Mamma Mia! - Now Showing at the Prince of Wales Theatre
Mamma Mia! is a jukebox musical inspired by the songs of the Swedish pop/dance group ABBA.
In the story, Sophie is about to be married and wants her father to give her away.
However, she doesn't know who her father is.
She reads her mother's diary and learns the identity of three men her mother dated before she was born.
She invites all three of them to the wedding, hoping to learn which man is her father in time to have him walk her down the aisle.
Mamma Mia! has also been made into a motion picture starring Meryl Streep.
The movie version is said to be faithful to the stage show, so people who have seen the movie and liked it are likely to enjoy seeing it on stage as well.
Fans of the movie who have never seen the stage show can catch it at The Prince of Wales Theatre in London, where it is being shown weekly until March 27.
The Prince of Wales Theatre was built in 1884 and was called the Prince's Theatre for the first two years.
It was started and managed by Edgar Bruce, an actor and manager who used the money he made from a previous show, The Colonel, to pay for the construction of the theatre.
Some people believe that Edgar Bruce still hangs out at the Prince of Wales Theatre, haunting the stage left wing.
The theatre was very successful in the early years, and Bruce was able to build a second theatre, the Lyric Theatre, around the corner from the Prince of Wales.
The Prince of Wales started out showing only pantomimes and musicals, but added non-musical plays beginning in 1898.
The theatre's first production was The Palace of Truth, by W.
S.
Gilbert.
The opening act for the show was a one-act comedy called In Honour Bound.
Beginning in 1932, the theatre switched to a schedule comprised completely of comedians and risqué dancers.
By 1937, these shows had earned enough money to pay for the demolition and rebuilding of the theatre, and a much larger structure was built in its place.
In the 1960's, the Prince of Wales Theatre began showing Broadway musicals, including Funny Girl with Barbra Streisand.
Other shows that have been performed at the Prince of Wales Theatre include Burt Bacharach's Promises Promises in 1969 and Andrew Lloyd-Webber's Aspects of Love starring Michael Ball.
Aspects of Love ran from 189-1992 and was the Price of Wales' second-longest running show.
The Prince of Wales Theatre is located on Coventry Street near Leicester Square and Piccadilly Circus.
It was refurbished in 2004, and Mamma Mia! was the first production to run in the newly remodeled theatre.
Mamma Mia! is also the longest-running show that has been produced by the Prince of Wales Theatre.
In the story, Sophie is about to be married and wants her father to give her away.
However, she doesn't know who her father is.
She reads her mother's diary and learns the identity of three men her mother dated before she was born.
She invites all three of them to the wedding, hoping to learn which man is her father in time to have him walk her down the aisle.
Mamma Mia! has also been made into a motion picture starring Meryl Streep.
The movie version is said to be faithful to the stage show, so people who have seen the movie and liked it are likely to enjoy seeing it on stage as well.
Fans of the movie who have never seen the stage show can catch it at The Prince of Wales Theatre in London, where it is being shown weekly until March 27.
The Prince of Wales Theatre was built in 1884 and was called the Prince's Theatre for the first two years.
It was started and managed by Edgar Bruce, an actor and manager who used the money he made from a previous show, The Colonel, to pay for the construction of the theatre.
Some people believe that Edgar Bruce still hangs out at the Prince of Wales Theatre, haunting the stage left wing.
The theatre was very successful in the early years, and Bruce was able to build a second theatre, the Lyric Theatre, around the corner from the Prince of Wales.
The Prince of Wales started out showing only pantomimes and musicals, but added non-musical plays beginning in 1898.
The theatre's first production was The Palace of Truth, by W.
S.
Gilbert.
The opening act for the show was a one-act comedy called In Honour Bound.
Beginning in 1932, the theatre switched to a schedule comprised completely of comedians and risqué dancers.
By 1937, these shows had earned enough money to pay for the demolition and rebuilding of the theatre, and a much larger structure was built in its place.
In the 1960's, the Prince of Wales Theatre began showing Broadway musicals, including Funny Girl with Barbra Streisand.
Other shows that have been performed at the Prince of Wales Theatre include Burt Bacharach's Promises Promises in 1969 and Andrew Lloyd-Webber's Aspects of Love starring Michael Ball.
Aspects of Love ran from 189-1992 and was the Price of Wales' second-longest running show.
The Prince of Wales Theatre is located on Coventry Street near Leicester Square and Piccadilly Circus.
It was refurbished in 2004, and Mamma Mia! was the first production to run in the newly remodeled theatre.
Mamma Mia! is also the longest-running show that has been produced by the Prince of Wales Theatre.
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