MAMMA MIA! Will Embark on 25th Anniversary North American Tour- Page 2

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 3/4/25 at 9:55am

Interesting, I thought Christine Sherrill was a phenomenal Donna when the tour came through Chicago last spring. I genuinely think she could be a dark horse for awards next spring; that’s if the show even opens itself up to eligibility. I’m mostly concerned how the tour set will look in the Winter Garden. Hopefully they enhance it.

Updated On: 3/4/25 at 09:55 AM

[pablitonizer]

Posted: 3/4/25 at 9:55am

This is good news, I love this musical. But the show definitely needs a star, and I mean a real big star playing Donna...any possible options?

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 3/4/25 at 10:03am

pablitonizer said: "This is good news, I love this musical. But the show definitely needs a star, and I mean a real big star playing Donna...any possible options?"

Mamma Mia played for 14 years on broadway without a star as Donna. So, no the show doesn’t “definitely need a star.”

Updated On: 3/4/25 at 10:03 AM

[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 3/4/25 at 10:07am

What's Carolee doing? Could we make something work?

[RippedMan]

Posted: 3/4/25 at 10:16am

Is this just going to be the cheap tour set charging Broadway prices?

[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 3/4/25 at 10:27am

Is the original show deck in storage somewhere? Pull it out for this engagement? 

[pablitonizer]

Posted: 3/4/25 at 10:28am

Call_me_jorge said: "pablitonizer said: "This is good news, I love this musical. But the show definitely needs a star, and I mean a real big star playing Donna...any possible options?"

Mamma Mia played for 14 years on broadway without a star as Donna. So, no the show doesn’t “definitely need a star.”"

 

Sure Jan! Whatever you say

Updated On: 3/4/25 at 10:28 AM

[jakethesnake]

Posted: 3/4/25 at 10:31am

ACL2006 said: "Why? This has toured for years and has now played every regional and community theater possible. Who's shelling out $100+ to see this?"

The same people who were doing that for the last years of its run.   Foreign tourists love this show. 

[spicemonkey]

Posted: 3/4/25 at 10:43am

Tag said: "I hope they go back to the original design and don't use the scaled-down cheap looking version."

Sorry if this is stupid to ask but is the current West End version the original design? It’s the only version I’ve seen for this show 

[BorisTomashevsky]

Posted: 3/4/25 at 10:48am

I expect locals will flock to this as well as tourists. People are hungry for positivity and something upbeat. So while they may have turned their noses up last time, plenty will give in this time around. 

I think the current London set is the same design as the original production, just shrunk a bit for its current theatre. 

[QueenAlice]

Posted: 3/4/25 at 11:15am

TheatreFan4 said: "What's Carolee doing? Could we make something work?"

The character is 38-40.

[TotallyEffed]

Posted: 3/4/25 at 11:21am

QueenAlice said: "TheatreFan4 said: "What's Carolee doing? Could we make something work?"

The character is 38-40."

 

Meryl was like 60 when she did it and that was film. Carolee would be fine on stage today.

[CJRochester]

Posted: 3/4/25 at 11:26am

Carolee is still on tour in Kimberly. 

[QueenAlice]

Posted: 3/4/25 at 11:40am

Okay than how about Glenn Close?

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 3/4/25 at 11:43am

Glenn Close as Donna Sheridan as Norma Desmond

Updated On: 3/4/25 at 11:43 AM

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 3/4/25 at 11:56am

This is the current tour production making an extended pit stop in NYC, simple as that.

Dream cast all you want, tho :)

[chrishuyen]

Posted: 3/4/25 at 12:01pm

Anecdotally, just about every friend I have that's a "theater casual" has asked me for the past 3 years whether I thought Mamma Mia would be coming back to NYC anytime soon because they'd want to see it (and this is including a couple who saw it in the West End within the past 5 years!), so there's at least SOME demand.  And assuming there are decent rush/lottery tickets, I wouldn't mind seeing it again, especially with all the praise for Christine Sherrill but I do hope the set/audio problems are fixed for Winter Garden.

[Tag]

Posted: 3/4/25 at 12:05pm

BorisTomashevsky said: "I think the current London set is the same design as the original production, just shrunk a bit for its current theatre."

No the original design doesn't exist anymore.  The West End production and the US tour don't have the larger curved taverna walls that were automated, the light up floor or the raising dock.

[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 3/4/25 at 12:19pm

QueenAlice said: "TheatreFan4 said: "What's Carolee doing? Could we make something work?"

The character is 38-40."

And this is THEATRE.

[AKarp2013]

Posted: 3/4/25 at 12:23pm

In a British musical with Americans singing Swedish songs on a Greek island, age is just a number.

It's a six month engagement (so far). I think this will do just fine at the box office.

Updated On: 3/4/25 at 12:23 PM

[BroadwayNYC2]

Posted: 3/4/25 at 1:43pm

Oh I hope this transfers and runs forever. Welcome back Mamma Mia! 

[Mskuphantm]

Posted: 3/4/25 at 2:17pm

Stephanie J. Block is my dream Donna!  

[steven22]

Posted: 3/4/25 at 2:24pm

Mskuphantm said: "Stephanie J. Block is my dream Donna!"

Wow! Yes. I didn’t think of her as Donna but I’d be so excited. 

[Copeman63]

Posted: 3/4/25 at 2:39pm

Mamma Mia! is my all time favorite show, and I’m so happy I had second thoughts about a trip in April, so now we can do a trip in August!

[Voter]

Posted: 3/4/25 at 4:17pm

EDSOSLO858 said: "jacobsnchz14 said: "https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Breaking-MAMMA-MIA-Will-Return-to-Broadway-This-Summer-20250304?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR2gpSTkLR9_Gl_GxmGhSedcRgfV53svmq3HuhQPaJSWLfMWIodVYQSk-Mo_aem_H0upbrNlpAbc3UDwsB6BmA"

I had heard this being thrown around recently. The current touring cast will transfer to NY, as the show's the star.

How interesting that Anderson and Ulvaeus will likely have CHESS and MAMMA MIA! on Broadway at the same time.

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You're telling me Alisa Melendez will be back on Broadway in a full time leading role? She's absolutely incredible, that is so exciting! I hope this makes her a big star.