Getting rejected by jobs, or grad school, or anything else? Watch Mamma Mia. Going through a breakup? Watch Mamma Mia (and drink copious amounts of wine). I cannot tell you how many nights I’ve been scrolling through Netflix, feeling completely unsatisfied by the thousands of options, and I end up plopping in my DVD of Mamma Mia. On the set of Mamma Mia (photo by Brgitte Lacombe, 2007) It’s romantic and silly and, again, it features Meryl Streep singing in overalls. The plot barely makes sense, but that’s okay. The music is infectious and joyous - you cannot help but smile, and you cannot resist getting up to dance. Why? “This is how you fight back, this is how you don’t give in.” The fun and joy of the musical was necessary and needed, they decided.Īnd, to be honest, it’s always what I need. Björn Ulvaeus (member of ABBA, one of the creators of Mamma Mia) found himself asking right after the horrific attack, “Can we really go on with this?” Yet, Ulvaeus and the Mamma Mia team decided to go ahead with the October 2001 premiere. The show then transferred to Broadway, where it opened on October 18, 2001, a little over a month after the September 11th attacks. I saw it with dear friends in September 2018). Mamma Mia (2008) was adapted from a stage musical that first opened on London’s West End in April 1999 (it’s still playing there.
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