Mamma Mia! Stars Appear on PBS Pledge Drive, Aug. 4

By: Aug. 03, 2005
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Mamma Mia! stars Carolee Carmello, Judy McLane and Sara Kramer will appear live as the program highlight of WNET Channel 13's Summer membership pledge drive on Thursday, August 4th featuring the new ABBA documentary Super Troupers: A Celebratory Film from Waterloo to Mamma Mia!. It will air at 10 PM on Channel 13 in New York (Time Warner Cable) as well as on PBS affiliates throughout the tri-state area.
 


Super Troupers will air on August 4th on WKNO Memphis, Tennessee at 9:00 p.m., KOZK in Springfield, Missouri at 9:30 p.m., and KOZJ in Pittsburgh, Kansas at 9:30 p.m.The documentary can also be seen on PBS affiliates nationwide throughout the month of August (Check your local listings).

Super Troupers is narrated by songwriter, producer, U.K. dance music fixture Pete Waterman, and "presents the fascinating history of a band that has sold 350 million albums and whose music is reaching a massive new global audience through the smash hit musical Mamma Mia!, which this year surpassed $1 Billion in worldwide box office receipts." It encompasses a 90-minute documentary plus 30 minutes of extras, with exclusive, in-depth interviews featuring all four members (shot in Sweden and London), digitally re-mastered archival footage reaching back to the pre-ABBA '60s, highlights of ABBA on tour and on stage, and the music of 24 of the group's hit records. Super Troupers also features exclusive footage from both rehearsals and performances of Mamma Mia!, highlighted by the London 5th Anniversary Gala Special Finale, a medley that includes "Mamma Mia," "Dancing Queen" and "Waterloo."

Mamma Mia!, which opened on Broadway at the Winter Garden Theatre (1634 Broadway) on October 18th, 2001, has played over 820 performances in New York and continues to play to full houses. Mamma Mia! takes place on a tiny Greek Island, as a mother and daughter try to settle the girl's paternity before her wedding. The show is set to the songs of ABBA's Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson, with hits including "Dancing Queen," "Money, Money, Money" and "The Winner Takes It All." 

Mamma Mia!'s book is by Catherine Johnson, with direction by Phyllida Lloyd and choreography by Anthony Van Laast. Produced by Judy Craymer, Richard East and Ulvaeus for Littlestar in association with Universal, the musical features 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 to Mamma Mia!, call (212) 239-6262. For more information, visit www.mamma-mia.com.

   
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