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Theatre North opens new season with 'Mamma Mia!'

By LARRY HOLCOMBE

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IRONWOOD — With this coming week’s production of “Mamma Mia!” Theatre North begins its 56th season.

A June launch to what is usually a three-show season is a change from the past, according to TN board president Cindy Franck.

Typically, the community theater season included show in the fall, another in February and a third in the spring. Franck said the plan is to avoid a show in the middle of winter.

“A lot of our patrons who buy season tickets ahead of time and make a donation with that purchase that gives us seed money every year, are traveling...