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MAMMA MIA! STARS

CAREY ANDERSON and BEN GETTINGER on

“GOOD MORNING AMERICA”

THIS MORNING, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11th

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This morning, MAMMA MIA! Broadway stars Carey Anderson and Ben Gettinger appeared live on "Good Morning America" with anchors Chris Cuomo and Robin Roberts to donate winter coats to the non-profit organization "One Warm Coat" during GMA’s coat drive, sponsored by Burlington Coat Factory.

Seen by over 30 million people around the world, Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus’ global smash hit musical MAMMA MIA! is celebrating 6 sold-out years at the Winter Garden Theatre on Broadway, and is currently playing record-breaking engagements in Las Vegas and on National Tour in the United States. The original West End production has played more than 3,500 performances, an international tour has played in more than 30 foreign cities, and the feature film of MAMMA MIA!, produced by Judy Craymer and Gary Goetzman, will be released in the summer of 2008.

MAMMA MIA!’s Broadway company stars Tony Award® nominated actress Carolee Carmello (Parade, Urinetown) as “Donna Sheridan.” Gina Ferrall (Beauty and the Beast, Big River) as “Rosie” and Judy McLane (Kiss of the Spider Woman, Chess) as “Tanya” are her best friends and back-up band formerly known as “Donna and the Dynamos” who reunite on a Greek island for the wedding of Donna’s daughter Sophie. Pearce Bunting (Mamma Mia! national tour) as “Bill Austin,” Christopher Shyer (Canadian premieres of Les Misérables, The Phantom of the Opera)as “Sam Carmichael” and Ben Livingston (Broadway debut) as “Harry Bright” are the three men from Donna’s past and Sophie’s possible dads.

Bride-to-be “Sophie Sheridan” is played by Carey Anderson, who made her Broadway debut after starring in the national tour of MAMMA MIA! Her fiancé “Sky” is played by Andy Kelso and Ben Gettinger plays his sidekick “Pepper,” both men also make their Broadway bows. The cast also features Samantha Eggers as “Lisa” and Veronica J. Kuehn as “Ali,” Sophie’s best friends. Raymond J. Lee is “Eddie.” The ensemble features Timothy Booth, Brent Black, Isaac Calpito, Allyson Carr, Meghan Dreyfuss, Matthew Farver, Lori Haley Fox, Heidi Godt, Frankie James Grande, Bryan Scott Johnson, Monica Kapoor, Erica Mansfield, Corinne Melançon, Steve Morgan, Joi Danielle Price, Courtney Reed, Gerard Salvador, Ryan Sander and Collette Simmons.

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 tiny Greek island. On the eve of her wedding, a daughter’s quest to discover the identity of her father brings 3 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.

There are currently 8 productions of MAMMA MIA! running around the world (6 resident productions and 2 tours). With three productions playing in North America alone, MAMMA MIA! has more productions playing around the world than any other current Broadway musical and can be experienced in 4 different languages globally (English, German, Japanese and Russian). With a worldwide gross of over $2 Billion, MAMMA MIA! is acclaimed by the Associated Press as “quite simply, a phenomenon.”

Produced by Judy Craymer, Richard East and Björn Ulvaeus for Littlestar in association with Universal, the creative team responsible for bringing MAMMA MIA! to theatrical life includes some of the most gifted and celebrated talents of musical theatre and opera. With music and lyrics by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, MAMMA MIA! is written by Catherine Johnson and directed by Phyllida Lloyd. MAMMA MIA! has choreography by Anthony Van Laast, production design by Mark Thompson, lighting design by Howard Harrison, sound design by Andrew Bruce and Bobby Aitken, and musical supervision, additional material and arrangements by Martin Koch.

MAMMA MIA! plays at the Winter Garden Theatre (1634 Broadway) Wednesday through Saturday at 8 p.m., with matinees on Wednesday and Saturday at 2 p.m. and Sunday at 2 and 7 p.m.

Ticket prices range from $62.50 -$111.25, including a $1.25 Shubert facility fee. Tickets are available by calling the MAMMA MIA! hotline at (212) 563-5544/(800) 432-7250; in person at the Winter Garden Box Office or online at www.telecharge.com/mamma-mia and www.mamma-mia.com

For more information about MAMMA MIA! around the world: www.mamma-mia.com

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