Mamma Mia! Biography and Philadelphia Performance
Mamma Mia! is a romantic-comedy jukebox musical built around the songs of ABBA. Written by Catherine Johnson, it follows Sophie as she invites three men to her Greek island wedding, hoping to discover which one is her father. Since its 1999 West End premiere, the musical has become a global hit, introducing ABBA's music to new generations and inspiring two feature films.
Popular numbers include “Dancing Queen,” “Mamma Mia,” “Super Trouper,” and “The Winner Takes It All.” The production combines a sunny island setting with energetic choreography and a two-act story about family, identity, love, and second chances. The supplied event listing places Mamma Mia! at the Miller Theater at The Kimmel Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on December 30, 2016. The available event data identifies one past date at this venue and does not provide details about the engagement or audience response. For listings in the Theatre category and Musical / play subcategory, ticketschester.com covers this Philadelphia venue.
Venue and Seating Information
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Parking Information
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Mamma Mia! Chester reviews
Better advertising and planning was needed - awkward
Starting at 6:00 PM, the Mamma Mia! show was originally advertised, but it appeared that additional opening acts were added that were not originally advertised (or very openly advertised). Luckily, my friends and I decided to go later and not arrive until 8:30 since we weren't interested in seeing the opening acts, but it was irritating that the advertising wasn't clear. The day of the show I was searching Live Nation website for venue rules as to what I could bring into the show, and happened to stumble upon a schedule saying that Mamma Mia! was not scheduled to even start until 9PM. It didn't seem like they did much advertising to reach out to fans/new fans, as the venue was somewhat awkwardly empty. When we arrived at about 8:30, the venue was pretty quiet and it seemed that the last opening act had finished, but the venue/sound crew/whoever was responsible didn't play any other music, just left it quiet and awkward until Mamma Mia! came on. The actual performance had a good sound and pretty good energy, but was an awkward fit for the space since the space/crowd was a bit empty and low-energy. Maybe some of the crowd had arrived at 6 expecting Mamma Mia! to come on at 7:30 or so. Maybe not enough people in Chicago knew the music - disappointing :( It kinda sucks to pay $76 (for a seated ticket, although we ended up hanging out in general admission standing crowd since it was a bit more energetic) when the overall atmosphere was somewhat stale and lacking in energy.