Broadway Across America
www.broadwayacrossamerica.com
Benny Andersson & Bjorn Ulvaeus'
MAMMA MIA!
September 25 - 30, 2007
Sarofim Hall (Hobby Center)
SEAN ALLAN KRILL
Interview with SEAN ALLAN KRILL who stars as SAM CARMICHAEL in the
North American Tour of the ABBA Musical MAMMA MIA!
By Theresa Pisula
August 14, 2007, Friday
theresa@houstontheatre.com
On March 23, 1999 the ABBA musical MAMMA MIA put on its very first show in front of a London audience where they completely went wild, ecstatically singing and dancing in the aisles. The audience still does this every night the show is on and it has become a global entertainment phenomenon. MAMMA MIA currently has more productions playing around the world than any other musical, and has been seen by over 30 million people. It has grossed over $2 Billion at the Box Office and has premiered in more cities worldwide faster than any other musical in history, opening in more than 160 major cities since its first production 8 years ago.
SEAN ALLAN KRILL plays the role of SAM CARMICHAEL in the North American Tour of MAMMA MIA. He was born on June 10th, 1971 in Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma. His father Allan Krill was a Master Sergeant in the Air Force and that basically meant that he moved around a lot when he was a kid. Sean was raised in Houston, Little Rock, Dallas and especially Detroit. Growing up here in Houston, he attended elementary school and Junior High. By the time he was in the 12th grade, he’s been to 12 different schools. Every school year meant meeting new friends and he credits this experience to his being able to travel and adapt to new challenges and environment. “It was crazy but it was good. I had a good time and I have nothing to complain about,” admits Sean. Currently, he resides in Chicago.
He is the recipient of the Joseph Jefferson Award of Chicago Theatre for his work in Forever Plaid. For his regional work, he has done The Importance of Being Earnest, Travesties, Henry V, Brigadoon (Jeff Award nomination), 1776, The Pirates of Penzance, Damn Yankees, Jesus Christ Superstar. For his first national tour, Thoroughly Modern Millie, he garnered the Leon Rabin Award and Carbonell Award nominations. Aside from theatre, he enjoys writing, music composition, and graphic design. He supports BC/EFA, Season of Concern, ACLU, HRC, Amnesty International, Sierra Club, and Planned Parenthood. He is of Irish / German / Native American descent.
Traveling back to Houston for MAMMA MIA will be a homecoming for Sean. His family including his sisters lives in Hockley Texas where he will be staying during the MAMMA MIA tour stop in Houston. He is so very happy, excited and really looking forward to seeing his family here in Texas. I caught him at 5:30pm on a beautiful day outside of his hotel in San Francisco. During this interview, we covered a lot of subjects, including his traveling companion Dane, his theatre influences, the MAMMA MIA tour, and most of all, our undying love for ABBA.
Theresa: Thank you for doing this interview with me. It’s for the upcoming musical Mamma Mia that is coming to Houston September 25th, 2007.
Sean: I know. I’m excited.
Theresa: We’re excited to have you here. How long have you been doing Sam Carmichael for Mamma Mia?
Sean: It’s been a year and a half now, almost exactly.
Theresa: How do you like it?
Sean: I love it, I love it! It’s fun. It’s a really fun show. And it’s a great part to play. I love this music, I always have. I’ve been a big fan of ABBA all my life.
Theresa: Me too (laughs). But I think I’m a bigger ABBA fan than you.
Sean: Well you know there are not a lot of people that will probably say that. But I’m a big ABBA fan. I love this music, I always have.
ABBA
Theresa: Why do you say not a lot of people are ABBA fans? It’s funny, you know I have a friend who is 10 years younger than me, and he’s just now discovering the music. And when the ABBA musical came out to Houston the first time, I wanted to see it so bad but I didn’t get a chance. And now it’s my time to finally see it.
Sean: Well good (laughs).
Theresa: Did you ever see that really cheesy movie that ABBA made back in the ‘70s?
Sean: It was about them touring?
Theresa: Yes (laughs)!
Sean: Yes.
Theresa: I was like that reporter in the movie because I went to bed the other night and I had a dream that I was interviewing the ABBA members.
Sean: (laughs).
Theresa: So my questions right now are actually for the members of ABBA. That’s how big of an ABBA fan I am. But I can’t imagine what you’re doing because you’re actually performing their songs and background music with the orchestra and everything. That must be so exciting for you to be doing it every night.
Sean: Yeah it’s exciting. It’s such great music. And the reason I said what I said is because a lot of times people will pool ABBA in with disco. And I just don’t think that’s fair. I think what they did was…they were ahead of their time.
Theresa: Oh yeah, they covered a whole era. There are disco songs but if you really break down the lyrics to the songs, it’s so universal. It’s timeless. People will remember them for a long time.
Sean: People forget that they were writing outside of their native language.
Theresa: That’s true they didn’t speak English that well. That’s what I remember from the movie.
Sean: I think what they did with those songs…not all of their music really is Disco. It’s weird. Of course, people know Dancing Queen and they know Voulez-Vous and Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! Those are their dance hits. But there other songs like, Winner Takes It All is not a disco song.
Theresa: It’s a ballad.
Sean: Yeah, it’s a ballad and it’s beautiful. They made some really beautiful songs. I feel that they way they arranged their music: their vocal arrangements were so gorgeous, so smart and so musical and so ahead of their time. That’s what I love about it because with Mamma Mia their goal was to re-create those original recordings onstage. We just got a review here in San Francisco that said something about how the vocals are canned, how they are recorded and canned. And it’s just not true. That’s what’s fascinating about Mamma Mia because I think they should sell tickets to the backstage show. And a lot of people didn’t know this, there are 4 vocal booths backstage and anytime even if it’s just me alone onstage singing, there’s like 20 people on those booths backstage singing with me.
Theresa: Wow. And it’s all ABBA songs, that’s what’s so amazing about it.
Sean: That’s how they recorded those songs. It was just the 4 of them but it was like their voices 4-5 times over, you know? So in order to re-create the sound, there has to be 20 people.
Theresa: Even the song Fernando, even though it’s not in the musical.
Sean: There’s a little hint at it.
Theresa: Really?!
Sean: Yeah, you gotta watch for that.
Theresa: Wow, I am so cheezin’ because I love all these songs! They’re sad, you know The Winner Takes It All is kind of a sad song but it’s so true. It’s just so ABBA and I love it. I can’t wait to see the musical. And I can’t wait to see you in it.
Sean: I’m glad (laughs). It’s a really, really fun show. It’s great to see people having such a good time. It’s a fun job to have, watching people on their feet and dancing and just having a blast every night.
MAMMA MIA! Photo Credit: JOAN MARCUS
Theresa: So when did you discover ABBA? Because you’re not old enough to know ABBA when they were at the peak of their success.
Sean: It’s weird. I’m just a little bit behind that, just a few years too young. But I remember growing up in the ‘70s, I remember hearing it all the time and I loved it when I was a kid. And when I really fell in love with it was when right around when they broke up which was the early ‘80s, like 1981-1982, I believe.
Theresa: I was so heartbroken.
Sean: Well, yeah I was too because I wrote them a letter and they never did write me back. And I think because by the time I wrote them it was defunct.
Theresa: What did you write in this letter (laughs)?
Sean: Oh I can’t remember - I was 10 years old. I had the album The Magic of ABBA which was like The Greatest Hits at the time. I just wrote to them that I love their music and you know I just really wanted to get my membership card to say that I was officially a member of the fan club. I never heard anything back because I think it was not even any good at that point.
Theresa: Aawww. That’s so sweet.
Sean: I’m a die-hard all through the ‘80s. It was not cool to like them (laughs).
Theresa: People who say that ABBA is not cool do not know what they’re talking about (laughs). I love ABBA! I can’t wait to see the musical. I had a friend actually that saw Mamma Mia went they first came to Houston and she was telling me, “I don’t really know their songs!” And I was like, “What are you talking about, all their songs are magnificent.” And so I was thinking, “You don’t even deserve to see the show.”
Sean: That’s the thing. You know, some people think they don’t know. But when they hear it, they say, “Oh, I know that song….oh I know that song!” And then there are people that are like, “I don’t like ABBA.” And then they’ll come and see them anyway and say “I do like this one. I didn’t realize that this was ABBA.” It’s funny. And there are people like you that are just…
Theresa: Die-hard…
Sean: And you come to see it and just have a blast. And it’s really funny, we would look out at the end and we will see everybody from 5-year olds to grandma and grandpa out there just boogying and having a good time. It’s fantastic.
Theresa: That’s why they’re so popular. They’re image is clean and the music is just simply beautiful.
Sean: The thing is that so much of that music was so…they weren’t just writing about stuff that they didn’t know about. The break-up songs like Knowing Me, Knowing You and Winner Takes it All.
Theresa: Oh I know. They are so heart-breaking.
Sean: You know, there were 2 couples and then in the middle of all this success…
Theresa: they divorce…
Sean: But they were still a band. They just started writing about what they were experiencing. It was so strange for them to get up there and perform when you hear about them breaking up.
Theresa: And they’re singing about themselves and the music is just so amazing and it sucks that they have to break up.
Photo Credit: JOAN MARCUS
Knowing Me Knowing You lyrics
Knowing me, knowing you (ah-haa)
There is nothing we can do
Knowing me, knowing you (ah-haa)
We just have to face it, this time we're through
(This time we're through, this time we're through
This time we're through, we're really through)
Breaking up is never easy, I know but I have to go
(I have to go this time
I have to go, this time I know)
Knowing me, knowing you
It's the best I can do
Theresa: I read in one of your interviews that you have your man’s best friend that travels with you when you’re on tour.
Sean: I do. I have my dog, his name is Dane.
Theresa: Is he with you today?
Sean: He is with me. I’m gonna go up and let him out and take him for a little walk.
Theresa: I’m a dog lover too. I think dogs rule. You know, Adam Levine of Maroon 5, he also tours with his dog. He doesn’t go anywhere without his dog.
Sean: I didn’t know that, that’s great.
Theresa: What breed is Dane?
Sean: He’s an Argentian Dogo (laughs). It’s a breed that was created years ago in Argentina. He’s basically a big white dog with black spots.
Theresa: What is he like on tour?
Sean: He’s great. He grew up on tour actually. He was 4 months old when I got him. And almost immediately I went out on the Millie tour (Thoroughly Modern Millie) and so he grew up on the road. I drive the tour, almost everybody else flies. But I drive so I can have this giant dog with me (laughs).
DANE, Sean's best friend
Theresa: How big is he?
Sean: He’s about 75 lbs.
Theresa: Wow.
Sean: He’s a big boy.
Theresa: And you don’t have a problem finding food for him to eat on the road?
Sean: Food’s never a problem. He’s not a finicky eater. That’s the thing growing up on the road. He just takes everything with a grain of salt. He’s just kind of like, “Alright, just show me where my food bowl is and where do I pee.” That’s all he needs to know.
Theresa: All dogs are like that (laughs). That’s why they’re so much fun. They’re so laid back. I’m so happy that your best friend is with you all the time.
Sean: He keeps me sane, you know. No matter where I am. If I’m in a beautiful hotel room or in a little dive, I walk in and there he is waiting for me. And doing the show is fun but touring itself can be trying sometimes. It’s been a year and a half that I haven’t been home and sometimes days are great sometimes they’re not so great. And it’s so, so nice to always have that constant companion who’s always there.
Theresa: So what is it like for you to go on the road and everybody else is flying for this tour? Are there times when you can’t make it or couldn’t be there?
Sean: There was one time where my car broke down. And I ended up missing the opening night of the next city. So, but it was just a weird little thing that happened with my car.
Theresa: One time.
Sean: Only one time. But it depends on the drive. We’re in San Francisco right now and this is the longest drive that I’m gonna have to do on the whole tour because we’re going from San Francisco to Houston.
Theresa: That is a long drive (laughs). I’m so sorry. I’ve made that trip before, on the backseat of our family car trying to get to Disneyland in Anaheim.
Sean: Yeah, it’s a long drive. So we’re closing here on a Saturday night, a week from tomorrow. And then I will drive all day Sunday and all day Monday, and then open the show Tuesday night. The thing is that they always have to truck the set, so it’s always possible for me to have to drive because if it’s possible to drive our set, then I know it’s possible to drive myself, you know what I mean?
Theresa: Do you follow the set when you’re on the road?
Sean: I’ve seen it before, I’ve seen the trucks before. I pass them occasionally. There are times that if it’s a shorter drive, like 5 or 6 hours, there are times when I would beat everyone just because it’s easier for me to just hop in my car and drive than for them to like spend an hour at the airport, another hour to wait, then a 2 hour flight. Sometimes, they have a lay over and a lot of the time I have arrived before the people that are flying. But then there are times where I’m still driving and I have 10 hours left and people are calling me “The hotel’s great!” Then I’d be like (laughs), “I wanna be there!”
Theresa: But you know what, I totally support you in this endeavor because you’re with your best friend the whole time (laughs).
DANE and Sean at Clearwater Beach, Florida
Sean: Well yeah, that’s why I do it.
Theresa: That’s right. That’s why we all do it, for our best friend. Because he’s always gonna be there for you no matter what, you know?
Sean: I’m on contract for 6 more months and I’m gonna be leaving the show. But toward the end of that there’s a 3 week stretch where we’re really close to Chicago so I’m gonna drop my car and Dane off at home and then fly around for 3 weeks with the cast.
Theresa: That’s fine (laughs).
Sean: ‘Cause I’ve never done that. You know, I thought, I need to at least experience what it’s like to get on that plane and fly with the company on tour.
Theresa: That’s okay. I’m sure you’re gonna miss him (laughs).
Sean: Oh yeah, it’s gonna be very, very strange to not have that dog with me.
Theresa: Aawww (laughs).
Sean: I still don’t know…I’m still not sure I made the right decision. It’ll be nice to not have to drive you know, for 3 to 4 weeks (laughs).
DANE at Sean's apartment in Chicago
Knowing Me Knowing You lyrics
No more carefree laughter
Silence ever after
Walking through an empty house, tears in my eyes
Here is where the story ends, this is goodbye
Knowing me, knowing you (ah-haa)
There is nothing we can do
Knowing me, knowing you (ah-haa)
We just have to face it, this time we're through
(This time we're through, this time we're through
This time we're through, we're really through)
Breaking up is never easy, I know but I have to go
(I have to go this time
I have to go, this time I know)
Knowing me, knowing you
It's the best I can do
Theresa: Let’s talk about Mamma Mia. Tell us about the part that you’re playing in the musical.
Sean: I play the part of Sam Carmichael. Donna Sheridan is the mother. She’s the Mamma in Mamma Mia (laughs). And her daughter Sophie is getting married. She’s 20 years old and has never known who her biological father is. So she finds her mom’s diary and reads it and discovers that the summer before Sophie was born, Donna spent that summer with 3 different men. Sam, being the first and he sort of broke her heart and left. This is the way I tell the story, of course from my point of view.
So what happened was, Donna falls out of love, thinking she had found the love of her life. And then Donna just went on the rebound and had a little fling with Bill and Harry (laughs). So Sam goes away and Donna stays on the island in Greece and raises Sophie and none of the other guys know about this girl in existence. They have no idea that Donna had a baby.
Twenty years later, they receive invitations to Sophie’s wedding thinking that the invitation is from Donna but actually Donna knows nothing about it. So when the 3 of us show up on the island, it’s very, very much to the dismay of Donna. She has no idea why we’re there. And Sophie has invited us to try to figure out which one of us is her father. Basically, what the show is about is Sophie’s journey to try to find out her place in the world and a lot of re-visiting the past. Donna and Sam do a lot of soul searching and the painful, vague re-visiting of their love affair. That’s where Winner Takes It All fits in, and SOS, Knowing Me Knowing You. The show is a lot of fun but I spend a lot of my show singing all the break-up songs.
Theresa: And ABBA’s songs are so heartbreaking. The melodies are so beautifully haunting and the lyrics break your heart albeit so very true. And then their fans are dealt with the fact that at the peak of their musical careers, they get divorced. Like, why do you guys have to get divorced? At the time they were the kings and dancing queens of our world, they ruled the ‘70s and ‘80s, the royalty of disco. And the fans, the lowly subjects are left with the pain of heartbreak.
ABBA: (L-R) Benny Andersson, Bjorn Ulvaeus, Anni-Frid Lyngstad and
Agnetha Faltskog. ABBA (Year 1982) in a shot from the sleeve session for
The Singles - The First Ten Years.
Sean: Yeah, I sing all the break-up songs (laughs). I sing all the sad songs.
Theresa: Those are the best!!! Those are the best ABBA songs, though. Although, aside from the disco songs which are also very good.
Sean: I think Knowing Me Knowing You is such a great song. It’s so much fun to sing it.
Theresa: Do you sing this song to Donna?
Sean: Well Knowing Me Knowing You is actually a scene that Sam has with Sophie. And Sam sees her fighting with her fiancé and is worried that she is making the wrong decision by getting married so young. He confides in her that he, in fact, was just divorced from his wife. Knowing Me Knowing You is Sam’s story in the show. It’s him confiding in Sophie that he has this wife and kids at home that he just lost. And he’s basically warning her that it’s a huge decision to get married so really, really make sure that it’s right within your heart before you do it.
But SOS is a duet between Donna and I that we sing about our break-up. And Winner Takes It All is a song that Donna sings to me. Mary Jane Raleigh plays Donna and Vickie Noon is Sophie and they are fantastic! I’m so lucky to do this show with them. It’s really their story and their relationship as mother and daughter, primarily.
Theresa: How did you become a part of this musical? How did it come about?
Sean: It came out of the blue, honestly. I was home in Chicago, I have been home for about a year after the Millie tour and was working regionally there and having a great time. I got to do a lot of straight theatre after the tour and went home and did a lot of Shakespeare, Oscar Wilde and Tom Stoppard. I was having a blast in Chicago and then all of a sudden (laughs) my agent calls me and says “Mamma Mia wants to see you.” I was like “Oh…oh…okay.”
Theresa: Then you auditioned?
Sean: Then I auditioned and literally, like 4 days later, they called and said “You wanna be on tour?”
Theresa: Wow. Was it exciting for you at the time?
Sean: It was very exciting. It wasn’t something that I had sought out. It just kinda came out of the blue and I was very happy. The first time I sang through the show with everything – the lights, the full band and backup singers was great. I think somewhere on the tour someone has a picture of me actually just laying down on the stage because it was so overwhelming.
Theresa: (Laughs) you were just laying there reveling in sweet ecstasy of just being on the ABBA show.
Sean: Yeah, it was just so much fun….
Theresa:…to be a part of ABBA, right?
Sean:…singing songs that I’ve grown up with.
Theresa: That’s awesome, that’s really great.
Sean: (Laughs) there is a little bit of adjusting. Obviously, I’m a man singing a song that was sung by women so they had to change keys and sort of put it onto a male key but as far as the vocal arrangement goes, they are verbatim of what you hear on the record. And people are singing it live backstage. It’s pretty cool.
Theresa: Wow. That’s amazing. I can’t wait. I can’t wait. I mean it’s the next best thing to seeing ABBA in concert. When do you think they’re gonna go on tour?
Sean: Aawww…probably won’t happen. I know it’s sad but it won’t happen (laughs).
Theresa: But the winner takes it all, right?
Sean: This is basically ABBA living on.
Theresa: And we do want them to live on forever.
Sean Allan Krill as Trevor Greydon and Darcie Roberts as
Millie Dillmount in Thoroughly Modern Millie. Photo courtesy of
www.seanallankrill.com
Theresa: What inspired you to get into Theatre?
Sean: I was always involved in music and arts as a kid. My family always sang. We were always a singing family. My granny played the guitar and we’d sit around and sing old folk songs.
Theresa: Really? The whole family accompanied by grandma?
Sean: Yeah, pretty much (laughs).
Theresa: That’s cute. Well not every family is like that, you know?
Sean: I know, I know. I realize that now yeah, it was fun. I always loved to sing. And my mom taught me how to harmonize. And I’ve always put on plays for my family. Me and my friends would get together and put on a skit.
Theresa: Right, we did that too. I read that you played Jesus in Jesus Christ Superstar.
Sean: Uh-huh in Chicago.
Theresa: Because when I was growing up, I was Mary Magdalene.
Sean: Oh really (laughs)?
Theresa: I would watch Yvonne Elliman in the movie and re-create her every move and sing her songs. This was when I was a little kid and my family and cousins would put on Jesus Christ Superstar. And my parents would shove me up on our little stage and I would sing my heart out.
Sean: Yeah, she’s so fantastic.
Theresa: As far as acting, of all the parts you have played, which one is your most favorite?
Sean: I think in a musical, it was Trevor Greydon in Thoroughly Modern Millie. That was a really, really fun part to play. I mean I just had a ball playing that role. And then there’s the stuff that I did in Chicago right after Millie, I had so much fun doing The Importance of Being Earnest at the Court Theatre in Chicago. It was so much fun to just have that language in my mouth (laughs), to have that to play with. I think I would have to go back to Trevor Greydon, it was really a well written and fun role to play.
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Theresa: Who are your most favorite actors?
Sean: That’s hard to say. The first thing that comes to mind when I think of Hollywood is Johnny Depp. Hollywood doesn’t often let people that look like Johnny Depp do anything but be a leading man in movies, you know? And he has managed to play the craziest, most bizarre roles on film. He’s the maven of the character man. And I love that about him. I think he just sort of transforms himself. I really admire that. There’s something very theatrical about the way he does movies. And that’s also how I feel about Meryl Streep. I mean she’s just fantastic. I don’t know how she does what she does. And you know she’s playing Donna in the movie.
Theresa: Oh, when are they making the movie?
Sean: The movie is gonna come out next summer.
Theresa: It’s already been made? (With bated breath) It’s in the can?
Sean: It’s been made, yeah. They were in Greece this summer filming. And Pierce Brosnan is playing Sam Carmichael.
Theresa: Oh my gosh!!! Are they gonna be singing?
Sean: Oh yeah, yeah. It’s the musical on film.
Theresa: So, you’re Pierce Brosnan. You’re like James Bond (laughs).
Sean: I’m James Bond, yeah (laughs). The name is Krill. Sean Krill (James Bond imitation). So it’s Meryl Streep and Pierce Brosnan playing the roles in the movie. I’m just so intrigued. I can’t wait. For the first time last week I saw a PR shot of the 2 of them, I think it was in USA Today, there’s an article about the movie. It’s just so fun that there’s this movie coming out next summer.
Theresa: I can’t wait for that too. What about Sophie? Do you know who’s playing her?
Sean: Her name is Amanda Seyfried. She was in Mean Girls. She was the really ditzy blonde in Mean Girls.
Theresa: Wow. She does musicals then. I didn’t know that she could sing.
Sean: Yeah, these are all people I didn’t know could sing! I didn’t know Pierce Brosnan sang.
Theresa: I knew Meryl Streep sang because she did that one movie called A Prairie Home Companion. Yeah, I didn’t know Pierce Brosnan sang either.
Sean: In the movie Mamma Mia, Colin Firth plays Harry, Christine Baranski plays Tanya and Julie Walters is Rosie. It’s exciting, I can’t wait. I can’t wait. Meryl Streep – I think she can do no wrong. It’s just amazing what she does. She would absolutely be my idol as an actor. The 2 people that really stick out in my mind would be Meryl Streep and Johnny Depp and it’s because they just make themselves whoever they’re playing. They’re not just personalities, they’re actually actors. They make themselves somebody else and it’s exciting to watch that.
AMANDA SEYFRIED
Theresa: Who influenced you as an artist?
Sean: It’s funny that you ask me about influences because the way that I work, I go through and tackle everything independently, you know? So the people that I work with, I watch them work. I sort of pick and choose ways and methods of working that I think are going to work for me. I remember thinking at a very young age and hearing my dad say that he always wanted to be a dancer. You know a really good dancer, it’s sort of a secret dream that he always had. And it’s why I keep my middle name because my father’s name is Allan Krill. I’ve always kept my middle name because it was my way of kinda getting my dad into show business (laughs). It’s what he always wanted.
I remember going to see Les Miserables when I was 16 years old and that show itself influenced me in a way that was huge. I remember seeing that story onstage and being so impressed with the way that theatre can be so interactive in the way it can move an audience. I wanted to be a part of that. I can’t think of a certain actor, really. I mean I had idols when I was a kid. I was so infatuated with Gene Kelly. It was all about Gene Kelly and Katherine Hepburn. I just watched. I was voracious. I couldn’t get enough of them. I watched everything they’d ever done. I wanted to be Gene Kelly (laughs).
Theresa: What would you like the audience to gain from watching this musical?
Sean: I think that Mamma Mia has so much to offer in that there are so many different relationships. People, I think, come and see it and will relate to the different story lines that are going on. There’s a woman and her 2 best friends, there’s a mother and daughter story, there’s a lost love story. And then there’s this girl trying to figure out who her father is and discovering who he is.
There’s a lot to relate to and I think people, depending on where they are in their lives will come and watch it. It’s all done in a very lighthearted way. It’s a very fun 2 and ½ hours. I think what this musical wants is to invite people in and say “Come on in. You can take your thinking caps off. Let’s just have a really good time for 2 and ½ hours and listen to some great music." And also watch a good story. And I’m very proud of this cast because I think that we really are telling the story well of Mamma Mia. I think it’s a simple story but it’s done with a lot of care and love by these people. I’m proud of that.
Knowing Me Knowing You lyrics
Memories (mem'ries), good days (good days), bad days (bad days)
They'll be (they'll be), with me (with me) always (always)
In these old familiar rooms children would play
Now there's only emptiness, nothing to say
Knowing me, knowing you (ah-haa)
There is nothing we can do
Knowing me, knowing you (ah-haa)
We just have to face it, this time we're through
(This time we're through, this time we're through
This time we're through, we're really through)
Breaking up is never easy, I know but I have to go
(I have to go this time
I have to go, this time I know)
Knowing me, knowing you
It's the best I can do
SEAN ALLAN KRILL. Photo courtesy of
www.seanallankrill.com
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The Smash Hit Musical based on the songs of ABBA returns to Houston's Hobby Center for the Performing Arts. For One Week Only! Single Tickets Now On Sale!
A Mother. A Daughter. 3 Possible Dads.
And a trip down the aisle you'll never forget!
MAMMA MIA! Photo Credit: JOAN MARCUS
MAMMA MIA! Photo Credit: JOAN MARCUS
About Broadway Across America
Broadway Across America presents first-rate touring Broadway shows, family productions and other live theatrical events throughout a network of over 40 North American cities. A leader in subscription series programs and group ticketing, Broadway Across America is dedicated to creating memorable and accessible experiences for all guests, selling over 5 million tickets to over 3,000 performances each year. As a producer, current and recent Broadway productions include: Hairspray, Chicago, Monty Python’s Spamalot and The Producers. It also manages, operates or consults in the operation of 13 theatres across North America. For more information or to purchase tickets through an authorized agent go to BroadwayAcrossAmerica.com