Photo Coverage: Mamma Mia! Becomes 16th Longest Running Show in Broadway History

On September 4th, 2008 MAMMA MIA! became the sixteenth longest running show in Broadway history, surpassing Hello Dolly! Nearly seven years after opening at the Winter Garden Theatre, MAMMA MIA! has remained in the Million Dollar Club, and among Broadway top five selling musicals for the past seven consecutive weeks, a landmark not achieved since 2002.

Seen on stage by over 32 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 9 productions of MAMMA MIA! running around the world (7 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.

MAMMA MIA! plays on Broadway at the Winter Garden Theatre (1634 Broadway) Wednesday through Saturday at 8 p.m., with matinees on Wednesday and Saturday at 2 p.m. and Sunday at 2 and 7 p.m.

For more information on MAMMA MIA! visit www.mamma-mia.com

Photos by Peter James Zielinski

Mamma Mia! at the Winter Garden

Ben Livingston, Judy McLane, Christopher Shyer, Carolee Carmello, Michael Pemberton, Heidi Godt, Andy Kelso and Carrie Manolakos

Judy McLane, Carolee Carmello, and Heidi Godt