The Sunday Giveaway: Two Tickets to Mamma Mia on Broadway!
Admit it. When you read the show title in this Sunday’s Giveaway headline you started singing the song, didn’t you?
“Here I go again, my, my . . . how can I resist you!”
Mamma Mia! has been running for over a decade on Broadway and thanks to the recent downsizing to the Broadhurst Theatre, looks like it could run for at least a half a decade more. What a story! The first jukebox musical takes London by storm, takes Broadway by storm, takes the world by storm . . . and even takes Meryl Streep and Hollywood by storm! (And for all you newbie Producers out there that need a little inspiration, this show was Producer Judy Craymer’s very first and still only Broadway producing credit – I mean why produce any others, right?)
Mamma Mia! has so many things going for it that contribute to its status as a phenomenon: the music, the wedding storyline, the strong central female characters (remember who buys the tickets out there?) . . . and yes, the title.
But I’m sure Mamma Mia! wasn’t the only title Judy and co. thought of back in the day. Let’s you and I go back in time and imagine we were at the “title meeting” for Mamma Mia!. Come up with another idea for a name for the show . . . use a song, don’t use a song, call it a character, I don’t care . . . but come up with something, put it in a comment, and you could be singing along soon enough at the Broadhurst Theatre with two free tickets!
Titles ready? Go!
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Donna and Sophie
Fathers of the Bride
Hmmm, Dancing Queen (or Dancing Queens) might give a slightly wrong impression 😉 , but how about a line from that song, The Time of Your Life? Eh…the more ideas I think of, the more I realize how perfect a title Mamma Mia is, lol.
“The Maury Povich Show: The Musical!”
In the case of Sophie Sheridan, you are ALL the fathers!
Who’s the Father?
ABBA Don’t Believe You
“Take A Chance On Me” seems to work and fit many of the relationships in the show…
ABBA ABBA HONEYMOON!
Pre-Seeding Sophie
Sophie’s Choice
I think the title could have been “Who’s Your Baby Daddy”!
Winner Takes All
Winner Takes it All
Donna and the Dynamos
Donna Does Daddies
Fernando Doesn’t Live Here Anymore
F-ABBA-lous Fun
The MILF, the Cougar and the Cook-book Queen
Trysting at the Taverna
Forget Tom and Dick; Pick Sam, Bill and Harry
Super Troopers!
We do, we do, we don’t!
And every producer’s favorite:
Money, Money, Money!
Some ideas:
“What Could Have Been”
“If Only …”
“I Can Still Recall (our last summer)”
“The Sight of You”
“What Ever Happened?”
ENJOY!!!
How Could I Resist You?
The Dynamos are Back!
Lace: the Musical (a title that only makes sense if you remember the Phoebe Cates miniseries!)
Excellent! Very clever!
“The Winner Takes It All”
Who’s Your Daddy?
Dancin’ Queens’!
ABBA
(‘DADDY’ IN HEBREW)
Sophie’s Choice
I Do, I Do, I Do , I Do, I Do!
Waterloo
Resisting You
Three Men and a Wedding
SOS – To intrigue the Titanic demographic
Dancing Queen – nets the Kinky Boots demographic
ABBA DABBA DOO! – fills seats with the all-important Flintstones crowd
Donna and the Dancing Queens.
I really want to see Felicia Finley in the role. Pick me! I adore this show so much.
I also like: The Winner Takes It All! The Songs of ABBA.
Sophie’s Wedding
or maybe
One Bride, Three Guv’ners
or perhaps
Who’s Your Daddy?
My Three Dads
Eenie , Mini, Miney, Moe
Mama Knows Best
Looks like I’m half an hour late to “Who’s Your Daddy?”
I vote for Mabel Eng since she beat me to it! 🙂
Take A Chance On Me, The Songs of Abba. Honey!
Greek rendezvous.
I actually quite like “Mamma Mia” for the title of this show–chosen well, I’d say. Had I been at the table, I might have suggested “Knowing Me, Knowing You”
Who’s Your Daddy?!
My Big Phat Greek Wedding!
Daddy, Daddy, Daddy And My Big Fat Greek Wedding
Mamma, Daddy, Daddy, Daddy & Me
Oh Mamma!
Greek Isle, Wedding Aisle
Guess Whose Daddy’s Are Coming To My Wedding
Sophie’s Summer
Donna and The Dynamo’s
Donna’s Diary
I Do The Musical
Our Last Summer
Nobody’s Fool
Once, Twice, Three, Times a Father
Take A Chance The Musical
Greece Lightning
It’s a nice day for a Greek wedding
I Believe In Angels
Does Your Mother Know: The Musical
Summer Night Wedding
Here We Go Again
You Can Jive: The Musical
“I do, I do, I do, I do, I do!”
I went to Greece for he first time this last summer, and fell in love with it. ( and with someone special while I was there!) on the plane, on the way back, my movie viewer control was broke, and all I could watch was Mamma Mia – I watched it three times, and cried each time. As soon as I got home, I bought the movie and watched it again. It resonated with me so much, having just reunited with my father after 50 years apart, and then having him pass away just before my trip to Greece. So, whether or not I win these tix, I will be seeing it on Broadway as soon as I can!
Sophie, young and sweet and 17.
For a little truth in advertising, why now call it what it is: “Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell: The Musical”
It’s been done, it’s called “Carmelina”
Μπαμπάς Mia!
Pin the tail on the daddy!
Villa Donna and the Dancing Queens.
“Does Your Mother Know” or “Take a Chance on Me”
Three Men and a Dancing Queen
To Tell the Truth: Will the Real Daddy Stand Up
Guess Who’s Coming to the Wedding
“When All is Said and Done”
Or
“How To NOT Complete Your Family Tree”
ABBA Knows Best (Father in Hebrew)
I ABBA DABBA DO!
Honey, Honey
“The FAMILY SHOW of Broadway: Mom’s a slut, her kids a bastard, and they all sing Swedish Disco to the BEAT BEAT BEAT”
Donna’s hideway.
Correction: Donna’s Villa Hideaway.
Honeymoon Hideaway.
Who’s Your Daddy?
Tag line: Take A Chance on a HONEY, HONEY of a musical!
Gimme, Gimme, Gimme
One for each of the possible dads!
-Dancing Queen
-Sophie!
“You Can Dance, You Can Jive-
Having the Time of Your Life”
or just –
“Having the Time of Your Life!”.
(Send my tickets ASAP lol)
“The Winner Takes It All” is always the strongest solo of the evening for me, but that’s kind of a long title so I would’ve named it: “The Winner”
Opa: A Very Maury Musical
I’m in agreement of all the song titles,
The Winner Takes It All
Take a Chance on Me
Gimme, Gimme, Gimme
I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do
and I also really like
I Have A Dream
the original stockholm sindrome
The ABBA Experience
ABBA And The Three Dads
Who’s My Daddy?
The Greek Reunion
Mediterranean Mayhem
The Wedding Party
Look Who’s Coming to My Wedding?
Meet the (other) Parent(s)
Welcome Home, Daddy
Walk Like a Man
The Father of the Bride Has Arrived
Any other ABBA song title!!!
I can’t really think of anything else. This is a hard one! “Mamma Mia” is the perfect title for that show, it really is. It’s so fun-loving like the show itself.
“ABBA-cadabra”
How about “Prima Donna!” or “It’s Greek to Me” or “Daddy Mia!”
No not Grease….. Greece
Donna’s Dilemma
There’s no better title than Mamma Mia — it translates to all nationalities.
“Shouldn’ta Turned Us Down, Bee Gees!”
The song I most identify ABBA with is ” Dancing Queen”.
Momma Meryl!
Eenie Meenie!
Oy Vey!
Daddys’ Little Girl!
My Heart Belongs to Daddy, Daddy, Daddy!
Shoulda Woulda Coulda!
Greece! (hat tip John P.)
Marry! Mama! (ABBA…ABBA..I do!)
Paternity: The Musical!
The Rehearsal Week
TAKE A CHANCE ON THREE
“Sophie’s Choice”
oh wait, that sounds familiar….
The original title was at one time “Summer Nights City”, which I am glad they didn’t use. Take A Chance On Me or Hole In My Soul ( one of my favorite little known ABBA songs) would have been great titles for the show.
Who’s the Daddy?
The Grecian Yearn
It Takes A Greek Village
Here’s my title:
“Mamma-I-Want-To-Get-Married-And-I-Want-My-Father-To-Be-There….SURPRISE!: The Musical”
😉
“Knowing Me, Knowing You”.
whos your daddy
For me, anyway, this contest seemed to generate some burlesque and risque titles, and the first title that came to mind was, sadly, “Who’s Your Daddy.” (ouch).
So, for cleaner and family-friendly fare, I would go with one of the songs from the show that speak to the premise of the show:
“Lay All Your Love on Me” or even “Knowing Me, Knowing You”
I also like take-offs of other titles like “Three Men and a Bride,” “Fiddler on the Taverna,” “A funny thing happened on the way to the wedding,” or even “Translations–in Greek.” Of course, with apologies to all authors!
they’re all like me, but different: the reference point for describing all jukebox musicals to lay people
Promise to love you
How about…”The Time of Your Life”
I would go with “Fathers of the Bride” or “Which Father Is It Anyway?”
But I do however, feel like “Mamma Mia” was a great choice! 🙂
Never saw the play….I like the following possible titles!!!
Oh What A Night
Mind Candy
The Magical Mystery Trip
“It takes three”
“Finding Sophie”
“MERYL’S NOT IN IT”
Waterloo.
My 3 Dads
“You ARE the Father…of the Bride”
With the help of Maury to figure out who Sophie’s father is, and David Tutera to plan a fast wedding, we could shorten the show to about 15 minutes.
Take A Chance on MEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!
Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell, The Musical (Well… the second musical based on Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell.)
Can’t walk away
“AIM MAMMA”
Paternity Test Required: The Musical.
Fathers of the Bride
Or
Fathers’ Little Dividend
How about “I’m too lazy to write original music and lyrics so I’ll just throw together what I already have and call it a musical.”
Jeez, MAMMA MIA! works so well, but here’s my stab: THE REHEARSAL.
Take A Chance On Me
Cloying! The Musical!