Monday, July 16, 2007

MAMMA MIA!

RETURNS TO THE CENTER

August 7-19 in Segerstrom Hall


Benny Andersson
and Björn Ulvaeus’ MAMMA MIA!, the smash hit musical based on the songs of ABBA, returns to Segerstrom Hall at the Orange County Performing Arts Center August 7 to 19. MAMMA MIA! is part of The Center’s popular Curtain Call Series.

Inspired by the story-telling magic of ABBA’s timeless songs, writer Catherine Johnson’s sunny, funny tale of family and friendship unfolds on a 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. Songs including “Dancing Queen,” “The Winner Takes It All,” “Money, Money, Money” and “Take A Chance on Me” are all featured in this feel-good night of fun and laughter.

With more productions playing simultaneously around the world than any other new musical, MAMMA MIA! is now the world’s # 1 show. There are currently twelve productions of MAMMA MIA! running concurrently around the world (ten permanent productions and two tours). With a worldwide gross of over $2 billion dollars and audiences of more than 30 million people, MAMMA MIA! is acclaimed by the Associated Press as “quite simply, a phenomenon.”

The original cast recording of MAMMA MIA! is available on Decca Broadway.

For information about MAMMA MIA! around the world, go to www.mamma-mia.com

ORANGE COUNTY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER

The Center is committed to supporting artistic excellence on all of its stages and engaging the entire community in new and exciting ways through an array of inspiring programs.

The Orange County Performing Arts Center opened in 1986 with its 3,000-seat Segerstrom Hall and intimate 250-seat Founders Hall. In 2006, The Center expanded its venues to include the 2,000-seat Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall and 500-seat multi-functional Samueli Theater. The Center’s new facility, which also includes a studio theater and education lab, joins with the adjacent Tony® Award-winning South Coast Repertory and a site for a future visual arts complex to create Segerstrom Center for the Arts. A 46,000-square-foot outdoor community plaza unites all of the venues to create one of the largest performing arts campuses in the United States.

The Orange County Performing Arts Center presents a broad range of programming each season, including international ballet and dance, national tours of top Broadway shows, intimate performances of jazz and cabaret, classical music performed by renowned chamber orchestras and ensembles, family-friendly programming and many other special events.

The Center offers many programs designed to inspire young people through the arts. These programs reach more than 500,000 students of all ages with vital arts-in-education programs, enhancing their studies and enriching their lives well into the future.

The Center is proud to serve as the artistic home to the region’s major performing arts organizations: Pacific Symphony, the Philharmonic Society of Orange County, Opera Pacific and the Pacific Chorale.

For more information, visit www.ocpac.org.

Tickets to performances at the Orange County Performing Arts Center are
$23 - $73, and are available at The Center’s Box Office at 600 Town Center Drive in Costa Mesa, by calling (714) 556-2787 or online at
www.ocpac.org. For inquiries about group ticket discounts, call The Center’s Group Sales office at (714) 755-0236. The Center’s TTY number is (714) 556-2746.

The Center applauds Mercedes Benz, the official vehicle of The Center, for its support.

MAMMA MIA!

Orange County Performing Arts Center

Segerstrom Hall

August 7-19, 2007

Tuesdays-Fridays at 7:30 p.m.

Saturdays at 2 & 7:30 p.m.

Sundays at 1 and 6:30 p.m.

Theater: Orange County Performing Arts Center – Segerstrom Hall

600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa, CA

Tickets: $23, $28, $42, $48, $63, $68, $73

In Person - The Center Box Office
600 Town Center Drive
Costa Mesa, CA 92626

Open 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. daily

Online - www.ocpac.org

Phone - (714) 556-2787

Open 10 a.m. - 9 p.m. daily

TTY number - (714) 556-2746

Group Sales - (714) 755-0236

Artists, dates and programs are subject to change.

The Orange County Performing Arts Center is a private, non-profit organization. “Orange County Performing Arts Center” is a California registered trademark.