The golden songs brought back memories. When the familiar "dancing queen" and "mamma mia" sounded in the lobby of Shanghai Cultural Plaza, the audience was brought back to the golden age. The musical "Mamma Mia!" 》The 2024 China Tour has been announced. Departing from Shanghai at the beginning of the May Day holiday, this musical, which has been away from China for 17 years, will embark on a four-month national tour, visiting cities such as Shanghai, Hangzhou, Beijing, Nanjing, Zhengzhou, Zhuhai, Shenzhen, and Hong Kong. The vigorous singing and dancing express the passion, love and hope of life.
's joyful and heartwarming story and abba's classic melody make this musical everlasting to this day. This domestic tour is exclusively produced by Jiang Kuan, President of Jucheng Group, Hu Liangzi, Rotating CEO, and Yu Xinyue, General Manager of Jucheng Musical, who have come all the way to perform "Mamma Mia!" 》Producer Nick Grace and the entire cast expressed their welcome and thanks. "In a world that is changing so fast, we still have the opportunity to enjoy this classic musical that has been popular around the world for 25 years at our doorstep. I feel very rare and lucky."
has repeatedly broken records at the global box office, and its charm has not diminished after 25 years of performance.
The original musical Mamma Mia! " premiered in London in 1999 and broke the London box office record that year. After the play landed on Broadway in 2001, it broke records for 14 consecutive years. Over the past 20 years, Mamma Mia! 》The international tour has visited 42 countries, performed more than 3,500 performances, and was watched by more than 7 million people. Since its inception, more than 65 million people around the world have watched 50 versions of Mamma Mia! produced in 16 different languages. 》. In 2011, the Chinese version of "Mamma Mia!" met the domestic audience and received good market response, becoming the first Western musical to be officially put on the domestic stage in Mandarin.
With such an impressive record, "Mamma Mia!" ", it is worthy of becoming the world's leading musical IP, and its overall box office revenue has exceeded 4 billion US dollars. While continuing to break box office records around the world and the record for the longest continuous performance, "Mamma Mia! " has also received nominations for many important theater awards, including the Tony Award for Best Musical, Best Musical Screenplay, the Olivier Award for Best New Musical, the Grammy Award for Best Musical Album, etc.
"Mamma Mia!" ” has also been adapted into two record-breaking movies. In 2008, the musical Mamma Mia! "The movie adapted from the same name has been put on the screen, and the cast has gathered a number of powerful actors such as Meryl Streep, Colin Firth, and "007" Pierce Brosnan. Produced by Judy Kramer, the film became the highest-grossing musical in the world, while the second film, Mamma Mia! 2" (2018) became the most successful live music movie sequel of all time.
disco brings excitement to the audience, and there is always a melody that will make you sing the
musical "Mamma Mia!" " has attracted much attention since its inception because all its songs come from the Swedish national treasure band abba, which was popular all over the world in the 1970s and 1980s. Familiar with Mamma Mia! "The audience will be familiar with it. The whole drama sings more than 20 classic songs of abba. The name of this drama also comes from their golden single "mamma mia" that is popular around the world. In this musical, the audience can feel the golden elegance of retro disco, and even feel the infinite charm of this veteran band with a "cumulative sales volume of 370 million records."
"dancing queen", "mamma mia", "money money"... these melodies sound, even if you have never heard the English name of this song, you will sigh "So this is it!". Since its release in 1976, "Dancing Queen" has quickly become the number one hit single in the world, topping the music charts in more than a dozen countries. On the eve of the wedding of the King and Queen of Sweden, this song was performed live for the first time at the pre-wedding party. The interpretation is destined to be extraordinary.
"dancing queen" is also loved and covered by countless singers around the world. In 1996, Queen Coco Lee also covered this song in her first English album, and its sales were as high as those of Celine Dion and Maria ·Kelly and other international queens.The song "gimme! gimme! gimme!" that is even more familiar to Chinese audiences is undoubtedly the "disco music". In China, it has a more unusual name - "Annoying Autumn Wind". Fei Xiang took it to the TV show in 1987. It set off a craze at the Shanghai TV Spring Festival Gala, and electronic music queen Zhang Qiang, Phoenix Legend, Huang Bo, Na Ying, Xiao Zhan, Angela Chang and other singers have covered this song.
disco style in Mamma Mia! 》 is everywhere. From music, dance, to costume design, they all give people the dynamic and joyful experience of a dance hall. The passionate music style of the abba band is transformed into the sunshine and beaches of the Greek islands. All the golden songs and hot dances are also filled with positivity and optimism under the bright sunshine of the Mediterranean, like a hymn of life. As the Sunday Express said, this is "a supremely sunny musical that will give you completely fresh fun and pleasure no matter how many times you watch it."
A timeless "heroine" drama that specializes in treating internal mental disorders
The musical "Mamma Mia!" ” tells the story of the heroine Sophie and Skye whose love is about to be consummated, and both of them are busy nervously preparing for the upcoming wedding celebration. Sophie, who grew up in a single-parent family and had never seen her father before her wedding, wanted to find her biological father and invite him to accompany her down the aisle. However, Sophie's mother, Donna, did not want to talk about the past. Unintentionally, Sophie read her mother's diary and discovered that there were three men who might be her father. So Sophie sent wedding invitations to everyone without telling her mother, and the three men landed on the island one after another with different moods. An interesting, ups and downs story unfolds...
was born at the end of the last century in "Mamma Mia!" ", tells a typical "big heroine" story. When young Donna faced the difficult choice of love, she made a crazy move-she came to a Greek island to open a B&B, gave birth to a child and raised it alone. Say goodbye to love, leave family, pursue freedom, be confident and calm. And when the daughter is about to get married, the appearance of the three men makes the story develop in an unexpected direction. The outcome of the daughter's "search for her father" becomes less and less important. Both mother and daughter embark on a more determined self-pursuit and become themselves happily.
The female friendship and attitude towards life of the "Down Syndrome Generator" bestie group composed of Donna, Tanya and Rosie are even more healing. In Mamma Mia! "In "", there is no suffocating intimacy, only different choices made by different individuals, as well as the regrets and satisfactions that make people feel the same.
Author: Jiang Fang
Text: Jiang Fang Picture: Performer Editor: Wang Xiaoli Editor: Xing Xiaofang
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