News Release
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August 22, 2005
Hit Musical 'Mamma Mia!' To Play At The Morrison Center
The national touring production of the hit musical Mamma Mia! will play at the Velma V. Morrison Center for the Performing Arts at Boise State University from Oct. 11-16.
Performances will be at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 11-13; 8 p.m. Oct. 14; 2 and 8 p.m. Oct. 15 and noon and 5 p.m. Oct. 16. Tickets are $33.50-$61 at all Select-a-Seat outlets, by phone at 426-1110 or 426-1494; and online at www.idahotickets.com.
Mamma Mia!, which is based on the songs of international supergroup ABBA, is a tale of family and friendship on a tiny Greek island. On the eve of her wedding, a daughter’s quest to discover the identity of her father brings three men from her mother’s past back to the island they last visited 20 years ago. ABBA’s hits Dancing Queen, The Winner Takes It All, Money, Money, Money and Take a Chance on Me are featured.
Leading the cast of 30 is Lauren Mufson as Donna Sheridan, the independent single mother whose carefree past catches up with her on the eve of her daughter’s wedding. Before appearing in Mamma Mia!, Mufson appeared in A New Brain, Groundhog, Kiss of the Spider Woman and on the TV show Law & Order: SVU. Beckah Nutt will play her daughter, Sophie. Nutt has been in the national touring productions of South Pacific.
Mamma Mia! is part of the Fred Meyer Broadway in Boise Series. Future Broadway in Boise performances at the Morrison Center include 42nd Street, The Male Intellect: An Oxymoron?, and An Evening with Bill Cosby. For more information about the series, visit http://mc.boisestate.edu.
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Contact: Scott Bodmer, Morrison Center, (208)426-1629, scottbodmer@boisestate.edu
Media Contact: Julie Hahn, University Relations, (208) 426-5540, juliehahn@boisestate.edu
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