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    'Mamma Mia!' Returning to Stage for Limited Run

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    The hit musical play based on ABBA’s songs is scheduled to return to the live stage with full production for a series of performances this coming summer.

    Mar 14, 2021
    AceShowbiz – Hit ABBA musical “Mamma Mia!” is returning for 23 performances in Leeds, England.
    Producer Judy Craymer tells the Daily Mail’s Baz Bamigboye the full production will take place on a specially erected stage in the 100-acre grounds of Harewood House in August (21).
    It marks the first opportunity for people to see the musical since its West End and touring versions closed in the U.K. a year ago, amid the pandemic.
    Shows will take place between 13 and 30 August, with the cast formed from members of the U.K. and international touring troupe. Craymer has promised a “mega-mix extraordinaire” finale, devised by choreographer Anthony Van Laast.

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    The show will be able to cater for 1,800 people per performance, with Craymer insisting, “We are socially distanced, by the nature of the event.”
    “Mamma Mia!” is set to re-open at the Novello Theatre in London as early as September, without social distancing, once England’s Covid-19 restrictions are lifted.
    “We can’t play to 50 per cent capacity,” she explained. “We’re on our knees; big and small producers.”
    A movie adaptation of the same name was released back in 2008. It was a huge success with the cast including Pierce Brosnan, Amanda Seyfried, Meryl Streep, Dominic Cooper, Stellan Skarsgard, Julie Walters, Christine Baranski, and Colin Firth. It was also critically lauded at the Golden Globes and Grammy Awards.
    A decade later, a sequel “Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again” was made with the main cast reprising their respective roles.

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      Amanda Seyfried: There Are Not Enough ABBA Songs for 'Mamma Mia! 3'

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      The ‘Red Riding Hood’ actress would love to return for a third ‘Mamma Mia!’ big-screen adaptation but she doesn’t think there are enough songs for another movie.
      Jun 23, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Amanda Seyfried would “say yes in a heartbeat” to starring in “Mamma Mia! 3”, but doesn’t think it will ever happen because “there aren’t enough ABBA songs to make a third movie.”
      The 34-year-old actress played Sophie in 2008’s “Mamma Mia!” and its 2018 follow-up, “Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again”. And after producer Judy Craymer recently revealed she was considering making the films into a trilogy, Amanda weighed in on the possibility in an interview with Collider.
      Reflecting on the idea of a third film, Amanda said, “Listen, every single person in that movie would say yes in a heartbeat because we want to hang out with each other. That’s what we talked about last time, like, ‘Did we ever think that we’d end up here again on an Island in Croatia?’ ”
      “So yeah, I wish there was a Mamma Mia! 3, but I’ll tell you what – I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again and I hope I’m wrong again,” Amanda admitted. “I don’t think there are enough ABBA songs to make a third movie. Because we’d have to use Super Trooper again and we’d have to use Mamma Mia again and have to use them in a different way.”
      While Meryl Streep starred as Sophie’s mum Donna in the first film, the second centred on Sophie’s life following her mother’s death, and featured flashbacks of a young Donna – played by Lily James. And while Donna’s passing came as a huge shock to fans, Amanda maintains it was the best option, because it opened the storyline up in more ways than one.
      “Well, it’s a better story, because they had something to grow on,” she said of the sequel. “Like the first story had to match the stage show. So it was like, they were kind of stuck. With the second story, it could have been anything. Having Meryl’s character die kind of gave us so many good storylines.”
      “It was kind of a genius idea because you’re like, no, we don’t want to lose her. But at the same time, look at what you can do, you can go back. And Lily James can play young Meryl. It was just perfect. It was so well written.”

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