'Mamma Mia!' returns to Broadway after a decade away


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Fuelled by fans, 'Mamma Mia!' returned as one of Broadway’s top earners last week, grossing US$1.57mil (RM6.61mil) over seven previews - fourth behind 'Wicked', 'The Lion King', and 'Hamilton'. Photo: Handout

When the musical Mamma Mia! said goodbye to Broadway a decade ago, there were tears and hugs and loads of applause. In the audience of its last show, one woman wasn't entirely buying it.

"I felt then that it wasn’t goodbye forever. I felt we’d be back one day,” says producer Judy Craymer, who had conceived of the show in the 1980s. "I always hoped.”

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