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March 23, 2014

Theatre: MAMMA MIA! Musical Arrives @SegerstromArts April 8 – 13, 2014 | Songs of ABBA #MammaMiaOC

We cannot wait for Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus’ MAMMA MIA!, the smash hit musical based on the songs of ABBA, when they return to Segerstrom Hall from April 8 – 13, 2014!

MAMMA MIA! North American Tour Cast
Photo by Kevin Thomas Garcia, 2013
Inspired by the storytelling magic of ABBA’s songs from “Dancing Queen” and “S.O.S.” to “Money, Money, Money” and “Take a Chance on Me,” MAMMA MIA! is a celebration of mothers and daughters, old friends and new family found. 

Antoinette Comer, Chelsea Williams, Emily Price in MAMMA MIA!
North American Tour Photo by Kevin Thomas Garcia, 2013
ABOUT THE SHOW:
Seen by more than 54 million people around the world, MAMMA MIA!, is celebrating more than 5,000 performances on Broadway and is the tenth longest-running show in Broadway history. The original West End production of MAMMA MIA! is now in its fifteenth year and has celebrated more than 6,000 performances in London, and the international tour has visited over 74 foreign cities in 35 countries and has been seen by more than 4.3 million people. The blockbuster feature film adaptation of MAMMA MIA! is the most successful movie musical of all time, grossing more than $600 million worldwide.

ABOUT THE MAIN CAST:
The National Tour of MAMMA MIA! is led by Georgia Kate Haege as Donna Sheridan, the independent single mother whose carefree past catches up with her on the eve of her daughter’s wedding. Bride-to-be Sophie Sheridan is played by Chelsea Williams and her fiancé Sky is played by Chris Stevens.
  • GEORGIA KATE HAEGE (Donna) is from Sydney, Australia, where she studied at the Sydney Conservatorium and earned her Bachelor of Music. Georgia has sung backup for renowned artists including Meat Loaf and La La Brooks (of Phil Spector’s The Crystals). Georgia’s had several original bands in NYC: currently she fronts/co-writes for disco-pop act Liquid Diet who recently released their EP Daddy Issues. Theater highlights: Empire (Spiegelworld), Lost in Love: The Air Supply Musical, Date Me Do Me Dump Me, Hell Hole Honeys, Europa, Save the Robots, Lizzie Borden. Film/TV: Late Fee (national release), American Haunting (Discovery Network). Georgia can be seen/heard singing the Sleepy’s jingle, voicing a national Trojan Condom commercial and shaking her booty in the Brazil Butt Lift commercial.
  • CHELSEA WILLIAMS (Sophie). Previous credits include The Lyric Stage Company of Boston, Gloucester Stage Company, Berkshire Theatre Group and Café Variations, a collaboration with SITI Company directed by Anne Bogart. B.F.A. Emerson College.
  • CHRIS STEVENS (Sky). Graduated from DeSales University (‘11). National Tours: Cats (Tugger). Regional: Cats (Theatre by the Sea), The Sound of Music (Paper Mill Playhouse), Damn Yankees (NCT), 1776 (PSF).
Gabrielle Mirabella, Georgia Kate Haege, Carly Sakolove in MAMMA MIA!
North American Tour Photo by Kevin Thomas Garcia, 2013
Disclosure: We will be attending opening night as a member of the media. All opinions are our own. All images are copyrighted and used with permission. Information accurate at time of publishing and subject to change. 

MAMMA MIA!
April 8 – 13, 2014

Segerstrom Center for the Arts
Segerstrom Hall
600 Town Center Drive
Costa Mesa, CA
(714) 556-2787

TICKETS:
Start at $29

PERFORMANCES:
Tuesday – Friday at 7:30 p.m.
Saturday at 2:00 p.m.* and 7:30 p.m.
Sunday at 1 and 6:30 p.m.

*Note: The 2 p.m. performance on Saturday, April 12 will include audio description, open captioning and sign-language interpretation.


ABOUT THE PRODUCTION:
MAMMA MIA! is produced by Work Light Productions, whose other touring productions include American Idiot, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, Nice Work If You Can Get It and Chaplin. The original production of MAMMA MIA! was produced by Judy Craymer, Richard East and Björn Ulvaeus for Littlestar in association with Universal, with the creative team responsible for bringing MAMMA MIA! to theatrical life including some of the most gifted and celebrated talents of musical theater and opera. With music and lyrics by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, MAMMA MIA! is written by Catherine Johnson and directed by Phyllida Lloyd. MAMMA MIA! has choreography by Anthony Van Laast, production design by Mark Thompson, lighting design by Howard Harrison, sound design by Andrew Bruce and Bobby Aitken and musical supervision, additional material and arrangements by Martin Koch.

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