TAKE A CHANCE ON ME
The unlikely story of the Swedish pop phenom, ABBA, and the song catalog that inspired a Broadway musical.
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Happy (and you know it)
Sweden has a 40-year history of sunny pop music so infectiously happy, it would give Pharrell Williams a sugar high. And it all started with ABBA.
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2014 Fox film fest: 'Poppins,' King Kong populate 14-movie lineup
The summer film festival lineup at the Fox Theatre features 14 events, including a “Mary Poppins” sing-along, a Mel Brooks double bill and the classic “King Kong.”
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'Pippin,' 'Newsies' lead Broadway in Atlanta pack
Tumblers, jugglers, newsies and dirty dancing will fill the Fox Theatre stage during Broadway in Atlanta’s 2014-15 season, with “Pippin” and “Newsies” topping the typical mix of old and new.
Read MoreThe unnoticed heroes of Mamma Mia!
You’ll never see their names above the title, or in lights on the marquee. But without performers like Kyli Rae and Christopher Hudson Myers, Mamma Mia! wouldn’t go on. Rae …
Read MoreAn acting family
Unlike Sky, the character he plays in Mamma Mia, Adam Jacobs comes from a close-knit family — so close, in fact, that all the members share the same musical gene …
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Writer Catherine Johnson’s sunny, funny tale unfolds on a Greek island paradise. On the eve of her wedding, a daughter’s quest to discover the identity of her father brings 3 …
Read MoreDancin' in the aisle
Live shows often move audiences to levels of exuberance that screen versions, no matter how well acted, rarely achieve. When Mamma Mia! the movie opens on the big screen this summer, some moviegoers may leave the theater humming the seductive, familiar tunes from the ’70s pop group ABBA that inspired the popular Broadway musical, but it’s doubtful they’ll be dancing out to the parking lot.
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