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The invitation to go see the Brick Road Theater’s production of Mamma Mia! (directed by Katharine Quinn with music direction by Isaac Leaverton) filled my heart with joy. I know all the lyrics to every single ABBA song and so do my daughters, because I have made sure to pass on my love for ABBA to them. The storytelling in Mamma Mia! is particularly special to me because it features the music by Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus of ABBA. As I raise my daughters on my own, go to school, and run my business, I have learned that empowered women raise empowered women, whether the father is present or MIA. She’s raised a strong daughter who is determined to choose her own path, to be the woman she wants to be. When Mamma Mia! Came to the big screen in 2008, I had been a single mom for 4 years, and I identified so much with Donna.ĭonna Sheridan is a woman in charge, self-reliant, feisty, and will do anything for her daughter. on Broadway in October of 2001, shortly before I moved to the U.S. The hit musical Mamma Mia!, originally conceived by Judy Craymer, and based on the book by Catherine Jones, premiered in the U.S.
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These three fictional characters from the stage-musical Mamma Mia! teach us that empowered women empower women. The best friends, and former bandmates, reunite once again in Kalokairi, a Greek island paradise where Donna runs a hotel and her daughter, Sophie, is getting married. They couldn’t be any more different: different lifestyles, different personalities, different views of love and life, and yet, they are there for each other through thick and thin, without judgment.
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Donna Sheridan, Rosie Mulligan, and Tanya Chesham-Leigh are three empowered women we can all learn from.