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Super troupers! How do stars of long-running hits from Mamma Mia! to The Lion King keep the pizzazz pumping? by Arifa Akbar

Can you imagine starring in Mamma Mia! for 10 years? Or The Lion King for 17? Or Blood Brothers for 26? Theatre's epic endurance performers reveal how they keep the magic alive night after night 'I thought I'd do a year and leave," says Sara Poyzer, who played mother Donna in the Abba musical Mamma Mia! "But the things I gained outweighed the things I lost." She ended up staying in the part for an entire decade, even…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:24PM on April 14, 2025

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