{"id":244301,"date":"2011-05-31T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-31T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sdnews.com\/mamma-mia-2\/"},"modified":"2011-05-31T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-05-31T07:00:00","slug":"mamma-mia-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/mamma-mia-2\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Mamma Mia\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\u2018Mamma<\/a>
'Mama Mia' returns to San Diego for fourth time, May 31-June 5<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Broadway\u2019s infectious musical rolls into town for fourth time<\/p>\n

By Charlene Baldridge |<\/strong> Reportero SDUN<\/p>\n

A Nederlander Presentation brings the North American tour of the infectious hit musical \u201cMamma Mia!\u201d to San Diego\u2019s Civic Theatre May 31-June 5. This is the fourth time San Diego has seen a touring production of the musical.<\/p>\n

Armed with upbeat music by Benny Andersson and Bj\u00f6rn Ulvaeus of ABBA and based on a clever fictional book by British playwright Catherine Johnson, \u201cMamma Mia!\u201d opened in London in 1999. A Broadway production followed in 2001 and is still playing. The feature film adaptation is the most successful movie musical of all time.<\/p>\n

For the uninitiated, the plot concerns Donna Sheridan (Kaye Tuckerman), a single mother and owner of a tavern on a Greek island. Donna\u2019s daughter Sophie (Chloe Tucker) plans to be married to her fianc\u00e9, Sky (Happy Mahaney) and wants to have her father walk her down the aisle. Problem is, her \u201cgenerous\u201d and openhearted mom is not quite sure just who that could be. Armed with knowledge gleaned from Mom\u2019s diary, Sophie sends wedding invitations to the three most likely sires: Sam, an American architect (John Bisom), Bill, a Swedish writer (John-Michael Zuerlein), and Harry, a British banker (Paul DeBoy). In addition to the three \u201cfathers,\u201d the musical is populated with friends of the bride, the groom and the mom. In the end, there is an elopement and a wedding. We\u2019re not telling who.<\/p>\n

Performances at 7 p.m. Tuesday-Wednesday; 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday; 2 p.m. Saturday; 1 and 6:30 p.m. Sunday. Prices vary. Contact Civic Theatre Box Office, broadwaySD.com, Ticketmaster.com or (800) 982-2787.<\/p>\n

Broadway\/San Diego started out in 1976 as San Diego Playgoers, shortly after presenting \u201cEquus\u201d at the Spreckels Theatre. Shows were presented at the Fox Theatre (now Copley Symphony Hall) and then back at the Spreckels before the organization established a permanent home at the Civic Theatre in 1986.<\/p>\n

Look for \u201cShrek\u201d (July 5-10) and then watch out for \u201cMary Poppins\u201d (August 10-28), which officially opens Broadway\/San Diego\u2019s 35th anniversary season, celebrating the year with national tours that include \u201cThe Addams Family,\u201d \u201cRock of Ages,\u201d \u201cBlue Man Group,\u201d \u201cCome Fly Away,\u201d and the multiple 2010 Tony-nominated \u201cMemphis,\u201d which originated at La Jolla Playhouse and recently played cinemas nationwide in HD. In addition, Broadway\/San Diego will present extra-season, return engagements of \u201cWicked\u201d and \u201cCats.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis season is especially eclectic,\u201d says Diane E. Willcox, general manager of Broadway\/San Diego. \u201cIt\u2019s an appropriate reflection of our past 35 years. We have the elegant and seductive dance musical, \u201cCome Fly Away,\u201d and the raucous and hilarious, big hair meets big dreams musical, \u201cRock of Ages,\u201d as the perfect illustrations of the breadth of our presentations and our audience.\u201d<\/p>\n

A variety of subscription packages are on sale now. Holders of current subscriptions receive preferential treatment. There are discounts for seniors, members and big savings for those who purchase tickets in the balcony \u201ccloud\u201d seats. Check it out at broadwaySD.com.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Broadway\u2019s infectious musical rolls into town for fourth time By Charlene Baldridge | SDUN Reporter A Nederlander Presentation brings the North American tour of the infectious hit musical \u201cMamma Mia!\u201d to San Diego\u2019s Civic Theatre May 31-June 5. This is the fourth time San Diego has seen a touring production of the musical. Armed with […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":726,"featured_media":244302,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"11555","_seopress_titles_title":"\u2018Mamma Mia\u2019","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[11549,11551,11555],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-244301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts-entertainment","category-news","category-uptown-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/726"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=244301"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244301\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/244302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=244301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=244301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}