JUDY CRAYMER (Creator/Producer) originated the idea for MAMMA MIA! and in 1996 founded Littlestar Services Limited with Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus and Richard East to produce the stage musical in London. She has since produced over 50 productions of MAMMA MIA! in 16 languages worldwide. In recognition of her international success, Judy received a Woman of the Year Award in 2002 and was appointed CBE in the Queen''s Birthday Honours List in 2020 for services to theatre and charity. In 2008 she produced MAMMA MIA! The Movie, starring Meryl Streep and Pierce Brosnan, which received Golden Globe and BAFTA nominations and grossed over $600 million worldwide. She later produced MAMMA MIA! Here We Go Again. From September 2021 to January 2023, Judy served as Chairman of the Board and Independent Non-Executive Director of Universal Music Group. MAMMA MIA! celebrated its 25th anniversary in London''s West End in April 2024, and Judy was thrilled by the show''s recent return to Broadway.
RICHARD EAST (Producer) is an originating producer of MAMMA MIA!, having been involved since its inception. A Tony nominee, he has worked in the entertainment business for 35 years in Australia, London and the U.S.
BJÖRN ULVAEUS (Music & Lyrics) was born April 25, 1945, in Gothenburg. In the mid-''50s, Björn fell in love with rock ''n'' roll and skiffle. By the early ''60s, he was a member of a folk group called The West Bay Singers. 1966: Björn met with Benny Andersson, a member of Sweden''s number-one pop group, The Hep Stars. 1970: Björn and Benny started releasing records as a duo. 1972-82: ABBA. 1982: Björn and Benny started writing the musical Chess with Tim Rice. 1986: Chess opened in London''s West End. 1990: Björn and Benny started to write a new musical. Kristina From Duvemala opened 1995. Björn writes most of the lyrics for the Benny Andersson Orchestra and has involved himself in the stagings of MAMMA MIA! 2008: Mamma Mia! The Movie was released. 2016: MAMMA MIA! The Party opened in Stockholm, with Björn as one of the producers. 2018: MAMMA MIA! Here We Go Again was released. 2021: ABBA announced the release of the first album in 40 years, Voyage, as well as a virtual stage show, Voyage, which opened in a new custom-built arena in London in 2022. Björn is president of CISAC, an umbrella organisation for all royalty collecting societies for songwriters in the world.
BENNY ANDERSSON (Composer) was born December 16, 1946, in Stockholm. 1952: he received accordion lessons from his father and grandfather. 1964-68: Benny was a member of The Hep Stars, Sweden''s most popular rock band in the ''60s. During this time, he began composing music. "Sunny Girl" and "Wedding" were huge hits for The Hep Stars. 1972-82: ABBA. 1982-84: Benny composed the music (together with Björn Ulvaeus and Tim Rice) for the musical Chess. 1987: he began collaborating with Orsa Spelman rooted in Swedish folk music. 1990-95: working with Björn, Benny composed the music to Kristina fran Duvemala, which premiered in October 1995. 1995: received the title of professor from the Swedish government. 2001: his collaboration with Orsa Spelman led to the formation of Benny Andersson''s Orchestra, a 16-man constellation with vocalists Helen Sjoholm and Tommy Korberg. This has resulted in 11 albums and several summer tours. 2007: Benny was inducted into the Royal Swedish Academy of Music. 2008: was appointed Honorary Doctor of the College of Humanities at Stockholm University, and at Lulea University of Technology in 2012. Founder of ABBA Voyage, a virtual stage show, which opened in London in 2022.
CATHERINE JOHNSON (Book) Theater includes Rag Doll, Too Much Too Young, Suspension (Bristol Old Vic); Boys Mean Business, Dead Sheep, Shang-A-Lang, Little Baby Nothing (Bush Theatre); MAMMA MIA! (worldwide). TV includes "Casualty," "Love Hurts," "Byker Grove," "Gold" and original series "Love in the 21st Century." Film: Catherine wrote the screenplay for MAMMA MIA! The Movie, released July 2008. Awards include Bristol Old Vic/HTV Playwriting Award, Thames TV Writer-In-Residence Award, Thames TV Best Play Award, U.K. Film Council Best Script Award for MAMMA MIA!
PHYLLIDA LLOYD (Director) Grenfell: In the Words of the Survivors (National Theatre), Donmar all-female Shakespeare trilogy (London and St. Ann''s Warehouse), The Taming of the Shrew (The Public Theater at the Delacorte), Mary Stuart (Donmar Warehouse, Apollo and Broadway; Tony nomination), Josephine and I (Bush Theatre/Joe''s Pub). MAMMA MIA! (London, Broadway, worldwide), Tina: The Musical (London, Broadway, worldwide), The Ancient Mariner (BAM). Film: Mamma Mia! (Universal), The Iron Lady (Pathe/DJ Films), Gloriana A Film (Illuminations, International Emmy), Herself (Element Pictures). Opera in London, Paris, Copenhagen, Tokyo, Barcelona, Toronto.
ANTHONY VAN LAAST (Choreographer) Theatre: Tina - The Tina Turner Musical (Tony nomination, Outer Critics Circle Award), MAMMA MIA! worldwide, Side Show (Helen Hayes nomination), Bombay Dreams (Tony nomination, Drama Desk Award), Sister Act (Olivier nomination), Andrew Lloyd Webber''s Song and Dance (Green Room Award Australia), Candide (Olivier Award Best Musical). Films: both MAMMA MIA! films, Beauty and the Beast, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Concerts: Cher, Sarah Brightman, Kate Bush and Dame Edna. Anthony is an honorary Doctor of the Arts and was awarded the CBE by The Queen for services to dance.
MARK THOMPSON (Production Designer) Awards/nominations: two Critics Circle Awards, five Olivier Awards and seven Tony Award nominations. Theater in NYC: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory; The Taming of the Shrew; MAMMA MIA!; Tina: The Musical (London, Broadway, worldwide), A Raisin in the Sun (set only); Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat; God of Carnage; Life (x) 3; Bombay Dreams; Art; Follies (set only); La Bete; One Man, Two Guvnors; The Blue Room; Arcadia. Opera at The Met: The Queen of Spades, Macbeth. Other work in the U.K. includes multiple productions for the National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company.
HOWARD HARRISON (Lighting Designer) has been nominated for six Best Lighting Designer Olivier Awards and won for City of Angels (Donmar Warehouse) and Macbeth (Gielgud Theatre, Lyceum Theatre, Broadway). His recent theater credits include Das Falco Musical (VBW Vienna) and As You Like It (@sohoplace). His West End productions include MAMMA MIA! (global), Blithe Spirit (Harold Pinter Theatre), The Wind in the Willows (Palladium), Mary Poppins (Prince Edward Theatre/New Amsterdam Theatre NY), Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (Old Vic), The Importance of Being Earnest (Vaudeville Theatre), Guys and Dolls (Piccadilly Theatre), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Lyric Theatre). Dance includes The Phantom of the Opera (Shanghai Ballet), Matthew Bourne''s Nutcracker! and Edward Scissorhands (Sadlers Wells, U.K. and U.S. tours). Operas include The Barber of Seville (Lyric, Chicago), Nabucco (Metropolitan, NY).
ANDREW BRUCE (Sound Designer) began his theater career at Glyndebourne Festival Opera in 1968 and was appointed head of sound at the Royal Opera House in 1971. A year later, he co-founded Autograph Sound, a leading British sound design and rental company that celebrated its 50th year in 2022. He was appointed Associate Sound Designer for Evita, Cats and Starlight Express and Sound Consultant on the original Paris version of Les Miserables in 1981. He subsequently designed the sound for the 1985 London production and all its reproductions. Original West End productions include Song and Dance, Chess, Follies, Into the Woods, Children of Eden, City of Angels, Martin Guerre, The Fix, Witches of Eastwick, MAMMA MIA!, Miss Saigon, The Secret Garden, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Mary Poppins.
BOBBY AITKEN (Sound Designer) Recent productions include PRIDE (The National Theatre), Standing at the Sky''s Edge (The National Theatre) and Tammy Faye (Almeida). Bobby''s West End and Broadway productions include Grease (Piccadilly Theatre), MAMMA MIA! (worldwide), Desperately Seeking Susan (Novello Theatre), Dirty Dancing (worldwide), We Will Rock You (worldwide), Lennon (Broadway), Blast! (London, U.S.), Return to the Forbidden Planet (Cambridge Theatre, London, U.S., Japan and Australia), Five Guys Named Moe (Albery Theatre and tours), Which Witch?, Metropolis (Piccadilly Theatre). Opera credits include Carmen, Madame Butterfly, Aida, Cav and Pag, Tosca and La Boheme (Royal Albert Hall). Bobby''s design for the Australian production of We Will Rock You won him the 2005 Helpman Award for Best Sound Design. Bobby was the Sound Designer for opening and closing ceremonies of the 2012 Olympic Games in London.
MARTIN KOCH (Musical Supervision and Orchestrations) London: Chicago, Pirates Of Penzance, The Boy Friend, Blondel, Follies. International: Les Miserables, Miss Saigon, Oliver!, MAMMA MIA!, Billy Elliot. Orchestrations: Just So, Moby Dick, Which Witch, Tutankhamen, MAMMA MIA!, Jerry Springer The Opera, Billy Elliot, Bad Girls, Kombat Opera, Shoes and Viva Forever. Also for Shirley Bassey, Charles Aznavour, Jennifer Rush, Micheal Ball, Sir Elton John, Anastasia, Denise Van Outen, Jamelia, John Barrowman, Emeli Sande, Lesley Garrett, Venessa Mae, Will Young, Beverly Knight, Birdy and John Newman. Film: MAMMA MIA! Here We Go Again. Television: "The Olivier Awards," "The Royal Variety Show," "BAFTAs," "Sports Personality of the Year," "Kombat Opera Music Live," "The Sound of Music Live." Music supervisor: Cameron Mackintosh Ltd, Eurovision Song Contest, Commonwealth Games Handover, London Olympic and Paralympic Ceremonies. Grammy and Tony nomination (Mamma Mia!), Tony and Drama Desk winner (Billy Elliot).
MATHA BANTA (Associate Director) Mamma Mia! Broadway, national tour, Vegas. Original Associate Director Rent Broadway, tour, London. Director Rock of Ages 10th anniversary tour. NYC directing projects at: Public Theater, Rattlestick, New York Theatre Workshop, Cherry Lane, Lincoln Center. Regional: Portland Center Stage, Cincinnati Playhouse, Pittsburgh Public, PCLO, Ordway, St. Louis Rep, Capital Rep., Berkshire Theatre. Adirondack Theatre Festival''s founding and current Artistic Director.
JANET ROTHERMEL (Associate Choreographer) Broadway: Mamma Mia!, Sister Act, Side Show, Joseph...Dreamcoat. TV: "Dancing With the Stars," Tony Awards, Miss USA/Universe. Film: Beauty and the Beast (2017), Mamma Mia! (2008).
DAVID HOLCENBERG (Associate Music Supervisor) was the original music director of Mamma Mia! and is thrilled to be back on the island! Other recent Broadway: MJ (Tony and Grammy nominations, Drama Desk Award), Groundhog Day, Matilda, Rocky and Ghost. Other credits include the world premiere of Newsies, the US premiere of Ragtime, The Radio City Summer Spectacular starring the Rockettes and Mamma Mia! at the Hollywood Bowl.
BRIAN WEBB (Associate Scenic Designer) Broadway: To Kill A Mockingbird, Tina, Beauty And The Beast, The Full Monty, Tarzan, Minnelli On Minnelli, Meet Me In St. Louis, Man Of La Mancha. Of his many Broadway, touring and international productions, the Mike Nichols Broadway revival of Death Of A Salesman, starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, stands out.
LUCY GAIGER (Associate Costume Designer) Theater: Jack Absolute Flies Again (RNT), Associate Costume Designer on The Ferryman (Royal Court, West End and Broadway), The Light in the Piazza (West End and Chicago), Lungs (Old Vic), A Christmas Carol (Old Vic), Venus in Fur (Haymarket) and Young Marx (Bridge Theatre). Associate Costume Designer on MAMMA MIA! worldwide, including Royal Caribbean International production. Other work: Productions for RSC, Almeida and Donmar Warehouse. Musicals: Bombay Dreams, The Phantom of the Opera, Nine, Moby Dick, Into the Woods, Carmen Jones and The Wizard of Oz. Lucy has supervised many plays and designed costumes for Sarah Brightman''s world tours. Recent film: Matilda (Netflix) and Wicked (Universal).
ED McCARTHY (Associate Lighting Designer) Over 80 Broadway, Off-Bway and regional shows. Associate Lighting Designer for all companies of Mamma Mia! in the Western Hemisphere since 2000. Television: 25 Tony Awards (8 Emmy nominations) Live from Lincoln Center, Grammys, Prairie Home Companion, and more. Graduate of, and teacher at, NYU Tisch School of the Arts.
DAVID PATRIDGE (Associate Sound Designer) has been involved with MAMMA MIA! since 1999 and has participated in creating 12 different productions of the show. He has worked in theater for 42 years and considers his time working on MAMMA MIA! some of the most memorable! Currently David can be found working at Harry Potter and the Cursed Child on Broadway.
JEFF KNAGGS (Associate Hair and Makeup Designer) Broadway: 25th Anniversary Mamma Mia!. Off Broadway - Ceremonies In Dark Old Men. Selected Regional: Come From Away, South Pacific, Clue, Beautiful, Beauty and the Beast, Jersey Boys, Waitress, Clue, Heartbreak Hotel, Memphis, Dreamgirls, Into the Woods, Rocky Horror Show, Heathers, Mary Poppins, Sweet Potato Queens, Bonnie & Clyde, A Christmas Story, Joseph, A Christmas Carol, Little Mermaid, Newsies, Pittsburgh CLO - 2017-2025 Seasons. Cruise Lines: Kinky Boots, Footloose, Six, After Midnight, The Wizard of Oz, Hairspray, Flight, The Effectors. Other Regional: Peepshow, Dancing With The Stars, America''s Got Talent, and Into the Woods at The Hollywood Bowl.
SAMANTHA TELLA (Assistant Director) Broadway: Mamma Mia! National tours: MM!, Rock of Ages. Off-Broadway: Darling Grenadine (Roundabout). Thanks to Martha. Endless love Marc, my Gremlins (Lorelei/William) & Family.
RYAN SANDER (Assistant Choreographer) Mamma Mia! Broadway 2004-13; 2008 film; set over ten productions: North/South America, Mexico, Royal Caribbean. Founder/Director SUITE Talent Representation in NYC. Love to Janet, JoJo and Ronnie.
THE TRC COMPANY (Casting) Broadway: Beaches, Dead Outlaw, BOOP!, Sondheim''s Old Friends, Buena Vista Social Club, Death Becomes Her, The Outsiders, SIX, Aladdin. Tours: The Outsiders, The Phantom Of The Opera, Beauty & The Beast, Water For Elephants, The Wiz, Back To The Future, Les Miserables. The TRC Company is proud to continue the casting legacy of Tara Rubin Casting and Johnson-Liff Associates.
ANDREW SOTOMAYER (Music Director/Keys 1) Off-Broadway: Curvy Widow (Premiere). First National Tours: Tootsie, Escape to Margaritaville. Recent Credits: Annie (Madison Square Garden), My Best Friend''s Wedding (Ogunquit Playhouse), El Otro Oz (Atlantic Theater Company), In The Heights (Broadway At Music Circus). Endless love and gratitude to his wonderful husband, Bart. For more, visit soto.fun.
MICHAEL AARONS / M-SQUARED MUSIC (Music Contractor) Radio City Christmas Spectacular. Broadway: Mamma Mia!, All Out, & Juliet, Moulin Rouge!, Hamilton, Aladdin. Upcoming Broadway: Rocky Horror Picture Show, Beaches, Wanted, Purple Rain. Off-Broadway: Little Shop of Horrors. Paper Mill Playhouse. Current tours: Mamma Mia!, The Wiz, Beauty & The Beast, Hamilton, & Juliet, Moulin Rouge! Current TV: "The Muppets Show." www.m2music.nyc.
RL CAMPBELL (Production Stage Manager) Broadway: A Wonderful World, Bring It On. National Tours: The Wiz, A Soldier''s Play, Pretty Woman, The Gershwins'' Porgy and Bess; Bring It On. Regional: CTG/Ahmanson, Alliance Theatre, Bucks County Playhouse, Kenny Leon''s True Colors Theatre, Theatre Emory, Horizon Theatre, Ogunquit Playhouse, Paper Mill Playhouse, Theatre in the Square, The Wallis, Utah Festival Opera, Freddie Hendricks YEA. Thank you, Ancestors.
ANDREW VOLZER (Stage Manager) Broadway: Mamma Mia! National tours: Mamma Mia!, Ain''t Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations. Other credits: iTheatrics, Junior Theater Festivals. BFA graduate of CCM. Thanks to my family and friends for all of their love and support!
SAUNIQ LAWSON (Assistant Stage Manager) Her National Tour Debut! Broadway: A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical. The Public: Pericles, Sally and Tom, Jordans. Regional: The Appleboys (Bucks County Playhouse); Bull Durham, After Midnight (Papermill Playhouse). Much love to my entire family, Jay and everyone that has supported me along this journey. Mark 9:23.
BESPOKE THEATRICALS (U.S. Executive Producer) Partners Amy Jacobs, Devin Keudell, David Roth and Danielle Saks manage Broadway musicals, plays and tours. Current productions: MJ, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Stranger Things: The First Shadow, GIANT, Lost Boys, and Back to the Future. General managers in the firm include Kate Egan, Matty Cogliano and Michael Demniak.
WORK LIGHT PRODUCTIONS (General Management) Formed in 2005 for the purpose of developing new work for young audiences, WLP is a full service producing, investment, general management, and technical supervision company with offices in Summit, NJ and Charleston, SC. WLP regularly employs over 200 actors, musicians, managers, and technical crews on productions throughout North America and internationally. Current and past productions include: the Olivier Award winning production of Jesus Christ Superstar (North America, UK Tour, Australia, Asia Tour), Ain''t Too Proud (Broadway, North America, West End), Clue (North America), Cluedo (UK), Mamma Mia! (Broadway, 25th Anniversary Tour), The Who''s Tommy (Broadway), and the North American tours of Mrs. Doubtfire, Company, RENT 25th Anniversary Tour, An Officer and a Gentleman, Motown, Something Rotten!, Bandstand, R&H''s Cinderella, White Christmas, American Idiot, In The Heights and Avenue Q. Produced Julie Andrews, The Gift of Music at The Hollywood Bowl and London''s O2 Arena. WLP is led by founding partners Stephen Gabriel and Nancy Gabriel. worklightproductions.com.
PORT CITY TECHNICAL (Production Management) is based in Charleston, S.C. Also referred to as "Work Light South," PCT was initially started in 1993 as Technical Theater Solutions by Rhys Williams. TTS worked with WLP on many shows, including American Idiot, In the Heights and Avenue Q. Since the conception of PCT, tours with WLP have included Rent, An Officer And A Gentleman, Motown, R&H''s Cinderella, Something Rotten!, Bandstand, White Christmas, Jesus Christ Superstar, Company and the pre-Broadway and national tours of Ain''t Too Proud: The Temptations Musical. Current productions include Clue, MAMMA MIA! Broadway, Mrs. Doubtfire, and Stereophonic.
THE BOOKING GROUP (Tour Booking Agency) has represented 28 Tony Award(R) winning Best Musicals and Plays. Current tours include Boop!, Buena Vista Social Club, Hamilton, Harry Potter & the Cursed Child, Just In Time, MJ, Oh, Mary!, Operation Mincemeat, Six, Some Like It Hot, Suffs, The Notebook, and The Wiz.
ALLIED GLOBAL MARKETING (Tour Marketing & Press) is an integrated marketing agency working with the world's largest entertainment, consumer, and lifestyle brands, including 85+ Broadway shows over three decades. Current tours: Back to the Future, Beetlejuice, The Book of Mormon, The Great Gatsby, Hadestown, Kinky Boots, Mrs. Doubtfire, The Notebook, The Outsiders, Riverdance, Some Like It Hot, Suffs, The Twenty-Sided Tavern. Upcoming tours: Just in Time, Operation Mincemeat.
THINK TANK (Content & Social Media) based in Louisville, Kentucky, is a marketing, advertising and social media agency rooted in social storytelling. We work with local businesses and national touring productions to create compelling, genuine, engaging content. thinktanklou.com.
