Tickets for Mamma Mia

According to TCPALM, one fabulous show that is well-worth the drive to West Palm Beach is “Mamma Mia!”

On opening night, Aug. 4 at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, the audience was full of mothers and daughters. Lots of guys too, but the moms and their kinder (of all ages) topped the attendance scale. The house was packed, and a very appreciative audience it was.

It’s no wonder all the gals were there. This show was created by three women, producer Judy Craymer, writer Catherine Johnson and director Phyllida Lloyd, who also repeated their jobs with the big screen version for Universal Pictures starring Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth and Stellan Skarsgard.

The secret to the mega-success this show is two-fold. First, it masterfully brings together the world of pop music, which appeals to the young audience members, and musical theater, which easily grabs the attention and love from us oldsters.

Secondly, we can see so much of ourselves in the story and place ourselves on the stage with the cast. It was extremely difficult not to dance in the aisles throughout the performance Tuesday night.

We wanted to be up there rocking to those ABBA timeless hits including “Dancing Queen,” “Take a Chance on Me,” “Waterloo,” and “Mamma Mia!”

This show is really great entertainment– from a music standpoint with those legendary ABBA (the chart topping Swedish singing group of the 1970’s) songs, from a mother-love standpoint and from a happy uplifting standpoint — you just have to come out smiling when you see it.