BroadwayWorld is Most Thankful For: Long Running Shows - MAMMA MIA!

Thanksgiving might be over, but that doesn't mean that there isn't anything left to be thankful for this year! Earlier this week, BroadwayWorld brought you entries from over 60 of Broadway's biggest stars on what they are counting their blessings for (CLICK HERE to check out the full list), but now we turn the tables and share with you the reasons why we are thankful this holiday season.

It's Broadway's long-running shows that keep Times Square bustling year-round with theatre-goers from around the world who are making it to the Great White Way for their first time. Mamma Mia!, which just moved to the Broadhurst Theatre, just celebrated its 5,000th perfromance on Broadway!

About the Show: Inspired by the story-telling magic of ABBA's timeless songs and directed by Phyllida Lloyd, Mamma Mia! is Judy Craymer's vision of staging writer Catherine Johnson's sunny, funny tale of family and friendship unfolding on a tiny Greek island. On the eve of her wedding, a daughter's quest to discover the identity of her father brings 3 men from her mother's past back to the island they had last visited 20 years ago.

Curret Cast: Broadway favorite Judy McLane (Chess, Kiss of the Spider Woman) stars as Donna Sheridan, the independent single mother whose carefree past catches up with her on the eve of her daughter's wedding. Felicia Finley (The Wedding Singer, The Life) and Lauren Cohn (The Drowsy Chaperone tour) star as Tanya and Rosie, respectively, Donna's best friends and former back-up band who reunite on a Greek island for the wedding of Donna's daughter, Sophie. Broadway veterans Aaron Lazar (A Little Night Music, LES MISERABLES), Daniel Cooney (9 to 5, Bonnie & Clyde) and Graham Rowat (Guys and Dolls, The Blue Flower) star as Sam Carmichael, Bill Austin and Harry Bright, respectively - the trio of men from Donna's past who are Sophie's three possible dads.

Signature Songs: "Dancing Queen," "The Winner Takes It All," "Money, Money, Money" and "Take a Chance on Me"

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Aaron Lazar, Graham Rowat and Daniel Cooney

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Traci Victoria, Christy Altomare, Halle Morse

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Felicia Finley, Judy McLane and Lauren Cohn

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Zak Resnick and Christy Altomare

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Felicia Finley

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Felicia Finley, Judy McLane and Lauren Cohn

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Lauren Cohn and Daniel Cooney

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Judy McLane

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Felicia Finley, Judy McLane and Lauren Cohn

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Judy McLane

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Aaron Lazar, Graham Rowat and Daniel Cooney

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Felicia Finley

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