By Manning Harris
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“Mamma Mia!” at the Fox through November 6, is cotton candy, dance-in-the-aisles, and the infectious songs of ABBA.  When it opened on Broadway in 2001, one month after 9/11, what a welcome …

By Julia Turner
Time travel may not be possible still, but a visit to The New American Shakespeare Tavern at 499 Peachtree St. is a close runner-up. In the Globe-replicated façade and theater, it’s possible to …

By Manning Harris
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It’s back and better than ever and will probably break the house record at the Fox for the third time (it visited in 2006 and 2008).  “Wicked” is playing through Oct. 9, …

By Manning Harris
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A “door-slamming farce” is how Director Richard Garner describes the British comedy “Noises Off,” by Michael Frayne, running through Sunday, August 14 at Georgia Shakespeare on the campus of Oglethorpe University.
It is …

By Manning Harris
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In September 2009, the  Alliance Theatre premiered the stunning Twyla Tharp-Frank Sinatra dance musical “Come Fly Away” (then called “Come Fly With Me”); the show had a critically acclaimed Broadway run and is …

By Manning Harris
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Georgia Shakespeare is pulling out all the stops in a huge production of a hugely excessive play (this is a compliment) with two characters of true legendary status:  “Antony and Cleopatra,” playing in …