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6 unusual facts about Mamma Mia


Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell

It served as the basis for the unsuccessful 1979 stage musical Carmelina and the plot of the enormously successful stage musical Mamma Mia! and its 2008 movie adaptation.

Gränna

When Niklas Strömstedt wrote lyrics in Swedish for the musical Mamma Mia!, Glasgow was replaced by "Gränna" as the place which the singer calls from in the lyrics of the song Super Trouper.

Hilton McRae

He has performed in several musicals on the London stage, including Mamma Mia! and Miss Saigon, in which he played the part of The Engineer.

James Gaddas

Since leaving Bad Girls, Gaddas has appeared as Jackie Elliot in 'Billy Elliot the Musical, productions of "Peter Pan" and Spamalot and is currently playing Bill Austin in Mamma Mia! in London

When All Is Said and Done

"When All Is Said And Done" is also the only song present in the film that was not included in the original stage version.

"When All Is Said and Done" was included in 2008 film version of the ABBA musical Mamma Mia!, performed by Sam Carmichael (as played by Pierce Brosnan), with one line – "slightly worn but dignified, and not too old for sex" – also sung by Meryl Streep.


Andrew Langtree

Subsequent to graduation, he originated the leading role of Sky in the original London stage cast of the ABBA musical Mamma Mia!.

David Grindrod

His West End theatre credits include Mamma Mia!, The Phantom of the Opera, Jesus Christ Superstar, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, West Side Story, Saturday Night Fever and Starlight Express.

Our Last Summer

The song is used in the musical Mamma Mia! and the lyrics provided the writer of the storyline, Catherine Johnson, with the name of one of her characters - Harry.

Prince Edward Theatre

Mamma Mia! (6 April 1999 - 27 May 2004) by Catherine Johnson and Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson, starring Siobhán McCarthy, Louise Plowright and Jenny Galloway

Simon Slater

His work as a theatrical actor includes a five-year run in the musical Mamma Mia! as Sam Charmichael, as well as Forbidden Broadway (Fortune), Sugar Hill Blues (Hampstead and Warehouse Croydon), The Great White Hope (Tricycle), Aspects of Love (Sydmonton Festival), Waiting for Godot, and Wind in the Willows (Nuffield Southampton).

Stig Anderson

In the early stages of ABBA, Anderson co-wrote many of the songs' lyrics, among them some of the band's biggest hits, such as "Ring Ring" (1973), "Waterloo" (1974), "Honey, Honey" (1974), "I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do" (1975), "Mamma Mia" (1975), "S.O.S" (1975), "Fernando" (1976), "Dancing Queen" (1976), "Knowing Me, Knowing You" (1977), and "The Name of the Game" (1977).

Suanne Braun

West End credits have included the role of Tanya in Mamma Mia, Fraulein Kost in Rufus Norris' award winning production of Cabaret and Onassis starring Robert Lindsay.


see also

The ABBA Generation

Target Edition also includes "Mamma Mia" music video and "A*Teens Megamix" (7:36) by Pierre J.