Here we go again and again

Imagine being pulled through the television screen and plopped into the middle of your favorite program.

That is what it feels like when attending "Mamma Mia" at the fashionably remodeled Welk Resort Theatre on Champagne Boulevard north of Escondido.

Director Larry Raben is a local star. One of the reasons is he cleverly invites only the finest professionals into his productions. Again, Raben has cornered the brilliant choreographer Karl Warden who reshaped "Newsies" last summer at The Moonlight Amphitheatre. These guys are the real dynamic duo!

Warden has used his genius to re-imagine "Mamma...