Mamma Mia Tickets

This is the popular musical based on the songs of ABBA, a Swedish pop and dance group who rose to success in the 70s and the 80s and was popular in North America, Europe and Australia. The brain child of producer Judy Craymer, Mama Mia was created when Craymer heard the ABBA song ‘The Winner Takes it All.” She started to create plans for a full production with the help of Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson whom she met in 1983. The two were the composers of ABBA’s songs and were working on another production, Chess, with Tim Rice when they met Craymer.

The production opened in 1999. It is currently playing in London at the Prince of Wales Theater. Several ABBA hits incorporated into the musical include ‘Super Trouper,’ ‘Dancing Queen,’ ‘Knowing Me Knowing You’, and ‘I Have a Dream.’

The production also spawned a stage-to-film adaptation that starred Colin Firth, Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan and Amanda Seyfried. The movie was released in 2008.

Mamma Mia is distinct from other musicals in that the creation of the show was spearheaded by a team composed by a majority of women, from Crayford to Catherine Johnson, who wrote the book for the musical and Phyllida Lloyd who became the show’s director.

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