Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus' global hit musical MAMMA MIA!, currently playing on Broadway at the Winter Garden Theatre has had quite a big year. BroadwayWorld brings you the highlights:
January 4th, 2009 - MAMMA MIA! has its best eight-performance week ever, grossing $1,261,938 for New Year's week.
March 19th, 2009 - The Norwegian-language production of MAMMA MIA! opens at the Folketeatret in Oslo, breaking pre-sale records with over 90,000 tickets prior to opening.
March 25th, 2009 - MAMMA MIA! joins the Tony's Di Napoli "Broadway Wall of Fame" with a portrait by artist
Dan May.
April 6th, 2009 - The West End production of MAMMA MIA! celebrates a decade in London with it's 10th Anniversary.
May 19th, 2009 - Longtime MAMMA MIA! star and Broadway favorite
Carolee Carmello is honored with a Sardi's caricature.
June 7th, 2009 - The U.S. Tour cast of MAMMA MIA! performs the show's title song at the 63rd Annual Tony Awards.
June 22nd, 2009 - The U.S. Tour of MAMMA MIA! celebrates its 3,000th performance during its stop at the Stranahan Theater in Toledo, Ohio.
June 27th, 2009 - MAMMA MIA! smokes past Tobacco Road to become the 15th longest running show on Broadway with 3,183 performances.
August 2nd, 2009 - Another record is born when MAMMA MIA! plays its 3,225th performance and passes Life with Father to become the 14th longest running Broadway show.
August 6th, 2009 - The Spanish tour of MAMMA MIA! launches in Bilbao, Spain.
August 19th, 2009 - MAMMA MIA! passes the original production of Fiddler on the Roof as the 13th longest running Broadway show in history with 3,243 performances.
September 22nd, 2009 - MAMMA MIA! welcomes new Broadway stars! Joining the cast are Tony Award® winner
Beth Leavel as "Donna Sheridan,"
Alyse Alan Louis as bride-to-be "Sophie Sheridan," Eric
William Morris as her fiancé "Sky," Halle Morse as her best friend "Lisa,"
Patrick Boll,
David Andrew Macdonald and Tony Award® nominee
John Dossett as her three possible dads,
Allison Briner as Donna's best friend "Tanya," and
Michael Mindlin as Sky's sidekick "Pepper."
October 1st, 2009 - The sixth annual ROCKTOBER Calendar makes its premiere, kicking off a month of contests and games for MAMMA MIA! fans.
October 18th, 2009 - MAMMA MIA! celebrates 8 fABBAulous years on Broadway at the Winter Garden Theatre.
November 10th, 2009 - The Mamma Mia! The Movie Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! More Gift Set, complete with music CD soundtrack and 32-page collectible book, is released in the U.S. - just in time for the Holidays!
December 17th, 2009 - MAMMA MIA! Broadway cast is saluted by Broadway Cares Equity Fights Aids for raising over 2 Million Dollars over the past 8 years.
December 21st, 2009 - MAMMA MIA! plays its 3,400th performance on Broadway.
Seen by over 40 million people around the world, MAMMA MIA!, is celebrating over 3,000 performances in its eighth year at Broadway's Winter Garden Theatre and remains among Broadway's top selling musicals. The origin
Al West End production of MAMMA MIA! is celebrating 10 years and over 4,000 performances in London, an international tour has visited more than 40 foreign cities, and the blockbuster feature film adaptation, produced by
Judy Craymer and
Gary Goetzman, is the most successful movie musical of all time grossing $600 million worldwide.
With a worldwide gross of over $2 Billion, MAMMA MIA! is acclaimed by the Associated Press as "quite simply, a phenomenon."
For tickets, schedule and information about MAMMA MIA! around the world visit
www.mamma-mia.com.
