Mamma Mia!
- Title: Mamma Mia!
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The British stage show based on Swedish pop music comes to American theaters. Well, you don’t see that every week. The long-running international musical has made more than a few quid since its premiere in London in 1999. Just how successful? It’s the 17th longest running Broadway show of all-time (beating out little muscials like Sound of Music, The Music Man, and My Fair Lady). It’s been adapted in eleven different languages and has grosssed and estimated $2 billion worldwide.
On a small Greek island Sophie (Amanda Seyfried) is preparing for her wedding to Sky (Dominic Cooper), but something is missing. Sophie has been raised on the island by her loving mother Donna (Meryl Streep), former lead singer of Donna and the Dynamos who now owns and runs a small villa on the island. Sophie loves her mother and her life, but she has always been kept in the dark about the identity of her father.
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