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NAME OF THE GAME: ABBA
07/26/2008
On July 18, "Mamma Mia!" opened in the United States, employing nearly two dozen songs from the enduring Swedish quartet, including "Dancing Queen," "S.O.S.," "The Winner Takes It All" and "Take a Chance on Me." The Universal Pictures film stars Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Amanda Seyfried, Colin Firth and Christine Baranski.
The stage version launched in March 1999 on London's West End and opened at New York's Winter Garden Theatre in October 2001.
According to Crain's New York Business, "Mamma Mia" ranked No. 5 for the 2007-08 Broadway season, while the original cast recording is the fourth-best-selling in the Nielsen SoundScan era, with sales of 1.4 million.
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