Sunday, December 2, 2007

My Mamma Mia! Review

I'm amazed that I've never opined in anything published online about "Mamma Mia!" but Bay's comments from the "4 Worst Ideas" piece and a couple of emails made me think it might make good sense to post this entry from my guidebook, "Gay Vegas." Buy the book for all your gay Vegas-loving pals for Xmas by clicking here.

Mamma Mia!
At Mandalay Bay
702/632-7580
Sun-Thurs 7:30 pm, Sat 6 and 10 pm
Price: Tickets start at $49.50

BEEFCAKE-O-METER: 9 of 10
OVERALL QUALITY: A

What could be more queer than a ditzy musical scored to ABBA music in which a gaggle of well-toned shirtless studs actually undress the lead male character on stage and slip him into a skimpy spandex wet suit while singing “Lay All Your Love On Me”? There's a story in here somewhere -- something about a young girl trying to figure out who her father is -- but even in that effort a gay surprise awaits her. The only off-key note when one of the female lead’s friends, a likely candidate for lesbianism, instead ends up turning all girly-girl in swooning over the man's-man of male leads.

1 comments:

buff said...

Yea Mama Mia! definitely has something for every taste. WOOF.

Have seen it several times, in Sydney and in the states, and it is always a pleasant surprise to watch. WOOOF