The sequined jumpsuits and sing-along ABBA anthems are back on Hennepin Avenue. Mamma Mia! is running at Minneapolis' Orpheum Theatre from Tuesday, September 15 through Sunday, September 20, opening a new season of touring Broadway shows in the city.
The engagement marks the start of Hennepin Arts' 2026-2027 Broadway on Hennepin season, according to broadwayworld.com, which reported that “Hennepin Arts announced today Mamma Mia! will kick off Hennepin Arts' 2026-2027 Broadway on Hennepin.” Performances are set for Tuesday through Friday, including 7:30 p.m. Wednesday through Friday, 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, and 1 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Sunday, the outlet reported. The show is staged at the Orpheum Theatre at 910 Hennepin Avenue, per minneapolis.broadway.com.
For anyone who's somehow missed the phenomenon, Mamma Mia! follows a daughter trying to identify her father before her wedding, a search that pulls three men from her mother's past back to a Greek island, according to the same listing. The story unfolds through the music of ABBA, with Hennepin Arts describing it as set on “a Greek island paradise where the sun always shines,” per hennepinarts.org, weaving a tale of “love, friendship and identity” through the band's timeless hits.
Cast and Creative Team Behind the Minneapolis Run
Victor Wallace is listed as playing Sam Carmichael in the Mamma Mia! 25th Anniversary Tour, according to mammamiathetour.com. Hennepin Arts handles information and ticket purchases for the production, according to KARE 11. The musical itself is built around ABBA's songs.
The show carries a few audience advisories worth noting before curtain. Hennepin Arts states that the production contains fog or haze and strobe or flashing lights, and that GalaPro, a captioning and audio-description service, will be available for all performances. Ticket purchases for individual buyers are capped at nine per order, with groups of 10 or more directed to a separate group-ticket request form, according to the venue. Broadway In Minneapolis recommends the show for ages 6 and up and notes that children under 4 are not permitted.
A Global Hit With Deep Twin Cities Roots
Mamma Mia! isn't just returning to the Twin Cities — it is a musical built around ABBA's songs and a story of love, friendship and identity. The supplied material does not provide figures for its worldwide audience, number of productions or languages, box-office total, Broadway run or North American touring history.
The supplied minneapolis-theater.com material does not provide a West End premiere date, while the mammamiathetour.com tour-website material describes audiences loving the show for nearly 25 years without giving an April 2024 anniversary date. The supplied broadwayworld.com material does not mention a 2025 Broadway production, and the supplied MinnPost material does not establish a 2017 Minneapolis engagement or its ticket prices.
Runtime listings for the current production vary slightly depending on the source: Broadway In Minneapolis lists the show at 2 hours and 30 minutes with one intermission, while minneapolis-theater.com lists it at two hours and 35 minutes with one interval. Either way, Twin Cities audiences have through Sunday to catch the dancing queens, super troupers and knowing-me-knowing-yous back where they belong — on the Orpheum stage.
