Is Mamma Mia worth seeing? — Page 2

FYI, for all/most of April, both Carolee Carmello and Judy McLane will be out of the show. If you want to catch the two of them together, May is the month. :)


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It depends on what you are looking for. If you are looking for cotton candy, energy, exuberance and fun, then yes. If you are looking for a deep, moving theatrical experience then no. The only thing I can attest to is that I passed on it the first few chances I had to see it because I did not want to be caught dead paying good money to see some frothy Abba musical, but when I finally knuckled under I was sucked into the enthusiasm for it and truly enjoyed myself. It has subsequently become one of my favorite guilty pleasures (although I no longer feel much guilt at all about it). Take from that what you will. Usually the people who bad-mouth it are the same ones who will advise you to spend $100 on a ticket to see something called "500 Tons of Misery" and think it's a light night out.

The show may be fluff, but it has a very impressive resume and has been very successful. So, even though a number of people on this board don't enjoy it, many people have. I would go see it at least once, keeping in mind your budget. If you enjoy the music and think the show was funny, you will probably want to go see it again. If you don't, then at least you would have been with a group of people from your school, which sounds like it would be a fun trip in itself for a reasonable price.

I have sat through a lot of theatre over the past 40 years or so, and I loved Mamma Mia! My good friend convinced me to see it, because she told me it was the show that got her out of her 9/11 slump. I went in Minneapolis and thoroughly loved it.
I saw it again in London the following summer, and once again, loved it. I've gone to see it twice in New York, and I plan on seeing it again in Minneapolis in June, because I'm going with people who haven't seen it.

It's not a great plot, but the production is so much fun. I was never an Abba fan and I loved the score. The woman who sat next to me in London said she'd seen the Queen and Rod Stewart jukebox musicals, and in those shows, the plots were forced out of the songs. Not so with Mamma Mia.

At the end, the cast has you up and dancing and you leave the theatre in such a great mood! Fiddler on the Roof, Cabaret and Les Miz don't do that!

Go see it. I think you'll be as pleasantly surprised as I was and have a really great time in the theatre!

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"Usually the people who bad-mouth it are the same ones who will advise you to spend $100 on a ticket to see something called "500 Tons of Misery" and think it's a light night out."

I just want to be clear that I enjoyed Tarzan and other "mindless fluff musicals", nor would I ever advise anyone to pay $100 to see ANYTHING. But I went in knowing what to expect and you know what, I still thought it was crap. I enjoy entertaining shows with poorly constructed plots just as much as the next fan, but this one just wasn't doing it. I'd say see Tarzan or Wicked before I would this.

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I know it is ABBA and yadda yadda yadda, but it was the most fun I have ever had attending a show. The story is not incredible, the music is catchy but not enthralling, but you will leave the theatre completely energized and entertained! *SPOILERS?* The mini concert deal at the end is quite fun!

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It is real fun. I saw it with three differnt Donnas. Carolee, Corinne and Leah Hocking. Leah was by far the best!

Not a great story but great cast and just fun, fun, FUN!

The person who says usually people who bad mouth it etc etc etc is full of rubbish

I HATE mamma mia but love hairspray, wedding singer, Legally Blonde etc

I hate mamma mia because its bloody awful

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I saw the show in San Francisco a couple years ago and had a lot of fun! But I love ABBA's music so I just liked hearing the songs. It's not great theatre but it's entertaining.

Mamma Mia was one of the best, happiest and most enjoyful nights I ever had in a theater ! Sure, it doesn't have any deep meaning and it has its flaws, but it is more entertaining than going to a great party ! Plus, the music consists of some of the best and most classic pop melodies ever written ! For a pure fun night out, you can't beat Mamma Mia !

Mamma Mia is an "fun" show. When I saw it, it was entertaining, but there is no substance to it. If I had the choice, I would never have seen it and I do not plan on seeing it again. IMO, it felt like they were just trying to cram as many ABBA songs as they could into the show, wheather or not they even made sense with the plotline. I wouldn't recommend the show at all, but if you do see it I'm sure you will have an enjoyable time. Just don't expect anything more than that.

i see what you're saying, it's not a show you see to provoke your thought process, it's just fun. it's entertaining, and very light. every once and a while that's nice. it's definitely worth seeing, but not the most accomplished thing ever.
why not, there's nothing to really dislike about it, unless you don't like abba, in which case.. i don't know why you would be seeing it in the first place hahaha.

enjoy! =)

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