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Pemberton To Join Mamma Mia! For Limited Time Starting 8/13
By: Faetra Petillo Aug. 11, 2008
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Starting August 13th, 2008 actor Michael Pemberton will join the cast of Mamma Mia! on Broadway as Bill Austin. Pemberton will play the role through September 7th. After September 7th Pierce Bunting will resume the role.
Michael Pemberton starred in the Broadway production of The Farnsworth Invention. He has also appeared in I'm Not Rappaport, Not About Nightingales, Picnic and Hedda Gabler as well as The Pillowman at the Wilma Theatre in PA. Seen on stage by over 30 million people around the world, MAMMA MIA!, is celebrating more than 6 years on Broadway and is currently playing record-breaking engagements in Las Vegas and on National Tour in the United States.There are currently 8 productions of MAMMA MIA! running around the world (6 resident productions and 2 tours). With a worldwide gross of over $2 Billion, MAMMA MIA! is acclaimed by the Associated Press as "quite simply, a phenomenon."Produced by Judy Craymer, Richard East and Björn Ulvaeus for Littlestar in association with Universal, the creative team responsible for bringing MAMMA MIA! to theatrical life includes some of the most gifted and celebrated talents of musical theatre 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.Videos
