MAMMA MIA! Tour Dances into San Diego, 5/31-6/5

The MAMMA MIA! North American Tour continues playing to record breaking houses all across North America! Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus' smash hit musical based on the songs of ABBA is making a remarkable fourth return visit to the San Diego Civic Theatre in a Broadway/San Diego ~ A Nederlander Presentation; playing May 31 - June 5, 2011. Tickets are ON SALE NOW!

Leading the cast of 30 of MAMMA MIA! is Kaye Tuckerman as "Donna Sheridan," the independent single mother whose carefree past catches up with her on the eve of her daughter's wedding. Bride-to-be "Sophie Sheridan" is played by Chloe Tucker; her fiancé "Sky" is played by Happy Mahaney.

Mary Callanan and Alison Ewing 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 Bisom ("Sam Carmichael"), John-Michael Zuerlein ("Bill Austin"), and Paul DeBoy ("Harry Bright"). Sophie's & Sky's best friends are played by Stephanie Barnum ("Ali"), Elena Marisa Flores ("Lisa"), Ethan LePhong ("Pepper") and James Michael Lambert ("Eddie").

MAMMA MIA!'s ensemble features Jeff Applegate, Julius Chase, Eileen Faxas, Thomasina E. Gross, , Carole Denise Jones, Alison Luff, Marlene Martinez, Mario Matthews, Benjamin J. Mchugh, Brian Ray Norris, Merrill Peiffer, Christopher Sergeeff, Jennifer Swinderski and Travis Taber.

Seen by over 45 million people around the world, Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus' global smash hit musical MAMMA MIA!, is celebrating over 3,800 performances in its tenth smash hit year at Broadway's Winter Garden Theatre and remains among Broadway's top-selling musicals. The current North American Tour has played over 3,000 performances in over 130 cities with 125 repeat visits. The originAl West End production of MAMMA MIA! is now in its twelfth year and has celebrated over 4,800 performances in London and the international tour has visited more than 50 foreign cities and been seen by 3.6 million people. The blockbuster feature film adaptation of MAMMA MIA!, produced by Judy Craymer and Gary Goetzman, is the most successful movie musical of all time grossing $600 million worldwide.

In the 2010 - 2011 season, MAMMA MIA! will walk down the aisle for the first time, making premiere performances, in Alaska, Mississippi and West Virginia. The show will also return to Detroit, Kansas City, Milwaukee, Pittsburgh, Providence and Tampa for a remarkable fifth return visit

MAMMA MIA! is 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.

Individual tickets for MAMMA MIA! are now on sale!; online at BroadwaySD.com/mammamia.php; in person at the Civic Theatre Ticket Office (3rd & B Street, downtown San Diego); or by calling the Ticket Office at (619) 570-1100 or Ticketmaster at (800) 982-2787. Ticket prices vary. Groups of 10 or more should go online at www.broadwaysd.com/groups.php.

For tickets, schedule and information about MAMMA MIA!: http://www.mammamianorthamerica.com/

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