Southampton Cultural Center presents the musical "Mama Mia!"
Michael Disher directs, Amanda Jones musically directs and Alyssa Kelly choreographs.
Performances March 8 to 24, 2019
Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 7 p.m. and Sundays at 2:30 p.m.
"Mama Mia!" the international pop sensation by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus will rock Southampton Cultural Center’s stage March 8 through 24, 2019. Using the catalog of hit ABBA tunes, young Sophie has invited her mother & three past amorous suitors to her wedding in the hopes she will learn which man is her father.
The score features the songs Dancing Queen, Super Trouper, Lay All Your Love on Me, Money, Money, Money, Mamma Mia! and many many more.
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"Does Your Mother Know" featuring Alyssa Kelly and James Kelly in "Mama Mia!" at Southampton Cultural Center (SCC). Photo courtesy of SCC.
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Southampton Cultural Center’s Center Stage brings the popular musical to its Levitas Center for the Arts in Southampton Village March 8 through 24, 2019 (25 Pond Lane). Performances take place Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 7 p.m. and Sundays at 2:30 p.m. Michael Disher directs, Amanda Jones musically directs and Alyssa Kelly choreographs.
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Donna and the Dynamos (from left: Alyssa Kelly, Mary Sabo, Julie Crowley) in "Mama Mia!" at the Southampton Cultural Center (SCC). Courtesy of SCC.
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The cast features Mary Sabo as Donna Sheridan, Ava Bianchi as Donna’s daughter, Sophie and Tom Rosante, Jack Seabury and Rich Gardini as Donna’s past suitors. The cast also includes Linda Aydinian, Marco Barrila, Julie Crowley, Alyssa Kelly, James Kelly, Katrina Lovett, Michele Marks, Tina Marie Realmuto, Amanda Kyle-Summers, Kristin Teuber, Josephine Wallace, Kristin Whiting and Sam Terry as Sky.
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"Voulez-Vous" from "Mama Mia!" at Southampton Cultural Center (SCC). Featured are Tom Rosante, James Kelly, Ava Bianchi, Katrina Lovett, Linda Aydinin, Tina Marie Realmuto, Amanda Summers, Mary Sabo (center), Kristin Teuber, Michele Marks, Sam Terry, Julie Crowley and Jack Seabury. Courtesy SCC.
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“Musicals have always been a great part of my directing career,” Michael Disher explained. “And if I am to be totally honest, it is because I know wholeheartedly of the effect that lights, music and dance have upon audiences. There is a palpable energy that infuses a darkened room. And in that darkness, moods are elevated and altered – and all for the better.”
“Mama Mia” provides the perfect setting for ABBA songs to spring to life in a light-hearted production that’s celebrated for its music and spectacle. Department from Disher’s typical preference for story-driven theater, “Mama Mia” has proven to be an experience where entertainment value rules the stage.
“My approach to Mamma Mia! has not been to tell a story, make a point or step upon a soapbox.,” Disher continued. “No, it has simply been to entertain you, our audience, for a couple of hours void of any politics, nightly news, calamity or injustice. And sometimes that’s enough.”
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Young lovers Ava Bianchi and Sam Terry in "Mama Mia!" at the Southampton Cultural Center (SCC). Photo courtesy SCC.
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General admission tickets are $30.00. Student tickets (under 21 with ID) are $15.00. Dinner/Theatre packages at Plaza Café and Claude’s are available; brunch/theatre packages at Edgewater are available before the Sunday matinees. Tickets and Brunch or Dinner/Theatre packages may be purchased online at www.scc-arts.org or by calling (631) 287-4377.
Southampton Cultural Center is located at 25 Pond Lane, Southampton, NY 11968. www.scc-arts.org.
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