Broadway's Mamma Mia! Offering Snow Day Special

By Andrew Gans
26 Feb 2010

Alyse Alan Louis and Beth Leavel
Alyse Alan Louis and Beth Leavel
Photo by Matthew Blank

Due to the inclement weather, the Broadway production of Mamma Mia! is offering a Snow Day Special, according to the Twitter page of the marketing firm SituationOnBway.

The hit long-running production, which boasts a score of ABBA tunes, has $31.50 tickets available for the Feb. 26 8 PM performance. Visit the Winter Garden Theatre box office for tickets; no ID is required.

The New York company currently features Tony winner Beth Leavel (The Drowsy Chaperone) as Donna Sheridan, Gypsy's John Dossett as Sam Carmichael, with Judy McLane (Tanya), Allison Briner (Rosie), Halle Morse (Lisa), Michael Mindlin (Pepper), Patrick Boll (Bill Austin), Alyse Alan Louis (Sophie), David Andrew Macdonald (Harry Bright) and Eric William Morris (Sky).

Mamma Mia! employs the hit songs of famed pop group ABBA to tell the story of Sophie Sheridan, a young girl who hopes to discover the identity of her father. On the eve of her wedding, she brings three men from her mother Donna's past back to the Greek island they visited over two decades ago.

Mamma Mia! features music and lyrics by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, a book by Catherine Johnson, direction by Phyllida Lloyd and choreography by Anthony Van Laast.

The musical was a hit in London, where it still plays, before arriving on Broadway. The production also spawned a hit film starring Oscar winner Meryl Streep.

The Winter Garden Theatre is located in Manhattan at 1634 Broadway. For more information visit www.mamma-mia.com.