MAMMA MIA! returns to Philadelphia for a limited engagement beginning Feb. 25 – March 2 at the Academy of Music as part of Broadway Philadelphia, presented by the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts

By Sarah F.

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MAMMA MIA! returns to  Philadelphia for a limited engagement beginning Feb. 25 – March 2 at the  Academy of  Music as part of Broadway  Philadelphia, presented by the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts  and the Shubert Organization.

Tickets ranging from $20 to $105.50 can be purchased by  calling 215-731-3333, online at kimmelcenter.org/broadway, at the Kimmel Center  box office, Broad & Spruce Sts. (open daily 10 am to 6 pm) or at the Academy  of Music box office, Broad & Locust Sts., (open during performances only).  Groups of 10 or more will receive discounts for select performances by calling  215-790-5883 or 866-276-2947. Performances include: Tuesday – Thursday  evenings at 7:30 pm; Friday & Saturday evening at 8:00 pm; Sunday evening at  6:30 pm; and matinees  Saturday at  2:00 pm and Sunday at 1:00 pm.

Leading the cast of 30 of MAMMA MIA! is Georgia Kate Haege 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 Chelsea Williams; her fiancé “Sky” is played by Chris  Stevens.    

Gabrielle  Mirabella and Carly  Sakolove play Donna’s best friends and former back-up band, “Tanya” and  “Rosie,” (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 Michael Colavolpe (“Bill  Austin”), Mark A. Harmon (“Harry Bright”) and Don Winsor (“Sam  Carmichael”).  Sophie’s & Sky’s  best friends are played by Antoinette Comer (“Lisa”), Kyle Dupree  (“Eddie”) Emily Price (“Ali”) and Neil Starkenberg (“Pepper”).  

MAMMA MIA!’s ensemble  features Francesca Arostegui, Ken Arpino, Meghan Glogower, Andrew J. Koslow,  Bonnie Kramer, Grace Leszynski, Danny Lopez, Rebecca Mason-Wygal, Royce James  McIntosh, Tyler McKenzie, Alex Mendoza, Brynn Smith, Joshua LaMonte Switzer,  Carly Wielstein, Jennifer Wingerter, Vince Wingerter, P. Tucker Worley and  Lauren Wright.  

Seen  by over 50 million people around the world, MAMMA MIA!, is  celebrating over 5,000 performances on Broadway and is the 10th longest running show in Broadway history. The original  West  End production of MAMMA MIA! is now in its fifteenth year and has celebrated  over 6,000 performances in London and the international tour has visited more than 74 foreign cities and been seen  by over 4.3 million people. The blockbuster feature film adaptation of MAMMA MIA! is the most successful movie musical of all time grossing $600 million  worldwide.

Seen  in 38 productions in 14 different languages globally and with a worldwide gross  of over $2 Billion, MAMMA MIA! is acclaimed by the Associated Press as  “quite simply, a phenomenon.”

Tagged With: Academy of Music, Kimmel Center, Musical, Theatre

Originally published by Sarah Freymoyer and the Philly Burb Moms team on February 24, 2014.