I am not a regular patron at the Bob Carr. Not from a lack of want … I just don’t MAKE myself make the time. But I was lucky enough to be able to go see Mamma Mia! last night, and I really had a great time.

I am a product of the 60s and that means that I grew up in a household that listened to ABBA pretty frequently. I probably know more than half of their music by sheer osmosis! And while I don’t identify with that time period (I’m an 80s gal), I have very fond memories of listening to my mom sing her heart out (she’s a good singer btw) to Fernando, Dancing Queen, Knowing Me Knowing You… and countless others, while she cleaned house, or cooked dinner or whatever.

So at the last minute when I was invited to go see a show I knew very little about but was told it was based on the songs of ABBA, I was ready to go in record time!

We sat in the back of the orchestra section (row V) and while we were about as far back as you could get, we were had a great position being near the center of the row.

I will tell you that the rest is biased because I simply love ABBA’s music, and I identify with it so much that I’m one of those toe-tapping, lyric singing fans that can’t help themselves when they hear an ABBA song. In fact, I was worried that I might disturb my neighbors in the theatre, but the good news is… most of them were big ABBA fans also judging from their reactions.

I thoroughly enjoyed the performance and really was sad when it was over. The story line followed the songs (or should I say, they did a great job of working the songs into the story line), the singing did not do a disservice to the originals and best of all… the production poked fun at itself. It was filled with many hilarious moments and there were times I could barely see because I was laughing so hard (the snorkel gear dance comes to mind).

If you get a chance to see this show… I highly recommend it. I think it’s sold out for everything except Sunday… so don’t sit around like I usually do or it’ll be too late.

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