"Mamma Mia!" to Close on Broadway- Page 2
"Mamma Mia!" to Close on Broadway
Jonwo
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/16/06
#26whatttt
Posted: 4/9/15 at 7:46pm
What a shame. I just saw the tour for the first time this past weekend and I loved it. Of course it had a nice long run and I shouldn't feel sad but there is a part of me that feels a profound sense of loss whenever a long running show closes. For better or worse it can't be denied that the landscape of Broadway changes with one less offering from a long running crowd pleaser.
beautywickedlover
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/07
#29whatttt
Posted: 4/9/15 at 7:59pm
oh my goodness this is so sad/good!! I'll have to see it before it closes! Congrats on a nice long run Mamma Mia!! Im happy though now that we have another house available on Broadway!! The producers were also really smart to give notice now. Im sure they will make good money over the summer, and then close right before labor day.
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broadwayjim42
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/19/03
#30whatttt
Posted: 4/9/15 at 8:06pm
Saw the show five times between Toronto, Broadway and the national tour and while the productions varied greatly in quality (it really depended on the energy of the cast and if it wasn't there, the show could be an endurance test), but as an ABBA junkie, I'll still kinda miss it. Haven't seen the show in about five years and may not get to go again before the closing, but it holds a special, if decidedly dippy, place in my theatregoing heart. As will Louise Pitre and Carolee Carmello's performances as Donna.
It wasn't rocket science, but when done right, it was a lot of fun.
and will not be able to see it. At least there's a recording of it floating around on the internet. 
Sutton Ross
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/13
VintageSnarker
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/30/15
#36whatttt
Posted: 4/9/15 at 8:23pm
"Shocking, but at the same time, its about time."
That's pretty much my feeling. It seemed like it would be closing eventually but I wasn't expecting this announcement today. At least it's staying until September and not just closing in a week. I enjoyed the show when I saw it with Louise Pitre (I think it was later in the run after she left and then came back). It's not a great show but it's a fun time if you like ABBA. And I do.
Hairspray0901
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/29/08
#38whatttt
Posted: 4/9/15 at 9:38pm
But the thing is...it's show BUSINESS. As Michael Bennett said on his deathbed, "No show runs forever." So Sutton Ross, stop your pearl-clutching.
All I will say is, this is the only show on Broadway that refused to comp Elaine Stritch. (According to Stritch, that is.)
#39Mamma Mia!
Posted: 4/9/15 at 9:49pm
I am saddened by the close. We are all so quick to bash a musical. I recall how many people loved this show and felt it was a nice light so quickly after 9-11. I know it was nice to be able to go to the theater and just have a fun night out and not to have to worry about what was going on in the world. Fluff CAN be and IS important. Congrats to the amazing cast and crew of Mamma Mia. Good Run.
"Whenever I get gloomy with the state of the world, I think about the arrivals gate at Heathrow Airport. General opinion's starting to make out that we live in a world of hatred and greed, but I don't see that. It seems to me that love is everywhere. Often it's not particularly dignified or newsworthy, but it's always there - fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, husbands and wives, boyfriends, girlfriends, old friends. When the planes hit the Twin Towers, as far as I know none of the phone calls from the people on board were messages of hate or revenge - they were all messages of love. If you look for it, I've got a sneaky feeling you'll find that love actually is all around."
#40Mamma Mia!
Posted: 4/9/15 at 9:51pm
I can understand that it brought some much needed joy to an audience during and after those dark days. Good point.
But nearly FIFTEEN YEARS?!?! Fluff shouldn't run that long.
#41Mamma Mia!
Posted: 4/9/15 at 10:14pm
this should have never switched theaters and closed two years ago. We'll now see this produced in every regional & community theater & every high school over the next ten years.
A Chorus Line revival played its final Broadway performance on August 17, 2008. The tour played its final performance on August 21, 2011. A new non-equity tour started in October 2012 played its final performance on March 23, 2013. Another non-equity tour launched on January 20, 2018. The tour ended its US run in Kansas City and then toured throughout Japan August & September 2018.
#42Mamma Mia!
Posted: 4/9/15 at 10:14pm
The Broadway production was VERY tired when I saw it in August. I mean REALLY, REALLY tired. Seeing it in previews and then last year was like seeing 2 completely different shows. It's time for it to go.
broadwayboy223
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/2/14
#43Mamma Mia!
Posted: 4/9/15 at 10:19pm
All I have to say is THANK GOD. Its about time this closed. I think there is a place for Mamma Mia but its about time it ended.
FishermanBob
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/9/12
#44Mamma Mia!
Posted: 4/9/15 at 10:22pm
"All I will say is, this is the only show on Broadway that refused to comp Elaine Stritch. (According to Stritch, that is.)"
So what, good for them.
"But nearly FIFTEEN YEARS?!?! Fluff shouldn't run that long."
A well constructed show that people have loved? Why not?
#45Mamma Mia!
Posted: 4/9/15 at 10:26pm
Hey, Stritch would have danced the pants off of everyone in that audience for the finale. Black tights and all.
#46Mamma Mia!
Posted: 4/9/15 at 10:51pm
"Always love the morons who celebrate people losing their jobs."
Oh god, not this again. No one is celebrating the loss of jobs. That's just an unfortunate part of a show closing.
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
#47Mamma Mia!
Posted: 4/9/15 at 10:53pm
Always love the morons who celebrate people losing their job.
Get over yourself. I've used this analogy before but if a restaurant you hate and think has crappy food is it bad to want it to close so something else potentially better could take its place? No. On Broadway there is no such thing as job security. The cast and crew there should be over the moon the that they've been able to have a job on Broadway for over a decade, but it's back to the auditions. It's part of the life as an actor or anyone working in a touch and go industry. You want job security? Go work in medical.
I was able to see the show on Broadway back years ago when Carolee was running the show and it was such a fun time.
Updated On: 4/9/15 at 10:53 PM
#48Mamma Mia!
Posted: 4/9/15 at 11:26pm
Crap, have never seen it and nearly got a ticket for the other night and than thought bugger it can see it when I come back in February.
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Every full moon he sacrifices 4 puppies to the Dark Lord and smears their blood on his paino.
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FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#49Mamma Mia!
Posted: 4/9/15 at 11:29pm
HOORAY! PEOPLE ARE LOSING THEIR JOBS!!!! Ah HAHAHAHA. CAPITALISM IS COLLAPSING AT LAST.
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