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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. As of August 19, 2009, it is the 13th longest running Broadway musical of all time with 2,343 performances. As of January 2008 "Mamma Mia!" became the longest daily running show in the history of Russian theatre.
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Awards and nominations
- 2000 Olivier Awards
- Best Leading Female Actor In A Musical (Siobhan Macarthy) (nomination)
- Best Supporting Performance In A Musical
- Jenny Galloway as Rosie (WINNER)
- Louise Plowright as Tanya (nomination)
- Best Musical (nomination)
- 2002 Tony Awards
- Tony Award for Best Musical (nominated) - Produced by Judy Craymer, Richard East, Björn Ulvaeus, Littlestar Ltd.; Produced in association with Universal Music Group
- Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical (nominated) - Catherine Johnson
- Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical (nominated) - Louise Pitre
- Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical (nominated) - Judy Kaye
- Tony Award for Best Orchestrations (nominated) - Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus, Martin Koch
- 2002 Drama Desk Awards
- Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical - Louise Pitre
- Drama Desk Award Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical - Judy Kaye, Karen Mason
- 2002 Theatre World Award
- Theatre World Award - Louise Pitre (WINNER)
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Film adaptation
Mamma Mia! was adapted as a film, with Phyllida Lloyd as director 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, Colin Firth, 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". "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.
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Principal roles and cast
| Character | Original London Cast | Original Broadway Cast | Original Dutch cast | Current London Cast | Current Broadway Cast | Current México Cast |
| Donna | Siobhán McCarthy | Louise Pitre | Simone Kleinsma | Sally Ann Triplett | Beth Leavel | Rocío Banquells |
| Rosie | Jenny Galloway | Judy Kaye | Doris Baaten | Katy Secombe | Allison Briner | Anahí Allué |
| Tanya | Louise Plowright | Karen Mason | Ellen Evers | Jane Gurnett | Judy McLane | María Fillipini |
| Sam Carmichael | Hilton McRae | David W. Keeley | Hajo Bruins | Norman Bowman | John Dossett | Paco Morales |
| Bill Austin | Nicolas Colicos | Ken Marks | Filip Bolluyt | Christopher Hollis | Patrick Boll | Damian López |
| Harry Bright | Paul Clarkson | Dean Nolen | Jon van Eerd | Paul Ryan | David Andrew Macdonald | |
| Sophie | Lisa Stokke | Tina Maddigan | Celine Purcell | Niamh Perry | Alyse Alan Louis | rGloria Aura |
| Sky | Andrew Langtree | Joe Machota | Oren Schrijver | Oliver J. Hembrough | Eric William Morris | Carlos Rivera |
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Notes on the music
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 Swedish production, Sky (named Tom in Sweden) sang a few lines of "King Kong Song" before starting "Lay All Your Love on Me".
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: "Dancing Queen", "Mamma Mia" and "Waterloo" (Donna, Tanya, and Rosie wear the ABBA's 70's colorful and flashy costumes). This scene also sometimes has Sky and Sophie also wearing the ABBA-inspired costumes.
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Musical numbers
Musical numbers
Act I
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Synopsis Act II
Donna finds Sophie in the taverna, where she had supposedly sleepwalked. She is upset. 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 finds Donna in Sophie's room and offers to pay for the wedding. They reminisce about their fling ("Our Last Summer"). Sophie arrives and instead of Ali, Lisa and all the other girls, 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 as Sophie leaves the room. He 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 how 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 and Peter in the Russian version). 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 kids. However,sooner or later, 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 ("I Have A Dream").
(Finale and bonus). After the usual performers' bows and greetings to the audience, the cast performs the following songs altogether: "Dancing Queen", "Mamma Mia", and "Waterloo", featuring Donna, Tanya, Rosie, Sam, Bill, and Harry in ABBA-inspired costumes.
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