Major geeky excitement next week as PBS’ Great Performances airs Chess: In Concert. Well before Mamma Mia became a worldwide musical smash, ABBA’s Benny Anderson and Björn Ulvaeus wrote an original musical with lyrics from Tim Rice (Evita, Jesus Christ Superstar). For Anderson and Ulvaeus, this was their first outing after ABBA broke up. The [...]
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Will’s not the only one posting second hand video today… this is a brand new take on Mamma Mia (and possibly the best one ever) from this year’s Comic Relief in the UK. Jennifer Saunders, Dawn French and Joanna Lumley take on Streep, Waters and Baranski. “It’s the songs of ABBA with words in between.” [...]
Mamma Mia the movie suffers the same problem as Mamma Mia the stage show. The plot, while thin, could make a cute romantic comedy. However, the ABBA songs are crowbarred into the plot in ways that are mostly ludicrous and inhibit the plot. I saw the stage show shortly after it opened in the fall [...]
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