Christine Sherrill makes her Debut on Broadway as well as with us here at Behind the Awards. Christine dishes on what it’s like to go from Tour to Broadway, The moment she found out she was going to Broadway, and what Bucket List roles she has in mind.
Broadway's MAMMA MIA! Performs Free Public Event At Grand Central Station 4/15
The Broadway cast of Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus' global smash hit musical MAMMA MIA!, led by "Dynamos" Tony Award® winner Beth Leavel, Judy McLane and Gina Ferrall will toast the 10th anniversary of "Real Simple Magazine" with a live performance from Grand Central Station tomorrow, Thursday, April 15th at 6:00p.
Seen by over 40 million people around the world, MAMMA MIA!, is celebrating over 3,500 performances in its ninth smash hit year at Broadway's Winter Garden Theatre and remains one of Broadway's top selling musicals. The current North American Tour premiered has played over 3,000 performances in over 130 cities with 125 repeat visits. The originAl West End production of MAMMA MIA! is celebrating 10 years and over 4,000 performances in London, an international tour has visited more than 50 foreign cities, and the blockbuster feature film adaptation is the most successful movie musical of all time grossing over $600 million worldwide.
MAMMA MIA! is now the 12th longest-running show in Broadway history. With a worldwide gross of over $2 Billion, the global smash hit musical 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.
For tickets, schedule and information about MAMMA MIA! around the world: www.mamma-mia.com
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