Sophie Sheridan
Born and raised on the island.
Gender: female
Vocal range top: E5
Vocal range bottom: F#3
Donna Sheridan
Sophie's mother.
Gender: female
Vocal range top: A5
Vocal range bottom: E3
Sam Carmichael
Might be Sophie's father.
Gender: male
Vocal range top: Ab4
Vocal range bottom: D3
Bill Austin
Might be Sophie's father.
Gender: male
Vocal range top: F#4
Vocal range bottom: Bb2
Harry Bright
Might be Sophie's father.
Gender: male
Vocal range top: F#4
Vocal range bottom: C#3
Sky
Sophie's fiancé.
Gender: male
Vocal range top: D5
Vocal range bottom: Eb3
Tanya
Former Dynamo.
Gender: female
Vocal range top: E5
Vocal range bottom: E3
Rosie
Former Dynamo.
Gender: female
Vocal range top: D5
Vocal range bottom: E3
Lisa
Sophie's friend.
Gender: female
Vocal range top: Db5
Vocal range bottom: G3
Ali
Sophie's friend.
Gender: female
Vocal range top: D5
Vocal range bottom: G3
Pepper
Barman at Taverna
Gender: male
Vocal range top: F5
Vocal range bottom: A4
Eddie
Helps Sky with Water-Sports.
Gender: male
Chorus
Consists of the Islanders, who work at Donna's, Wedding-Guests.
Gender: any
Inspiration
Mamma Mia!, with a book by Catherine Johnson and music and lyrics from Benny Andersson and Bjrn Ulvaeus, is a musical based around the music from the band ABBA, of which Andersson and Ulvaeus were both members. Active between 1972 and 1982, the Swedish pop/dance group is one of the most popular international groups of all time, with hits that spanned the charts of Europe, North America, and Australia.
The musical came to fruition under the idea of theatre producer Judy Craymer. After seeing the 1983 musical Chess, on which Andersson and Ulvaeus also wrote the music, she asked to sit down with them and talk about future plans. When she heard their song "The Winner Takes It All," she realized the theatrical potential of the group's pop songs. Though the composers were initially not enthusiastic about the idea, they commissioned her to go forward with their work. Craymer then recruited playwright Catherine Johnson to write the book, and took on Phyllida Lloyd as the director of the original London production.
Mamma Mia! premiered on the West End at the Prince Edward Theatre on April 6, 1999. It has been extremely successful and underwent two different location transfers (to the Prince of Wales Theatre in June 2004 and to the Novello Theatre in September 2012); it continues to play to full houses to this day. Toronto was the first city to produce the show after premiering in London, with a production that ran from May 22, 2000 to May 22, 2005.
The musical made its debut in the United States at the Orpheum Theatre in San Francisco, California on November 17, 2000. On February 26, 2001, the production moved to the Shubert Theatre in Los Angeles, and then to the Cadillac Palace Theatre in Chicago on May 13 of the same year. Mamma Mia! moved further east to open on Broadway at the Winter Garden Theatre on October 18, 2001. One of the most popular shows on the Great White Way, it is still being performed to this day, though it transferred to the Broadhurst Theatre for performances starting November 2, 2013.
The first North American tour started in Providence, Rhode Island in February 2002, and, like the London and Broadway productions, still runs to this day. Mamma Mia! premiered in Las Vegas at the Mandelay Bay on February 2003, running until January 2009. Though the designs are being used for productions in Brazil, the show plans to return in Las Vegas in 2014.
Mamma Mia! has been performed in more than 40 countries across five continents, including: Arab Emrites, Belgium, Greece, Japan, New Zealand, and South Africa. The first non-English production started in Hamburg, Germany on November 3, 2002. Many international tours have run over the past ten years, though the one currently running started in Dublin on September 9, 2004.
Cultural Influence
- Mamma Mia! has grossed $2 billion worldwide since premiering in 1999.
- Over 54 million people have seen the musical in 40 different countries.
- It is said that on any given day, there are at least seven performances of the musical being performed around the world.
- The Broadway production is currently the tenth-longest running musical in Broadway history.
- Mamma Mia! has brought a renaissance to ABBA's music. Following the London premiere in 1999, the album ABBA Gold topped charts in the United Kingdom for the second time in fifteen years.
- The London production of the musical was one of the first times three women (producer Judy Craymer, book writer Catherine Johnson, and director Phyllida Lloyd) collaborated on a creative team. Its immense commercial success has been significant to the image of female creators in musical theatre.
- In June 2005, the Las Vegas production played its 1000th performance, becoming the longest-running West End or Broadway musical to ever play in Vegas.
- Mamma Mia! has premiered in more cities faster than any musical in history.
- Mamma Mia! has been translated into fourteen languages, including:German, Japanese, Spanish, Danish, French, and Chinese.
- The show is the first major musical to play concurrently in three German cities, with productions at Hamburg, Stuttgart, and Essen all running in 2007.
- The Chinese premiere at the Shanghai Grand Theatre on July 11, 2011 was the first time a contemporary Western musical was presented in Chinese in Shanghai.
- A film adaptation of Mamma Mia! was released in July 2008. Featuring much of the creative team from the original London production, it starred Meryl Streep, Amanda Seyfried, and Pierce Brosnan.
"Mamma Mia! flies as tuneful as a lark and as smart as a cuckoo. It offers one of those nights when you sit back and let a nutty kind of joy just sweep over you [...] The true hero is British playwright Catherine Johnson, who took all these songs and cobbled a cohesive book around them. Genius." - The New York Post
"A triumph, passionate and sharp [...] The beauty of Judy Craymer's original idea and the irresistibility of Johnson's book lie in the mutual enrichment between the characters and the Abba songs. Ulvaeus's eloquent lyricism can slide by unnoticed behind Benny Andersson's infectious musical arrangements, but Johnson simply read the songs' words in order to write their innate emotional dramas seamlessly into the narrative songs and story help each other." - The Telegraph
"The show is pleasing as it passes and it certainly features a generous swath of songs that caught the world's fancy during the '70s and '80s." - Theatermania
"The theatrical equivalent of comfort food." - The New York Times
"A certified hit [...] a giddy guilty pleasure." Variety
Inspiration
Mamma Mia!, with a book by Catherine Johnson and music and lyrics from Benny Andersson and Bjrn Ulvaeus, is a musical based around the music from the band ABBA, of which Andersson and Ulvaeus were both members. Active between 1972 and 1982, the Swedish pop/dance group is one of the most popular international groups of all time, with hits that spanned the charts of Europe, North America, and Australia.
The musical came to fruition under the idea of theatre producer Judy Craymer. After seeing the 1983 musical Chess, on which Andersson and Ulvaeus also wrote the music, she asked to sit down with them and talk about future plans. When she heard their song "The Winner Takes It All," she realized the theatrical potential of the group's pop songs. Though the composers were initially not enthusiastic about the idea, they commissioned her to go forward with their work. Craymer then recruited playwright Catherine Johnson to write the book, and took on Phyllida Lloyd as the director of the original London production.
Mamma Mia! premiered on the West End at the Prince Edward Theatre on April 6, 1999. It has been extremely successful and underwent two different location transfers (to the Prince of Wales Theatre in June 2004 and to the Novello Theatre in September 2012); it continues to play to full houses to this day. Toronto was the first city to produce the show after premiering in London, with a production that ran from May 22, 2000 to May 22, 2005.
The musical made its debut in the United States at the Orpheum Theatre in San Francisco, California on November 17, 2000. On February 26, 2001, the production moved to the Shubert Theatre in Los Angeles, and then to the Cadillac Palace Theatre in Chicago on May 13 of the same year. Mamma Mia! moved further east to open on Broadway at the Winter Garden Theatre on October 18, 2001. One of the most popular shows on the Great White Way, it is still being performed to this day, though it transferred to the Broadhurst Theatre for performances starting November 2, 2013.
The first North American tour started in Providence, Rhode Island in February 2002, and, like the London and Broadway productions, still runs to this day. Mamma Mia! premiered in Las Vegas at the Mandelay Bay on February 2003, running until January 2009. Though the designs are being used for productions in Brazil, the show plans to return in Las Vegas in 2014.
Mamma Mia! has been performed in more than 40 countries across five continents, including: Arab Emrites, Belgium, Greece, Japan, New Zealand, and South Africa. The first non-English production started in Hamburg, Germany on November 3, 2002. Many international tours have run over the past ten years, though the one currently running started in Dublin on September 9, 2004.
Cultural Influence
- Mamma Mia! has grossed $2 billion worldwide since premiering in 1999.
- Over 54 million people have seen the musical in 40 different countries.
- It is said that on any given day, there are at least seven performances of the musical being performed around the world.
- The Broadway production is currently the tenth-longest running musical in Broadway history.
- Mamma Mia! has brought a renaissance to ABBA's music. Following the London premiere in 1999, the album ABBA Gold topped charts in the United Kingdom for the second time in fifteen years.
- The London production of the musical was one of the first times three women (producer Judy Craymer, book writer Catherine Johnson, and director Phyllida Lloyd) collaborated on a creative team. Its immense commercial success has been significant to the image of female creators in musical theatre.
- In June 2005, the Las Vegas production played its 1000th performance, becoming the longest-running West End or Broadway musical to ever play in Vegas.
- Mamma Mia! has premiered in more cities faster than any musical in history.
- Mamma Mia! has been translated into fourteen languages, including:German, Japanese, Spanish, Danish, French, and Chinese.
- The show is the first major musical to play concurrently in three German cities, with productions at Hamburg, Stuttgart, and Essen all running in 2007.
- The Chinese premiere at the Shanghai Grand Theatre on July 11, 2011 was the first time a contemporary Western musical was presented in Chinese in Shanghai.
- A film adaptation of Mamma Mia! was released in July 2008. Featuring much of the creative team from the original London production, it starred Meryl Streep, Amanda Seyfried, and Pierce Brosnan.
"Mamma Mia! flies as tuneful as a lark and as smart as a cuckoo. It offers one of those nights when you sit back and let a nutty kind of joy just sweep over you [...] The true hero is British playwright Catherine Johnson, who took all these songs and cobbled a cohesive book around them. Genius." - The New York Post
"A triumph, passionate and sharp [...] The beauty of Judy Craymer's original idea and the irresistibility of Johnson's book lie in the mutual enrichment between the characters and the Abba songs. Ulvaeus's eloquent lyricism can slide by unnoticed behind Benny Andersson's infectious musical arrangements, but Johnson simply read the songs' words in order to write their innate emotional dramas seamlessly into the narrative songs and story help each other." - The Telegraph
"The show is pleasing as it passes and it certainly features a generous swath of songs that caught the world's fancy during the '70s and '80s." - Theatermania
"The theatrical equivalent of comfort food." - The New York Times
"A certified hit [...] a giddy guilty pleasure." Variety
Billing
Requirements
A. COMPLETE SHOW BILLING FOR USE WITH FULL PRODUCTION CREDITS.
You agree to bill the Play, the Authors and producers on the title page of all programs and in all advertising and publicity wherever and whenever the full production credits are given, in the manner set forth in the sample below. Specifically, the Title and all names shown shall be accorded percentage print sizes as shown in the sample below.
BY JUDY CRAYMER, RICHARD EAST AND BJÖRN ULVAEUS
EMI GROVE PARK MUSIC INC. AND EMI WATERFORD MUSIC INC. 22.5
*NOTE: For productions outside of the United States and Canada, this line should read as follows:
MUSIC PUBLISHED BY UNIVERSAL MUSIC PUBLISHING GROUP 22.5
Video Warning
The videotaping or other video or audio recording of this production is strictly prohibited.Included Materials
| Resource | Quantity |
|---|---|
| KEYBOARD SOUNDS REFERENCE-DIGITAL | 1 |
| KEYBOARD1 - CONDUCTOR SCORE | 1 |
| LIBRETTO/VOCAL BOOK | 30 |
| PIANO VOCAL SCORE | 1 |