Mamma Mia! The Movie [DVD] [2008]

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She had initially hoped the dalliance would be a ‘five-minute fling’ but the two actors continued to see each other behind her back, a fact she only found out from mutual friends. Before the priest has a chance to begin the ceremonies, Donna acknowledges to everyone that Sophie's father is present. Seeing Streep in Spandex, her straggly mane tossing about, is a little like witnessing your mom let loose at a party after one too many drinks: Your heart soars at her joie de vivre, but you also kind of want her to stop. Still, Streep's acting chops serve her well; Christine Baranski, who plays Donna's cougar-y sidekick, also fares well, and Julie Walters is just plain fun. The Dynamos and the dads often invite the audience to clap, dance, and sing along during the finale.

Everyone at the audition was lovely and chatty with me until I sang…By the time I got downstairs my agent had texted to say, ‘This just isn’t going to work love! Sophie leaves the party, hopelessly confused; she does not want to turn any of them down (" Voulez-Vous"). The Broadway run ended on 12 September 2015, with its 5,758th performance, and was passed two years later (16 August 2017) by Wicked to move one spot down in the list of longest-running Broadway shows. But while we wait for anything official, here's everything you need to know about a potential Mamma Mia!

However, like pretty much everything else she does in life, Streep nailed the role of Donna Sheridan. As well as entertainment news we also feature breaking articles from the most weird and wonderful corners of the internet. She was drunk in a bar in Fulham and shouted: ‘I bet there’s nobody in here that votes Labour, is there?

Also in 2019, a French-speaking adaptation produced by Just for Laughs was made in Quebec, having a run in Montreal in June, July, and December at the Théâtre Saint-Denis, immediately followed by Quebec City in August at the Salle Albert-Rousseau. As previously reported, the Rob Marshall-directed film has become the biggest launch of a Broadway adaptation since "Mamma Mia! Co-star Robert de Niro famously noted how devoted Streep was to her partner: “I’ve hardly ever seen a person so devoted to someone who is falling away like John was.He dashes down the escalators and through the porte-cochere, where yellow cabs and actors representing New York mounted police were used for verisimilitude. Apparently Brancaccia couldn’t deal with the fact that Livia and Colin had decided to patch things up: “The Firths have since reunited,” a rep for the couple told E! I have an idea for the way in which it could yet be included, should an extra scene be needed for the DVD. surpassed the original Broadway runs of The Sound of Music, The King and I, and Damn Yankees with 1,500 performances.

The producers built a beach bar and jetty along the beach, but removed both set pieces after production wrapped. does not only heighten a nostalgic and emotional reactions to the ABBA fans, [57] it has also been celebrated for its feminist overtones.Stine Louise Henriksen was actually Kristine's understudy in Tivoli, Copenhagen and so was Nadin Reiness for Nadia. Sam seizes his chance and proposes to Donna to prevent the wedding preparations from going to waste. In reality, the actor has arguably suffered some messy relationship drama of his own in recent years.