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Mount Madonna Presents ‘Mamma Mia!’ Sing-along, Too!
t’s January 1978. ABBA, the Swedish pop group sensation, releases “Take a Chance on Me.” The hit becomes part of a musical, “Mamma Mia!” featuring ABBA’s most popular tunes:
• Dancing Queen. • Knowing Me, Knowing You. • The Winner Takes It All. If you can remember those tunes and those lyrics, here’s your chance to relive those days — when Mount Madonna
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Sophia Manzur as Rosie, Zoey Ocampo-Sobkoviak as Donna Sheridan and Bella Cambell as Tanya.
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School’s high school cast presents “Mamma Mia!” 7 p.m. Jan. 27, 2 pm Jan. 28 and a special sing-along performance 2 p.m. Jan. 29 at the Hawks’ Nest Theater, 491 Summit Road, Watsonville. Mount Madonna high school students, born too late to listen to ABBA fill up the airwaves, chose “Mamma Mia!” as their winter production. The plot: On the eve of her wedding, a young woman’s quest to discover her father’s identity brings three men from her mother’s past back to the Greek island they last visited 20 years ago. Junior Anya Gonzalez, who plays the young woman Sophie Sheridan, sees the universal theme of identity and the struggle to find one’s identity. Photo Credit: John Welch Zoey Ocampo-Sobkoviak Sandy Astone as Sam Carmichael and Zoey Ocampo-Sobkoviak as plays Sophie’s mother, Donna Donna Sheridan. Sheridan. Director Seán Boulware said the music with additional lyrics by Stig Anderson. “Mamma Mia!” was originally produced takes you back to the gold age of disco. Director Chelsea Otterness said the in London by Judy Craymer, Richard East and Björn Ulvaeus for Littlestar in assostudents embraced the soundtrack. Tickets are at mms-mammamia. ciation with Universal. Additional Material brownpapertickets.com. & Arrangements by Martin Koch. Music Adult tickets are $15; $10 for 18 and published by Universal Music Publishing under; all seats are reserved. Tickets for the Group and EMI Grove Park Music Inc. and sing-along are $20. EMI Waterford Music Inc. “Mamma Mia!” “Mamma Mia!” music and lyrics by is presented through special arrangement Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, with Music Theatre International. n
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Anya Gonzalez as Sophie Sheridan, Sam Astone as Sam Carmichael and Cooper Padilla as Harry Bright.