MAMMA MIA! Plays Columbus's Palace Theatre Beginning Tonight

Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus' MAMMA MIA!, the smash hit musical based on the songs of ABBA, returns to the Palace Theatre tonight, March 3-8.

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.

Tickets begin at $28 and are available at the CAPA Ticket Center (39 E. State St.), all Ticketmaster outlets, and www.ticketmaster.com. To purchase by phone, call (614) 469-0939 or (800) 745-3000. Orders for groups of 20 or more may be placed by calling (614) 719-6900.

The performance schedule is as follows:

Tuesday, March 3, 7:30pm

Wednesday, March 4, 7:30 pm

Thursday, March 5, 7:30 pm

Friday, March 6, 8 pm

Saturday, March 7, 2 pm & 8 pm

Sunday, March 8, 1 pm & 6:30 pm

Ticket buyers are reminded that CAPA and Ticketmaster are the only official retail ticket outlets for all performances at the Ohio Theatre. Ticket buyers who purchase tickets from a ticket broker or any third party should be aware that the Ohio Theatre is unable to reprint or replace lost or stolen tickets and is unable to contact patrons with information regarding time changes or other pertinent updates regarding the performance.

Seen by more than 54 million people around the world, MAMMA MIA! is celebrating 5,000 performances on Broadway and becoming the ninth longest-running show in Broadway history. The original West End production of MAMMA MIA! is now in its 15th year and has celebrated more than 6,000 London performances, and the international tour has visited more than 74 cities in 35 countries, playing to more than 4.3 million people. The blockbuster feature film adaptation of MAMMA MIA! is the most successful movie musical of all time, grossing $600 million worldwide.

Seen globally in 38 productions in 14 different languages with a worldwide gross of more than $2 billion, MAMMA MIA! is acclaimed by the Associated Press as "quite simply, a phenomenon."

An independent, single mother who owns a small hotel on an idyllic Greek island, Donna is about to let go of Sophie, the spirited daughter she's raised alone. For Sophie's wedding, Donna has invited her two lifelong best girlfriends -- practical and no-nonsense Rosie and wealthy, multi-divorcee Tanya -- from her one-time backing band, Donna and the Dynamos. But Sophie has secretly invited three guests of her own.

On a quest to find the identity of her father to walk her down the aisle, she brings back three men from Donna's past to the Mediterranean paradise they visited 20 years earlier. Over 24 chaotic, magical hours, new love will bloom and old romances will be rekindled on this lush island full of possibilities.

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, 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 with additional material and arrangements by Martin Koch. For more information, visit www.Mamma-Mia.com.