Mamma Mia, Mummy Ah!!!

Went to watch Mamma Mia the Musical this evening, on super cheap seats. They were supposed to be partially obstructed seats and they were, but for a show of this calibre, i was kinda glad that i did not spend more on it.

The singing was not fantastic, between the 2 lead female roles, one of them (the girl's mother) came across like she was more suited to opera.... ah.... reminded me of Shanghai Rocky from Singapore Idol. She did not have that type of soprano voice, it was more like she like holding a note for too long and that essentially caused her to be out of breath for the next note.

The band was a little too thin, i think i could hear 2 keyboards (one piano and one organ), one percussionist, one drummer and one guitarist. Whenever they wanted to portray a larger music sound, they would up the volume to give the impression that a big band was playing :(

The story line was crappy and some of the songs felt misplaced during the show. Supporting singers were 2nd rate, and the aussie accent was less than desirable. Of the 10 supposed "hunks" in the show, only a couple of them could make it, the rest were covered generously with the great aussie flab. That's what eating fries as a snack will do to you.

Not a musical i would recommend, unless you are a die hard Abba fan.

Still not fully recovered from the flu, so must be off to bed. Later.