Right here we go once more, “Mamma Mia!” is making its much-anticipated return to Broadway a decade after closing.
Producers of the worldwide hit musical — which spawned a blockbuster film franchise — introduced Tuesday the present will go on for a second time in New York Metropolis beginning this summer time.
Set to the music of ABBA, the revival is scheduled to start a restricted six-month engagement on Aug. 2 on the Winter Backyard Theatre — the identical venue it performed to bought out audiences for 14 years by way of 2015.
“When ‘Mamma Mia!’ opened on Broadway in 2001, the show had already launched productions in London and Toronto and played a sold-out North American tour,” uber producer Judy Craymer mentioned in an announcement. “Despite the glowing reception we received in those markets, nothing could have prepared us for the outpouring of love and acclaim (and dancing in the aisles!) that overwhelmed us when we arrived in New York at the magnificent Winter Garden Theatre.”
Happening on the eve of a marriage, the musical facilities on a daughter’s quest to search out the id of her father, which leads three males from her mom’s previous to return to the paranormal Greek islands they’d final visited 20 years earlier than.
Powered by ABBA’s traditional hits together with “Dancing Queen,” “Money, Money, Money,” and “Take a Chance on Me,” the manufacturing — with music and lyrics by group members Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus — has reportedly been seen by greater than 70 million folks internationally.
The musical then made it to the Hollywood massive display screen with two movies starring Meryl Streep, Amanda Seyfried, Pierce Brosnan, Stellan Skarsgård and Colin Firth. 2008’s “Mamma Mia!” grossed over $611 million, whereas 2018’s “Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again,” additionally that includes Cher, hauled in practically $275 million internationally.
Basic tickets for the upcoming Broadway revival go on sale starting March 14. The present is at present scheduled to run by way of Feb. 1, 2026.
