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NIGHTLIFE ......................................................................... 8-11 By Michele DeVinney They really had a lot of different music.” tion of The Nutcracker. He enjoys many as- Ehrlich has a considerable amount of pects of his current show and shares a couple Northside Galleries ..............................................................13 When it first opened on Broadway in experience already, but he says it’s largely of his favorite moments from the nightly Pacific Coast Concerts ...........................................................2 2001, Mamma Mia! seemed an unlikely ad- due to the fact that he’s always known what performances. dition to the musical theater canon. A sweet he’s wanted to do and has pursued it enthusi- “The scene with ‘Does Your Mother Pasquetti’s Italian Restaurant .............................................5 story based around the songs of the Swedish astically in his home state of Virginia. Know’ is always fun every night. It’s a re- PERFORMERS DIRECTORY ................................................10 sensation ABBA, Mamma Mia! was viewed “I always knew I wanted to be in movies ally great song, and it’s just fun to go out somewhat suspiciously by some who didn’t since I was a kid. My elementary school did there and dance and have fun with the oth- Shout! Promotions/The Texas Tenors ..................................6 realize that jukebox musicals – stories cen- plays, as did my middle school, so I was in ers in the scene. Even when we were first Sweetwater Sound .......................................................... 9, 20 tered around already beloved radio hits rath- rehearsing that song, I was already having a er than original songs – were the wave of the good time. The wedding scene and finale are Unseen Handz/Lil Debbie .....................................................13 future and would launch an entirely new and fun too because it’s great to have my whole WGL 1250 AM Fox Sports ................................................16 unexpected influx of popular musicals. cast together on stage interacting and react- ABBA’s songwriters, Bjorn Ulvaeus ing. It’s really why I enjoy doing the show Wooden Nickel Music Stores .................................................7 and Benny Andersson, may not be the next so much, because the cast is so much fun and WXKE 96.3 ............................................................................16 Rodgers and Hammerstein, but it turns out it’s just great when we can all be together Broadway audiences (not to mention audi- like that. We just get to act and dance and ences around the world) were more than have a ball.” ready to embrace Mamma Mia! Running This farewell production is providing an from 2001 until 2015, Mamma Mia! is now unusually long schedule for that cast. With whatzup Broadway’s eighth longest-running musical rehearsals starting in September and per- Published weekly and distributed on Wednesdays and formances starting in October, the run con- Thursdays by AD Media, Incorporated. in its rich history, putting it in some pretty 2305 E. Esterline Rd., Columbia City, IN 46725 exalted company. Having toured the world cludes on July 30 with a performance in St. Phone: (260) 691-3188 • Fax: (260) 691-3191 multiple times over the years, the current Louis. In the weeks leading up to that finale, E-Mail: [email protected] run which visits the Embassy Theatre later Ehrlich says the show will visit some major Website: http://www.whatzup.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/whatzupFortWayne this month is the show’s farewell tour, mak- cities including Boston and Atlanta, as well ing it a pretty special experience for the cast as a stop in Richmond where he expects to Publisher..............................Doug Driscoll Office Manager.......................... Mikila Cook charged with ending the show on a high note. see his family and friends in the audience. Webmaster ..........................Brandon Jordan One of those cast members, Max Ehrlich, He expects a big turnout for the show as its BACK ISSUES who plays the best man of the show’s long run winds down. Back issues are $3 for first copy, 75¢ per additional copy. Send payment with date and quantity of issues desired, groom, wasn’t entirely familiar with the MAMMA MIA! “I know they’re hoping to bring back name and mailing address to AD Media, Incorporated to the