‘QUITE SIMPLY, A PHENOMENON!’
Matt Wolf, ASSOCIATED PRESS
‘A GUARANTEED GET-HAPPY HIT!’
UPN-9 TV, NEW YORK
‘ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL MUSICALS OF ALL TIME!’
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
‘AN IRRESISTIBLY ENJOYABLE HIT!
Catherine Johnson’s witty and ingenious script weaves the famous ABBA songs around characters you care about. At the end the whole audience is on its feet and swaying blissfully along to the hits. What a pleasure to see that girl, watch that scene and dig the Dancing Queen. SHEER HEAVEN!’
Charles Spencer, DAILY TELEGRAPH, ENGLAND
‘A SENSATION! Just sit back and let the joy sweep over you.’
Clive Barnes, NEW YORK POST
‘A GREAT MUSICAL HIT! A genuinely original, comic and touching story allied to some of the greatest and most theatrical pop songs ever written.’
Sheridan Morley, INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE
‘***** (HIGHEST RATING)
A production of tremendous warmth, vitality and technical excellence that offers an evening on unbridled fun. It is a tribute to the scriptwriting skill of Catherine Johnson that the ABBA songs are slotted so naturally into the storyline. While being swept along by the ingenious choreography and witty dialogue, I found myself examining ABBA’s music in a new light.’
David Sinclair, THE TIMES, ENGLAND
‘A WORLDWIDE MEGA-HIT!’
SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER
‘THIS HIGH-ENERGY MUSICAL BRINGS HAPPINESS
WHEREVER IT GOES!’
TIME MAGAZINE
‘MAMMA MIA! is a feel-good, bring-the-whole-family, mega-musical entertainment!
GR-ABBA TICKET IF YOU CAN!’
Matt Byrne, SUNDAY MAIL, ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA
‘*****! (HIGHEST RATING)
Brilliantly crafted by playwright Catherine Johnson, MAMMA MIA! is a contemporary love story with which we laugh, cry and rejoice in hearing fabulous songs by ABBA that seem like they were created just for this feel-good musical.’
AM 740, TORONTO
‘A WORLDWIDE BLOCKBUSTER!’
NEVADA MAGAZINE
‘THE BEST NIGHT OUT YOU’LL EVER HAVE!’
THE TODAY SHOW, AUSTRALIA
‘ONE OF THE FUNNIEST MUSICALS PLAYING
ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD RIGHT NOW!’
Mark Shenton, BBC, LONDON
‘MAMMA MIA! es fABBAloso!’
LA OPINION
‘A WILDLY ENTERTAINING GOOD TIME!
You’ll leave MAMMA MIA! feeling better about the world.’
Jan Wahl, KCBS, SAN FRANCISCO
‘A WORLDWIDE SMASH HIT!’
DAILY TELEGRAPH, ENGLAND
‘A GUARANTEED GOOD TIME FOR EVERYONE!’
NINE NETWORK NEWS, AUSTRALIA
‘A MUST-SEE EXPERIENCE!
With its infectious comedy and a sure-fire score, MAMMA MIA! moves audiences through a rich tapestry of emotions, carrying us to great heights with music, arrangements and lyrics that send hearts soaring.’
WHERE LAS VEGAS
‘THANK YOU FOR THE MUSICAL!
The fun of this show lies in the skill and wit with which the songs are fitted into the story, not just as decorations, but moving it along, almost as if they had been written for it. AUDIENCES RISE TO MAMMA MIA! LIKE A THUNDERSTORM.’
John Peter, SUNDAY TIMES, ENGLAND
‘MAMMA MIA! IS MAKING AUDIENCES ALL AROUND THE WORLD FEEL GOOD AND DON’T WE ALL NEED THAT!’
Barbara Walters, 20/20, ABC TV, USA
‘THE MOST FUN I’VE HAD AT THE THEATRE IN YEARS!’
Richard Ouzounian, TORONTO STAR
‘A JUGGERNAUT MUSICAL HIT!’
THE SUNDAY TIMES, PERTH
‘YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE AN ABBA FAN TO FEEL
THE CHARM OF MAMMA MIA!’
SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER
‘YOU’VE GOT TO SEE THIS EXTRAORDINARILY ENTERTAINING SHOW. The music of ABBA has come to life in A GREAT MUSICAL!’
Sam Rubin, KTLA, LOS ANGELES
‘It’s like ‘My Big Fat Greek Wedding’ with ABBA songs!
YOU’LL HAVE A FANTASTIC TIME!’
LBC RADIO, ENGLAND
‘A JOYOUS ESCAPIST FANTASY!
MAMMA MIA! works its theatrical magic with wonderful lighting effects, an idyllic white-washed Greek Taverna setting and vibrant performances. The tide of ABBA music and the colourful staging sweep the audience into its fantasy embrace.’
THE WESTERN AUSTRALIAN
‘ THE WORLD’S FASTEST GROWING MUSICAL!’
THE SUN, ENGLAND
‘THE FUNNIEST MUSICAL I’VE SEEN IN A LONG TIME.
If you don’t see any other musical this year, see MAMMA MIA!’
KOST Radio, LOS ANGELES
‘A MEGA-HIT MUSICAL THAT’S DRAWN AUDIENCES WORLDWIDE!’
SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE
‘A HUGE GLOBAL HIT!
A multi-million dollar smash hit show that’s currently on stages all over the world.’
DOMINION POST, NEW ZEALAND
‘A BRILLIANT NIGHT OUT! There is a clever irony about how they have worked hit after hit into the hilarious story. I really didn’t realise how much I loved ABBA’s music until I saw this show.’
Chris Tarrant, CAPITAL RADIO, LONDON
‘THE ULTIMATE GOOD-TIME MUSICAL!’
THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS
‘ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING, DAZZLING, ELECTRIFYING
MUSICAL COMEDIES YOU’LL EVER SEE!’
Jerry Friedman, KGO, LOS ANGELES
‘DANKE FüR DAS MUSICAL!’
BILD, GERMANY
‘YOU’LL HAVE THE TIME OF YOUR LIFE!
The most delightful, uplifting show I’ve seen in years.’
WHDH-TV, BOSTON
‘BY FAR THE BEST FEEL-GOOD SHOW AROUND!’
BAY AREA REPORTER, SAN FRANCISCO
‘AN EXUBERANT CELEBRATION OF LIFE THAT
ENERGIZES YOUR SOUL.’
KMZT, LOS ANGELES
‘AN EVENING OF PURE FUN THAT’S WORTH SEEING AGAIN AND AGAIN! One of the most enjoyable musicals in America today.’
ROSSMORE NEWS, SAN JOSE
‘What makes MAMMA MIA! work is the ingenuity with which the songs leap from the story – they come like brilliant bolts out of the blue and the audience roars its approval. IT’S A HILARIOUS CASE OF MURIEL’S WEDDING MEETS SHIRLEY VALENTINE. GO SEE IT!’
Jeremy Vincent, THE AUSTRALIAN
‘PURE ENJOYMENT FROM START TO FINISH.’
DeSTEM, THE NETHERLANDS
‘A MAGIC NIGHT!
Much of the success of MAMMA MIA! has to be attributed to Catherine Johnson, the writer, who has seamlessly inserted the ABBA masterpieces into the story.’
The Korea Times
‘FRENETISCHER JUBEL BEI MAMMA MIA!’ (‘MAMMA MIA! IS GREETED WITH FRENZIED APPLAUSE’)
STUTTGARTER ZEITUNG, GERMANY
‘EIN HIT! MAMMA MIA! HAT DAS ZEUG ZUM KULT!’ (‘A HIT! MAMMA MIA!
HAS ALL THE MAKINGS OF A CULT!’)
DER TAGESSPIEGEL, GERMANY
‘MAMMA MIA! WERVELEND FEEST DER HERKENNING’
(‘MAMMA MIA! A SPARKING CELEBRATION OF RECOGNITION’)
DE TELEGRAAF, THE NETHERLANDS
MAMMA MIA! WAR DAS SCHOEN!’ (‘MAMMA MIA! THAT WAS GREAT!’)
BILD, STUTTGART, GERMANY
‘ES MUY POSIBLE QUE ESTE MUCIAL SE CONVIERTA EN EL GRAN EXITE DE LA TEMPORADA’
(‘THIS MUSICAL HAS A REAL CHANCE OF BECOMING THE BIGGEST HIT SHOW OF OUR TIME’)
GIUA DEL OCIO
‘GRACIAS POR LA MUSICA’ (‘THANK YOU FOR THE MUSIC’)
ABC, SPAIN
‘LAS ESENCIA DE ABBA LLEFA EN LA GRAN VIA’
(‘THE ESSENCE OF ABBA HAS ARRIVED ON THE GRAN VIA’)
EL MUNDO, SPAIN
'GRATTIS ALLA NI SOM LYCKATS F? BILJETTER TILL EN KV?LL MED N?GRA TIMMAR
TOTAL LYCKA.'
YLVA BERLIN, LTF
'MAMMA MIA! ?R ETT ENDA STORT LYCKOPILLER!'
QX ANDERS ?HMAN
'DEN SVENSKA UPPS?TTNINGEN AV MAMMA MIA! ?R B?ST.'
K?BE LIDéN, SM?L?NNINGEN
'MAMMA MIA! ?R EN SPRAKANDE OCH VANSINNIGT KRAFTFULL UPPS?TTNING.'
BIRGITTA HAGLUND, STOCKHOLM CITY