'Mamma Mia!' Turns 12 on the West End

'Mama Mia! on Broadway

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Get out the birthday cake and candles, the London West End production of Mamma Mia! is now a tween-ager.

Written by Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus of ABBA, this singing and dancing-queen of a musical is celebrating its 12th anniversary and has literally taken the world by storm in the last decade. Mamma Mia! has 9 concurrent productions and opened in over 270 cities, while the double-platinum original cast album still sells over 5,000 copies per week... Not bad for a show that's entering the 7th grade.

Brava, Mamma Mia!