Red 95,516 Posted April 10, 2015 Share Posted April 10, 2015 ‘Mamma Mia!’ to Close in September “Mamma Mia!,” the hit musical based on the songs of the Swedish pop group Abba, will end its 14-year run on Sept. 5. The show, which opened at the Winter Garden on Oct. 18, 2001, and moved to the Broadhurst Theater in 2013, will close after 5,765 performances, making it the eighth-longest-running show in Broadway history, seen by more than 7 million people.Judy Craymer, the show’s creator and global producer, is to announce the closing after Thursday night’s performance. “I am thrilled that ‘Mamma Mia!’ has brought the music of Abba to Broadway,” Ms. Craymer said in a news release. “And so grateful to the hundreds of wonderful actors, musicians, stage managers, crew, front of house staff and the other people of the theater who have given their professional lives and souls to be part of the ‘Mamma Mia!’ family and adventure on Broadway.” The Broadway show has grossed more than $600 million. For years it steadily took in nearly $1 million a week at the box office, but sales had declined in the last two years. Ticket sales, helped by the holiday weekend, totaled $813,160 for the week ending April 5, out of a potential gross of just over $1.1 million. More typically, the show had been averaging about $500,000 each week. Source: http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com//2015/04/09/mamma-mia-to-close-in-september/ This so sad, I always dreamed to watch it and now I won't If you see me posting like crazy, I'm either bored or procrastinating. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gagzus 15,154 Posted April 10, 2015 Share Posted April 10, 2015 awww i've always wanted to see it, guess i'll just have to fanboy over the film Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mabel 205 Posted April 10, 2015 Share Posted April 10, 2015 Cry on my shoulder, baby Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red 95,516 Posted April 10, 2015 Author Share Posted April 10, 2015 Cry on my shoulder, baby If you see me posting like crazy, I'm either bored or procrastinating. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodo 313 Posted April 10, 2015 Share Posted April 10, 2015 AMAZING THE ABBA REALNESS, glad they finished it though. Slipping through my fingers Idk what I'm saying Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HausOfNena 1,712 Posted April 10, 2015 Share Posted April 10, 2015 Nooooo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psychedelic 1,098 Posted April 10, 2015 Share Posted April 10, 2015 Sad news tbh... Good thing they made it a fil, and it absolutely SLAYS! ABBA SLAYS!!! The creators of pop culture as we know it today Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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