My, my, how can we resist the ABBA musical’s charming return to Broadway?
It’s been over 25 years since Mamma! Mia first took to the stage, and it’s abundantly clear that the fervor surrounding it isn’t going anywhere anytime soon. And it’s easy to see why: The show is pure sunshine baked into a musical and dressed in disco balls, sequins, and feathered boas. My, my, how could we resist this?
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