Several Chicagoans, including Susie McMonagle (Donna Sheridan), Michael Aaron Lindner (Harry Bright), and Nathan Alan Johnson (Ensemble) will perform in the national touring production set to hit Chicago's stage this fall. Broadway In Chicago is thrilled to present the national tour of MAMMA MIA! for a limited two-week engagement in Chicago September 17 – 28, 2008. The tour continues playing to record breaking houses all across North America.
Leading the cast of 30 is
Susie McMonagle as Donna Sheridan, the independent single mother whose carefree past catches up with her on the eve of her daughter's wedding. Prior to MAMMA MIA! Susie could be seen on Broadway as Fantine in Les Misérable and in the National tours of The Secret Garden, The Sound of Music, Les Misérables and Pump Boys and Dinettes. Bride-to-be "Sophie Sheridan" is played by Rose Sezniak, who is a recent graduate of Catholic University in Washington DC. Her fiancé "Sky" is played by
Geoffrey Hemingway.
Kittra Wynn Coomer and
Michelle Dawson play Donna's best friends and former back-up band, Rosie and Tanya, (respectively) who reunite with their best friend on the island for Sophie's wedding. The three men from Donna's past and Sophie's possible dads are
John Hemphill (Sam Carmichael),
Martin Kildare (Bill Austin), and
Michael Aaron Lindner (Harry Bright). Sophie's & Sky's best friends are played by
Rebecca Covington (Ali),
Nicole Laurenzi (Lisa),
Adam Kaokept (Pepper), and
Anthony CeFala (Eddie).
MAMMA MIA!'s ensemble features
Corey Bradley,
Annie Edgerton,
Natalie Gallo, Chicagoan Nathan
Alan Johnson, Whitney Claire Kaufman,
Ian Knauer,
Stephanie Lynge,
Monette McKay,
Ayme Olivo,
David Reiser,
Damien DeShaun Smith,
Robert Townsend,
Rachel Tyler, and Bradley Whitfield.
Seen by over 30 million people around the world,
Benny Andersson and
Björn Ulvaeus' global smash hit musical MAMMA MIA! is celebrating 6 sold-out years at the Winter Garden Theatre on Broadway, and is currently playing record-breaking engagements in Las Vegas and on National Tour in the United States. The original West End production has played more than 3,500 performances, an international tour has played in more than 30 foreign cities, and the feature film of MAMMA MIA!, produced by
Judy Craymer and
Gary Goetzman, has recently been released.
With more productions playing simultaneously around the world than any other new musical, MAMMA MIA! is now THE WORLD'S # 1 SHOW. There are currently 11 productions of MAMMA MIA! running concurrently around the world (9 permanent productions and 2 tours). With a worldwide gross of over $2 billion dollars and audiences of more than 30 million people, MAMMA MIA! is acclaimed by the Associated Press as "quite simply, a phenomenon."
The original cast recording of MAMMA MIA! is available on
Decca Broadway.
MAMMA MIA! will perform at the Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University (50 E Congress Pkwy) September 17 – 28, 2008. The performance schedule is as follows:
Tickets for MAMMA MIA! are $30 - $85 and are currently available at all Broadway In Chicago Box Offices (24 W. Randolph St., 151 W. Randolph St., and 18 W. Monroe St.), through the Broadway In Chicago Ticket Line at (312) 902-1400, at all Ticketmaster Retail Locations (including all Hot Tix, select Carson Pirie Scott, Coconuts and fye stores) or online at ticketmaster.com.
Groups of 20 or more may receive a discount by calling (312) 977-1710.
For information about MAMMA MIA! visit www.mamma-mia.com or www.BroadwayInChicago.com
