Mamma Mia!
September 7, 2016 – October 30, 2016
We’re kicking off the season with the show that turned musical theater on its ear. Over 60 million people in 40 different countries on 6 different continents have reveled in Mamma Mia! – and it’s still going strong.
We’re kicking off the season with the show that turned musical theater on its ear. Over 60 million people in 40 different countries on 6 different continents have reveled in Mamma Mia! – and it’s still going strong.
It’s the story of Sophie, a 20-year-old bride-to-be preparing for her wedding. Unbeknownst to her mother, she finds her mom’s diary and reads about her love-filled summer 20 years before with three different men. Sophie is convinced one of the men is her father, and she’s determined to find out who. She sends a wedding invitation to each of the men, forging her mother’s signature on each note. When the men arrive the day before the ceremony, Donna, her mom, is shocked at their presence while Sophie is elated to finally meet her father. Quickly, each of the men realizes why they’ve been asked to the nuptials, and each is ready to walk their daughter down the aisle.
This is a story of love and friendship, of lost dreams and that last chance to make it all right. Best of all, the entire show is set to the music of one of the most popular bands in the world – ABBA. From “Dancing Queen” to “Take a Chance,” from “SOS” to “Knowing Me, Knowing You,” it’s one hit song after another that will have you mouthing the words, dancing in your seats and touching your heart. Experience the musical that is an international phenomenon, experience Mamma Mia!
Music & Lyrics by BENNY ANDERSSON
and BJÖRN ULVAEUS
Some songs with STIG ANDERSON
Book by CATHERINE JOHNSON
Additional Material & Arrangements by MARTIN KOCH
Directed by Paramount Artistic Director JIM CORTI
Opening Night
Behind the Scenes
Meet the Team
Steve O’Connell *
Bill Austin
previously in Mamma Mia!
Kiersten Frumkin
Sophie Sheridan
making Paramount Theatre debut.
Amy Montgomery *
Donna Sheridan
making Paramount Theatre debut.
Jeff Diebold *
Sam Carmichael
making Paramount Theatre debut.
Michael Gillis *
Harry Bright
making Paramount Theatre debut.
Jennifer Knox *
Tanya
making Paramount Theatre debut.
Sara Sevigny *
Rosie
previously in Mamma Mia!
Ryan Mcbride
Sky
making Paramount Theatre debut
Aubrey Adams *
Ensemble, Dance Captain
previously in The Who’s Tommy & Les Misérables
Heather J. Beck *
Ensemble, u/s Tanya
making Paramount Theatre debut.
Nick Cosgrove *
Ensemble, u/s Sky
making Paramount Theatre debut.
Aaron Patrick Craven
Pepper
making Paramount Theatre debut
Devin DeSantis *
Ensemble, u/s Sam Carmichael
previously in Into the Woods, Kinky Boots, The Little Mermaid, Hairspray, Les Misérables and The Who’s Tommy
Adam Fane *
Ensemble
previously in Into the Woods, The Sound of Music, The Producers, The Little Mermaid, Mamma Mia, Hairspray and Mary Poppins
Michael Ferraro *
Ensemble, Male Swing
previously in Mamma Mia!
Allyson Graves *
Ensemble, u/s Sophie Sheridan
previously in The Wizard of Oz, Elf, The Little Mermaid, Mamma Mia!, West Side Story, Hairspray, Oklahoma! and Mary Poppins
Kayla Kennedy
Ensemble
making Paramount Theatre debut.
Ron King *
Eddie
previously in Mamma Mia!
Christopher Macgregor
Ensemble
making Paramount Theatre debut.
Courtney Mack *
Ensemble
previously in Mamma Mia!
Mallory Maedke
Ensemble, u/s Ali, u/s Lisa
previously in Hairspray, Mamma Mia! and The Little Mermaid
Jake Morrissy *
Ensemble
previously in The Secret of My Success, The Producers, Elf, The Little Mermaid and Mamma Mia!
Travis Porchia *
Ensemble, u/s Eddie, u/s Pepper
making Paramount Theatre debut.
Sara Reinecke *
Ali
previously in Kinky Boots, Beauty and the Beast, The Producers, Legally Blonde, Elf, and Mamma Mia!
Haley Jane Schafer *
Ensemble, Female Swing
previously in The Secret of My Success, Newsies, The Producers, Elf, The Little Mermaid and Mamma Mia!
Danni Smith *
Ensemble, u/s Donna Sheridan u/s Rosie
making Paramount Theatre debut
Janelle Villas
Lisa
previously in Miss Saigon and Mamma Mia!
Robert Wilde *
Father Alexandrios, u/s Bill Austin, u/s Harry Bright
previously in Les Misérables.
* indicates member of Actors’ Equity Association (AEA)
† indicates member of United Scenic Artists (USA)
‡ indicates member of Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC)
Remembering one’s youth has its distinct pleasures, and traumas. For the lucky, if the fates have been kind, it lifts the spirits to reminisce and relive the excitement of younger days. Unless, of course, those days come back to haunt you!
Before you is the story of Donna Sheridan, willful and strong, a singer with her own band, with a free-enterprising spirit that is accountable to no one. I know this girl. Her allure is vivacious and irresistible. What nobody could know about Donna, however, is that she would end up on a Greek isle, the working class owner of a taverna and mother to a daughter, Sophie, whose father is one of three men, though Donna cannot discern which one. Ah, yes, those were the days!
And here we are now, twenty years later, as our story unfolds on the eve of Sophie’s nuptials. She acts out, starving to know her paternity, by reading her mother’s diary. The soulful, young girl then secretly invites the three men about whom Donna waxes romantic in her journal. Sure enough, the prospective fathers, Sam, Bill and Harry, arrive intrigued… but clueless to Sophie’s plot to discover the identity of her father.
All of this storytelling is made all the more fun as told to a string of internationally chart-topping hits millions have come to love. These tunes were penned by ABBA, one of the most successful pop music bands of all time, inducted into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2010!
This story fascinates. It is so needed and welcome these days to reflect on the good that life can bring out in us and in our relationships. Though unwittingly, beautiful Sophie surely does that. A traditional girl creates a non-traditional family all for the love of wanting to find her father… and she finds even more!
-Jim Corti, Artistic Director and Director of Mamma Mia!
