In her heyday, she was joined by best friends Tanya and Rosie, decked out in bell-bottoms and platform shoes, rocking out with songs conveniently provided by one of the most profitable music acts in history, Sweden’s super troupers ABBA.
The musical takes the “my-three-possible-dads” device and weaves it together with Donna’s past as a former bohemian, rock goddess lead singer of the girl-group the Dynamos.
Super-savvy theatre buffs might also be aware of the unsuccessful 1979 musical Carmelina which borrowed the same plot.)
(Savvy movie buffs might catch the similarity to a 1968 comedy “Buena Sera, Mrs. Writing the old flames as her mother, Sophie decides to invite them to their Greek taverna, hoping that upon arrival she will know which one is her dad. Raised by Donna, an independent, single mother, Sophie discovers her mom’s old diary hinting at an eventful love life in 1979 that included dalliances with three different guys – one possibly being Sophie’s father. If you didn’t catch the movie, or a Broadway, London or tour performance of Mamma Mia!, all you really need to know is 21-year old Sophie Sheridan is about to marry her beau Sky. Maggie Dransfield as Sophie in Mamma Mia! at Toby’s Dinner Theatre (Photo: Jeri Tidwell Photography) After a decade on Broadway and a prolonged national tour, Mamma Mia! has come to Toby’s Dinner Theatre of Columbia for what promises to continue the winning streak for this feel-good and tune-filled show.Ĭast to perfection, Toby’s Mamma Mia! is a show to which you can – to quote one of the songs – say “I do, I do, I do.” Director-choreographer Mark Minnick and his game performers find just the right balance of whimsey and heart needed to make the story move forward, between the tunestack of ABBA’s greatest hits.