Set on a Greek island paradise where the sun always shines, a tale of love, friendship, and identity is beautifully told through the timeless hits of ABBA. On the eve of her wedding, a daughter’s quest to discover the father she’s never known brings three men from her mother’s past back to the island they last visited decades ago.
For nearly 25 years, people all around the world have fallen in love with the characters, the story, and the music that make MAMMA MIA! the ultimate feel-good show.
Guilty as charged. I openly admit I really enjoy the ABBA musical, MAMMA MIA! There is a time and place for all kinds of entertainment, and the birth of the jukebox musical can almost certainly be attributed to kind of show MAMMA MIA has become. Now 25 years after it's opening, the national tour that is playing at Shea's Buffalo this week has audiences happily enraptured with a musical comedy that serves solely to entertain. And it most certainly succeeds.
One of the things I enjoy about shows returning to the Civic Center is seeing which elements you see differently. One of them that stood out to me more this time was the excellent lighting of Howard Harrison. I love how intertwined in the show the lighting becomes. It's something you don’t always get to see sitting up close to the stage. I found it especially fun seeing how the lighting invites the audience in at the top of the show during the overture making the curtain look like it is flowing water. It also brings the audience in at the end for the curtain call and lets the audience know it is ok to join in the fun.
2000 | Toronto |
Toronto Production Toronto |
2001 | Broadway |
Original Broadway Production Broadway |
2002 | US Tour |
2nd National Tour US Tour |
2003 | Las Vegas |
Las Vegas Production Las Vegas |
2014 | Las Vegas |
Las Vegas Production Las Vegas |
2017 | Los Angeles |
Hollywood Bowl Production Los Angeles |
2021 | West End |
Original London Production West End |
2021 | West End |
London Immersive Production West End |
2023 | US Tour |
North American Tour US Tour |
2030 | West End |
London Immersive Production West End |
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