If you can remember dancing the night away to bubblegum pop songs in platform heels, spandex, and enough glitter to light up a room, you’ll love Mamma Mia!, a Broadway confection that has enjoyed success on the stage since 1999 and is now resurrected in all its glory to the delight of visitors to Las Vegas’ beautiful Mandalay Bay. With no violence, gratuitous sex, or glorification of drugs, one might wonder how this play survived. In reality, Mamma Mia! has achieved cult status without any of those unsavory elements, and continues to get rave reviews.
What makes Mamma Mia! so special?

Aside from evoking memories of a sweeter, more innocent time, this unique Broadway hit interweaves a soundtrack from Swedish pop band ABBA, who had a string of hits in the 1970’s that still can be heard on radio today. No less than 22 ABBA songs are tucked among the hysterics of this foot-stomping, toe-tapping musical, which tells the story of 20 year old Sophie, about to be married and in search of a father she has never known. Spying on her mother’s memories, she discovers there could be more than one possible choice, so she invites all three men to her wedding. Before the wedding takes place however, plenty of chaos and comic relief ensues, as Sophie, her mother Donna, their friends and the three potential Dads get together to discuss old times.

Whether it’s the girls reminiscing about their younger fantasies of fronting a pop band, complete with scenes involving pjs, hair dryers, and ABBA hits you’ll love to sing along with, or the guys tramping around the stage dressed in an array of snorkeling fins and wet suits, Mamma Mia! is simply pure fun for those of us who remember or those who wish they could have been there.

If you’re looking for a cheerful, forget-your-troubles production about a time period many of us thought would never end, then dust off your platforms, put on your old spandex, throw some glitter in your hair, and buy your tickets and get on over to Las Vegas Mandalay Bay Casino for a truly wonderful evening.