Mamma Mia! is based on the songs of ABBA. ABBA was a Swedish pop/dance group active from 1972 - 1982 and was one of the most internationally popular pop groups of all time, topping the charts again and again in Europe, North America and Australia. Following the Mamma Mia musical premiere in London in 1999, ABBA Gold topped the charts in the United Kingdom again. This Mamma Mia musical was the brain child of creative producer, Judy Craymer. She met songwriters Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson in 1983 when they were working with Tim Rice on Chess. It was the song "The Winner Takes It All" that suggested to her the great theatrical potential of their pop songs. The songwriters were not enthusiastic, but they were not completely opposed to the idea. In 1997, Craymer commissioned Catherine Johnson to write the book for the musical, which is based on the 1968 film Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell. In 1998, Phyllida Lloyd became the director for the Mamma Mia show. It is very unusual for three women to form the collaborative force behind such a commercial success in musical theatre, and this unusual collaboration is likely responsible for the fact that the Mamma Mia ddstory features three strong
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