical was the brainchild of producer Judy Craymer. She met songwriters Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson in 1983 when they were working with Tim Rice on Chess.[2] It was the song "The Winner Takes It All" that suggested to her the theatrical potential of their pop songs.[3] The songwriters were not enthusiastic, but they were not completely opposed to the idea.[3]
In 1997, Craymer commissioned Catherine Johnson to write the book for the musical. In 1998, Phyllida Lloyd became the director for the show.[3] It is unusual for three women to form the collaboration behind a commercial success in musical theatre.[3]
Productions[edit]

 

Mamma Mia! at the Winter Garden Theatre, New York City
Original London production[edit]
The musical opened in the West End at the Prince Edward Theatre on 6 April 1999 and transferred to the Prince of Wales Theatre on 9 June 2004, where it played until September 2012, when it moved to the Novello Theatre.[4] Directed by Phyllida Lloyd with choreography by Anthony Van Laast, the original cast featured Siobhan McCarthy, Lisa Stokke, and Hilton McRae.[5][6]
Original Broadway production[edit]
Prior to the musical's Broadway engagement, it made its US debut in San Francisco, California at the Orpheum Theatre from 17 November 2000 to 17 February 2001,[7][8] moving next to Los Angeles, California at the Shubert Theatre from 26 February 2001 to 12 May 2001,[9] and finally to Chicago, Illinois at the Cadillac Palace Theatre from 13 May 2001 to 12 August 2001.[10] The musical opened on Broadway at the Winter Garden Theatre on 18 October 2001 and is currently running, as of 2013. The director is Phyllida Lloyd with choreography by Anthony Van Laast. It is currently the tenth longest-running Broadway show. On April 18, 2013 it was announced that Mamma Mia would transfer from its current home at the Winter Garden Theatre to Broadhurst Theatre in late 2013.[11] The show will play its final performance at the Winter Garden Theatre on October 19, 2013 and will begin performances at the Broadhurst Theatre on November 2, 2013.[12]
Original Las Vegas production[edit]
In the United States, Mamma Mia! played in Las Vegas, opening at the Mandalay Bay on February 2003 and closed on January 4, 2009.[13][14] In June 2005, Mamma Mia! played its 1000th performance in Las Vegas, becoming the longest-running West End/Broadway musical in Las Vegas. The clothes and scenarios from this production are now used in Brazil.[15]
International and touring productions[edit]

 

Cirkus in Stockholm
Mamma Mia! has been played in more than 40 countries in 5 continents, including Arab Emirates, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Latvia, Lituania, Malaysia, Mexico, Monaco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Portugal, Qatar, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, and United States, and has been translated into fourteen languages: German, Japanese, Dutch, Korean, Spanish, Swedish, Flemish, Russian, Norwegian, Italian, Danish, French, Portuguese and Chinese. Over 54 million people have seen the show worldwide and it has set the record for premiering in more cities faster than any other musical in history.
The first city to produce the show after London was Toronto, where it ran from 22 May 2000 to 22 May 2005, being the North America premiere of Mamma Mia!.[16] The original cast included Louise Pitre as Donna and Tina Maddigan as Sophie, who both of them later reprised their roles in first US Tour and Broadway premiere.
The North American tour started in Providence, Rhode Island in February 2002, and has since played more than 120 cities as of its 6th anniversary in 2008.[17]

 

 Mamma Mia! Chinese production
The first non-English version of the show debuted in Hamburg, where it ran from 3 November 2002 to 8 September 2007. With the productions of Stuttgart (2004) and Essen (2007), Mamma Mia! became the first major musical to play concurrently in three German cities.
The show has had (and in some cases, still has) permanent productions in London, Toronto, Melbourne, New York, Hamburg, Tokyo (later transferred to Osaka, Fukuoka and Nagoya), Las Vegas, Utrecht, Seoul (later transferred to Seongnam and Daegu), Stuttgart, Madrid (later transferred to Barcelona), Stockholm (later transferred to Gothenburg), Antwerp, Moscow, Essen, Berlin, Oslo, Mexico City, Milan (later transferred to Rome), Copenhagen (later transferred to Aarhus), Paris, São Paulo, Shanghai and Buenos Aires.
Since its premiere in Dublin on 9 September 2004 (with Helen Hobson as Donna) the international tour has visited more than 74 cities in 35 countries and has been seen by 4.3 million people. In addition there have been several touring productions worldwide, including Australasia (2002–2005), Asutralia (2009-2010), China, France (2012-2013), Germany, Japan, Netherlands (2009-2010), North America (since 2002), Spain (2009-2011), South Africa (2010-2011), South Korea and United States (2000-2001).

 

 Mamma Mia! Poster in Glorietta 5 (Jan 2011) to promote the Manila-leg of the International Tour.
The Dutch actress Lone van Roosendaal has played Donna in three different countries and in three different languages: Netherlands (Dutch), Belgium (Flemish) and Germany (German).
The South African tour, conducted at the Artscape Theatre in Cape Town on 11 August 2010 and 3 months later at The Teatro, Montecasino in Johannesburg, featured an all local cast.
The Chinese production opened on 11 July 2011 at the Shanghai Grand Theatre and closed on 18 January 2012 at Shanghai Cultural Square afte a small tour, marking the first time that a blockbuster contemporary Western musical were presented in Chinese in Shanghai (there was a previous Chinese production of Beauty and the Beast in Beijing in 1999). It was seen by 250,000 people across six venues, with a total of 190 performances. Shadow Zen played the role of Donna.
On 24 January 2012, Mamma Mia! opened in Manila at the Cultural Center of the Philippines as part of the international Tour. The show was originally set to stay only for a week but with the positive response, the organisers decided that it would play until 19 February 2012. The show features Sara Poyzer as Donna Sheridan and Charlotte Wakefield as Sophie. The cast also included Kate Graham (Tanya), Jenny Dale (Rosie) and David Roberts (Sky).
Synopsis[edit]
Act I[edit]
Before the curtain rises, the orchestra starts playing the overture, which is a montage of the instrumental versions of some of ABBA's hit songs.
On the Greek island of Kalokairi, Sophie, a 20-year-old young woman, is preparing to marry her fiancé, Sky. She wants her father to walk her down the aisle, ("Prologue: All Out of Love") but doesn't know who he is. Sophie discovers her mother's old diary and finds entries which describe intimate dates with three men (Sam Carmichael, Bill Austin (Andersson in the film version), and Harry Bright) ("Honey, Honey"). Sophie believes that one of these men is her father and, three months prior to the wedding, sends each an invitation to her wedding writing in the name of her mother, Donna, without letting the unsuspecting mother know.

 

 Poster of the Manila leg of the International Tour cast. The musical was presented in the Cultural Center of the Philippines in Jan & Feb 2012.
The day before the wedding, Donna begins receiving guests at her taverna. The first to arrive are her old best friends, Tanya, a rich woman who has been married and divorced three times, and Rosie, an unmarried, carefree woman. The trio used to be a girl group called Donna and the Dynamos. The three women catch up and talk about how their lives have been ("Money, Money, Money").
Later that day, Sophie's three possible fathers arrive: Sam (an American architect), Harry (a British banker), and Bill (a Swedish writer and adventurer). Sophie convinces them not to tell Donna that she invited them ("Thank You for the Music"). Donna is surprised to see her ex-lovers ("Mamma Mia") and leaves in tears. Donna, crying, explains to Tanya and Rosie the situation, and they cheer her up ("Chiquitita"). Tanya and Rosie try to convince Donna that she can still be the girl that she once was ("Dancing Queen").
Sophie had hoped that she would know her father the moment she saw him, but is now only confused. She tries to tell her fiancé, Sky, how she feels without confessing what she has done. Sky tells her that he will be the only man she ever needs ("Lay All Your Love on Me").
At Sophie's hen night, Donna and the Dynamos don their old costumes and perform a song, "Super Trouper". Sam, Bill and Harry accidentally walk in on the party, but the guests persuade them to stay ("Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)"). Sophie first pulls Sam out of the room to talk to him. After he asks why he is here, she is overcome with guilt, and goes to talk to Harry instead. But Harry asks if Sophie's father is at the party, and she tells him the whole truth. Lastly, she draws Bill aside to talk with him. She learns that Bill has an aunt Sophia who left all her money to Donna's family. Bill learns that Donna built the taverna with money she inherited from a friend she lived with when Sophie was a baby; that friend was Bill's aunt. They both think that this means he is her father.
Sophie asks Bill to walk her down the aisle, but Bill wants to discuss it first with Donna. This has been her secret, after all. But no one knows yet that even Donna does not know who the father is, because she slept with the three men in such swift succession. Sophie insists that they must not tell Donna anything ("The Name of the Game") and finally, Bill agrees.
Afterward, everybody crashes the hen party (including the boys from the stag party). During the dance, Sam pulls Sophie aside and tells her that he has figured out why she invited him. He knows that he is her father, and promises to walk her down the aisle the next day. Then, Harry approaches Sophie, apologizing for being so slow on the uptake, and he is also convinced that she is his daughter and promises to walk her down the aisle. Sophie leaves the party, hopelessly confused; she doesn't want to turn any of them down ("Voulez-Vous").
Act II[edit]

 

Mamma Mia! at Broadway On Broadway
(Entr'acte) Sophie is having a nightmare, involving her three possible fathers all fighting for the right to walk her down the aisle and wakes up despairing ("Under Attack").
Sophie is upset, and Donna assumes that Sophie wants to cancel the wedding and offers to handle all the details. Sophie is offended and vows that her children will not grow up not knowing who their father is. As Sophie storms out of the room, Sam enters and tries to tell Donna that Sophie may not be all she seems, but Donna will not listen ("One of Us"). She hates Sam; at the end of their affair, she said she never wanted to see him again. But it seems that Sam was the man Donna cared about the most, and both of them wish they could go back to the start ("SOS"').
At the beach, Harry asks Tanya what the father of the bride ought to be doing for Sophie's wedding. Tanya explains that for her part, her father gave her his advice and then paid. Pepper, one of the guys who works at Donna's taverna, makes advances to Tanya, but she rebuffs him ("Does Your Mother Know").
Sky finds out what Sophie has done in inviting Sam, Harry and Bill to the wedding. He accuses her of wanting a big white wedding only so that she can find out who her father is. He is very hurt that she kept this plan a secret from him. He storms off just as Sam walks in. Sam tries to give Sophie some fatherly advice by describing his failed marriage ("Knowing Me, Knowing You"), but Sophie is not consoled.
Harry offers to Donna to pay for the wedding, and they reminisce about their fling ("Our Last Summer"). Sophie arrives and Donna helps her get dressed. She cannot believe her daughter is going to be a bride ("Slipping Through My Fingers"). Donna admits that her own mother disowned her when she learned that she was pregnant. They reconcile and Sophie asks her mother if she will walk her down the aisle. Sam arrives and tries to speak to Donna again, but she does not want to see him, and asks him to leave. He refuses, and a bitter confrontation ensues. Donna tells Sam that he broke her heart, presumably when she found out he was engaged ("The Winner Takes It All"). It emerges that the two still love each other dearly, albeit against Donna's better judgment.
Rosie is making final preparations in the taverna when Bill arrives. He's upset because he has received a note that Donna will be walking Sophie down the aisle. Bill reaffirms his commitment to the single life, but Rosie has become attracted to him, and urges him to reconsider ("Take a Chance on Me"). They are about to have sex in the taverna, but the guests arrive, leaving Rosie quite stunned.
The wedding begins, with Donna walking Sophie down the aisle. Before the priest has a chance to begin the ceremonies, Donna acknowledges to everyone that Sophie's father is present. Sophie tells her mother that she knows about her father. Donna realizes that Sophie invited them to the wedding for that very reason. The issue of Sophie's parentage is left unsettled, as none of them have any idea whether they are actually her father. Everyone involved agrees that it does not matter which one of them her biological parent is, as Sophie loves all three and they are all happy to be "one-third of a father" and a part of her life at last. Finally, Harry, who has made frequent references to his "other half" throughout the show, is revealed to be in a committed gay relationship with a man named Laurence (Nigel or George in some productions, Peter in the Russian version, José Francisco in the Mexican version and Adamastor Costa e Silva in the Brazilian Production).
Suddenly, Sophie calls a halt to the proceedings. She is not ready to get married and Sky agrees with Sophie about not getting married. Sam seizes his chance and proposes to Donna in order to prevent the wedding preparations from going to waste. He explains that he loved her, even when he left to get married. It is revealed that he called off the wedding with his fiancée and came back to the island, only to be told that Donna was going out with another man (Bill). He went back, married his fiancée and had children but he got divorced. Surprisingly, Donna accepts, ("I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do"). In the end, Sam and Donna are married, and at the end of the night, Sophie and Sky depart on a round-the-world tour ("All Out of Love") .
Finale and bonus[edit]
After the usual performers' bows to the audience, the cast performs the following songs together: "Dancing Queen", "Mamma Mia", and "Waterloo", featuring Donna, Tanya, Rosie, Sam, Bill, and Harry in ABBA-inspired costumes; they often invite the audience to clap, dance, and sing along.
Musical numbers[edit]
Main article: Mamma Mia! Original Cast Recording
Act I"Prologue: All Out of Love" - Sophie
"Honey, Honey" - Sophie, Ali, and Lisa
"Money, Money, Money" - Donna, Tanya, Rosie, Pepper, and Company
"Thank You for the Music" - Sophie, Sam, Harry, and Bill
"Mamma Mia" - Donna and Company
"Chiquitita" - Tanya, Rosie, and Donna
"Dancing Queen" - Tanya, Rosie, and Donna
"Lay All Your Love on Me" - Sky, Sophie, and Company
"Super Trouper" - Donna, Rosie, Tanya and Female Ensemble
"Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" - Female Ensemble
"The Name of the Game" - Sophie and Bill
"Voulez-Vous" - Company
 Act IIEntr'acte - Full Cast
"Under Attack" - Sophie and Company
"One of Us" - Donna
"S.O.S" - Donna and Sam
"Does Your Mother Know" - Tanya, Pepper and Company
"Knowing Me, Knowing You" - Sam
"Our Last Summer" - Harry and Donna
"Slipping Through My Fingers" - Donna and Sophie
"The Winner Takes It All" - Donna
"Take a Chance on Me" - Rosie and Bill
"I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do" - Sam, Donna and Company
"All Out of Love" (Reprise) - Sophie and Company
 Encore"Mamma Mia" (Reprise) - Company
"Dancing Queen" (Reprise) - Donna, Tanya, Rosie and Company
"Waterloo" - Donna, Tanya, Rosie and Company
 
Notes on the music[edit]
During the preview period in London, the musical had the song "Summer Night City" just after the prologue. The "Summer Night City" scene was a wedding rehearsal and during the song, Ali, Lisa, Tanya, and Rosie arrived on the island. Now, part of the song is used as underscoring to connect the end of "The Winner Takes It All" and "Take a Chance on Me". You can also hear a couple of lines of "Summer Night City" in the 'Entr'acte' (the most noticeable line is: 'Time to breathe and time to live').
Donna hums a few lines of "Fernando", when she repairs the doors of the taverna just before she sees her three former lovers. In the Mexican production Donna sings a few lines of the original ABBA's Spanish version of the song.
In the German production, Sky (Bernhard Forcher) sang a few lines of "King Kong Song" before starting "Lay All Your Love on Me". In the international tour version, Sky (David Roberts) sings a few lines of "She's My Kind of Girl", a Björn & Benny song.
The wedding march that is played as Sophie walks down the aisle is a slower arrangement of "Dancing Queen".
The creators also intended to include "Just Like That", an unreleased ABBA song recorded in 1982. The song was apparently dropped just before the first public previews in March 1999, though it was listed in the program available during the preview period.
The last three songs, performed as an encore/finale by the whole cast are: "Mamma Mia", "Dancing Queen" and "Waterloo". The version of "Mamma Mia" used in the encore/finale is sung by the Company. The finale song Mamma Mia has been extended in theatres where Donna and the Dynamos had to go downstairs for taking the stage lift in Dancing Queen. Then, during the intro of "Dancing Queen", Donna, Tanya and Rosie join the Company (as the girl-power band "Donna and the Dynamos", wearing the ABBA's 70's colorful and flashy costumes). Sam, Bill and Harry join them during Waterloo, wearing male versions of the girls' ABBA's costumes.
In the Brazilian production, all the three songs from the encore/finale were kept in English. Though "Waterloo" was adapted into Brazilian Portuguese, this version was never used and the lyrics are unknown.
In the Venezuelan production (Puerto la Cruz) the Director decided to reduce the length of the musical by cutting some scenes and songs such as “Knowing me, Knowing You”, “Thank You for the Music”, “Under Attack”, “One of Us”, “The Name of the Game” and “Waterloo”. However, He replaced “Waterloo” by a remix of “Dancing Queen” and “Mamma Mia”.
In the Russian production the song "Happy New Year" is sung at the encore on New Year holidays shows.
Principal roles and cast[edit]

Character
Original London Cast (1999)[18]
Original Broadway Cast (2001)[19]
Original German cast (2003–2004)
Original Dutch cast (2003–2006)
Original Madrid Cast (2004)
Original Sweden Cast (2005-2007)
Original Flemish Cast (2006)[20]
Original Russian Cast (2006-2008)
Original Mexico City Cast (2009–2010)
Original Oslo cast (2009)
Current Pakistan Cast (2009–2010)
Original South African Cast (2010–2011)
Original Brazilian Cast (2010–2011)
Current North America Tour Cast (2010)[21]
Current French Cast (2010–2011)
Current Italian Cast (2010–2012)
Original & Current Chinese Cast (2011–2013)
Original Argentinian Cast (2012)
Current Russian Cast (2012)
Current and Original Movie-Like Cast
Donna Siobhán McCarthy Louise Pitre Carolin Fortenbacher Simone Kleinsma Nina Gunilla Backman Vera Mann Elena Charkviani Rocío Banquells Heidi Gjermundsen Broch Kiran Chaudhry Gina Shmukler Kiara Sasso Kaye Tuckerman Sophie Delmas Chiara Noschese Shadow Zen Marisol Otero Elena Charkviani / Natalia Koretskaya / Anastasia Makeeva Meryl Streep
Rosie Jenny Galloway Judy Kaye Jasna Ivir Doris Baaten Paula Sebastián Sussie Eriksson Lulu Aertgeerts Elena Kazarinova Anahí Allué Kjersti Elvik Sanam Saeed Ilse Klink Andrezza Massei Mary Callanan Karen Gluck Giada Lo Russo Zhuqing Yang Silvana Tomé Elvina Mukhutdinova / Eteri Beriashvili Julie Walters
Tanya Louise Plowright Karen Mason Kerstin Mäkelburg Ellen Evers Marta Valverde Charlotte Strandberg Myriam Bronzwaar Natalia Koretskaya María Fillipini Arlene Wilkes Zoe Viccaji Kate Normington Rachel Ripani Alison Ewing Marion Posta Lisa Angiolillo Xiaocen Shen Gabriela Bevacqua Elena Nazarova / Anastasia Sapozhnikova / Olga Vorozcova Christine Baranski
Sam Carmichael Hilton McRae David W. Keeley Frank Logemann Hajo Bruins Alberto Vázquez Reuben Sallmander Jan Schepens Andrey Kliuev Paco Morales Paul-Ottar Haga Omair Rana Anrich Herbst Saulo Vasconcelos John Sanders Jerome Pradon Michele Carfora Huicheng Zen Germán Barceló Andrey Kliuev / Andrey Gusev / Dmitriy Yankovskiy Pierce Brosnan
Bill Austin Nicolas Colicos Ken Marks Ulrich Wiggers Filip Bolluyt Bruno Squarcia Bill Hugg Marc Coessens Vladimir Khalturin Damian López Nils Christian Fossdal Osman Mumtaz Murray Todd Carlos Arruza John-Michael Zuerlein Patrick Mazet Roberto Andrioli Qiu Jia Mariano Muso Vladimir Khalturin / Alexsander Koltcov / Dmitriy Yankovskiy Stellan Skarsgård
Harry Bright Paul Clarkson Dean Nolen Cusch Jung Jon van Eerd Nando González Bengt Bauler Mark Tijsmans Oleg Taysaev Beto Torres Heine Totland Akbar Merchant Neels Clasen Cleto Baccic Paul DeBoy Francis Boulogne Gipeto Zhenhua Fu Diego Bros Igor Portnoy / Maxsim Zausalin / Dmitriy Yankovskiy Colin Firth
Sophie Lisa Stokke Tina Maddigan Peggy Pollow Céline Purcell Mariona Castillo Nina Lundseie Sasha Rosen Natalia Bystrova Gloria Aura Mari Lerberg Fossum Zahshanne Z. Malik Carmen Pretorius Pati Amoroso Chloe Tucker Gaelle Gauthier Elisa Lombardi Fangyu Zhang Paula Reca Antonina Berezka / Maria Ivashenko / Ylia Churakova Amanda Seyfried
Sky Andrew Langtree Joe Machota Jörg Neubauer Oren Schrijver Leandro Rivera Niklas Riesbeck Davy Gilles Andrey Kozhan Carlos Rivera Espen Grjotheim Shehzad Noor Butt David Stephen Jubber Thiago Machado Happy Mahaney Dan Menasche Giuseppe Verzicco Xiaolin Yu Luciano Bassi Andrey Birin / Vadim Michman / Kirill Zaporozhskiy / Emil Saakyn Dominic Cooper
Film adaptation[edit]
Main article: Mamma Mia! (film)
Mamma Mia! was adapted as a film, produced by Judy Craymer and Gary Goetzman, written by Catherine Johnson directed by Phyllida Lloyd and with Tom Hanks, Rita Wilson, Björn Ulvaeus, and Benny Andersson as executive producers. Meryl Streep stars as Donna Sheridan and Amanda Seyfried as Sophie and Pierce Brosnan as Sam Carmichael. The movie also features Christine Baranski, Dominic Cooper, Colin Firth, Stellan Skarsgård and Julie Walters. It premiered July 18, 2008 in the US. Most of the songs remained intact with the exceptions of "Under Attack", "One of Us", "Knowing Me, Knowing You", and "Thank You for the Music". "Knowing Me, Knowing You" was used as the wedding music and "Thank You for the Music" is sung during the second half of the end credits. The first half is occupied with a "Dancing Queen" reprise and "Waterloo", with a "Mamma Mia" reprise and "All Out of Love" sung before the credits (though the latter is sung as Sophie mails the invitations at the start of the film). "When All Is Said and Done", a song not used in the musical, was added for the film sung by Sam, Donna, and the company. "Our Last Summer" was used earlier in the movie, with Sophie, Bill, Sam, and Harry singing it. "The Name of the Game", while filmed, was subsequently edited out of the film for the final cut. The song is included in full on the motion picture soundtrack - an abbreviated version of the song and scene appear on the DVD/Blu-ray as a supplement. In addition, "Thank You for the Music" is used as a hidden track, and is performed by Amanda Seyfried (Sophie).
Awards and nominations[edit]
Original London production[edit]

Year
Award Ceremony
Category
Nominee
Result
2000 Laurence Olivier Award Best New Musical Nominated
Best Actress in a Musical Siobhan McCarthy Nominated
Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical Jenny Galloway Won
Louise Plowright Nominated
Original Broadway production[edit]

Year
Award Ceremony
Category
Nominee
Result
2002 Tony Award Best Musical Nominated
Best Book of a Musical Catherine Johnson Nominated
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical Louise Pitre Nominated
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical Judy Kaye Nominated
Best Orchestrations Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus and Martin Koch Nominated
Drama Desk Award Outstanding Actress in a Musical Louise Pitre Nominated
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical Judy Kaye Nominated
Karen Mason Nominated
Theatre World Award Louise Pitre Won
Response[edit]
Box office and business
On any given day, there are at least seven performances of Mamma Mia! being performed around the globe. On May 15, 2005, Mamma Mia! surpassed the original Broadway runs of The Sound of Music, The King and I, and Damn Yankees with 1,500 performances.[15] On September 14, 2011, it surpassed Miss Saigon to become the 10th longest-running Broadway musical of all time with 4,098 performances. [22][23] When Mamma Mia! opened in Russia, it received a very positive response.[24] As of January 2008 "Mamma Mia!" became the longest daily running show in the history of Russian theatre.
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ Mamma Mia! Internet Broadway Database, accessed September 27, 2012
2.Jump up ^ Craymer, Judy (October 2005). "A Truly Original Musical". Souvenir brochure.
3.^ Jump up to: a b c d Craymer, Judy (October 2005). "A Truly Original Musical". Souvenir brochure.
4.Jump up ^ West End's MAMMA MIA! Will Move to the Novello Theatre
5.Jump up ^ 'Mamma Mia' listing london-theatreland.co.uk, accessed February 6, 2010
6.Jump up ^ " 'Mamma Mia!' review",Billboard, April 10, 1999, accessed February 7, 2010
7.Jump up ^ Winn, Steven. "Mamma's' a guilty pleasure for ABBA fans despite its weaknesses", The San Francisco Chronicle, November 18, 2000, p. B1
8.Jump up ^ (no author). "TIME OUT; Fyi", Contra Costa Times (California), December 30, 2000, p.D01
9.Jump up ^ Welsh, Anne Marie. "Pop musical takes a chance on Abba, and it works", The San Diego Union-Tribune, March 1, 2001, p. E2
10.Jump up ^ (no author). "B.O. off; 'Monty' suits up", Variety, LEGIT GROSSES; Road; June 4, 2001 - June 10, 2001, p.30
11.Jump up ^ Broadway's Mamma Mia! Will Transfer to The Broadhurst Theatre Retrieved April 18, 2013
12.Jump up ^ MAMMA MIA! to Play Final Performance at Winter Garden Theatre on October 19; Begins at Broadhurst on November 2 Retrieved July 15, 2013
13.Jump up ^ Weatherford, Mike. "Musical 'Mamma Mia!' rate high in camp value", Las Vegas Review-Journal (Nevada), February 21, 2003, p.4J
14.Jump up ^ Gans, Andrew."Vegas Mamma Mia!, with Johnson, Extends to January 2009" playbill.com, January 7, 2008
15.^ Jump up to: a b Craymer, Judy; Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson (2006). Mamma Mia! How Can I Resist You?. Littlestar Services Ltd. ISBN 0-297-84421-0.
16.Jump up ^ "Long-running Toronto Mamma Mia! to close" playbill.com, 18 de marzo de 2005
17.Jump up ^ BWW News Desk." 'Mamma Mia!' US Tour Hits 2500th Show Tonight" broadwayworld.com, February 27, 2008
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19.Jump up ^ [2] ibdb.com
20.Jump up ^ nl:Mamma Mia!#Cast Mamma Mia! Antwerpen (2006) nl.wikipedia.org
21.Jump up ^ [3] mammamianorthamerica.com
22.Jump up ^ MAMMA MIA! Becomes 10th Longest Running Musical in History Today, Sept. 14
23.Jump up ^ Gans, Andrew (2008-09-04). "Mamma Mia! to Become 16th-Longest Running Show on Broadway". Playbill, Inc. Retrieved 2008-09-08.
24.Jump up ^ Brown, Isemene. "Mamma Mia! Moscow falls for Abba." The Daily Telegraph. 18 October 2006. Retrieved on 29 October 2011.
External links[edit]
 Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mamma Mia!.
Official website
Mamma Mia Tickets
Mamma Mia! at the Internet Broadway Database
2008 Moment of Thanks video by the cast of Mamma Mia! Las Vegas thanking the US Armed Forces
Mamma Mia! at Queensland Performing Arts Centre

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