Patrick Hoskin

It’s not the kind of story that dulls over time. Indeed, the touring production of “Mamma Mia!” that opened at the West Herr Auditorium Theatre on Nov. 19 proved its staying power a quarter-century after its premiere. A packed house proved how the ebullient show has also become a bit of a rite of passage; plenty of seeming mother-and-daughter duos dotted the crowd, happily connecting over the timeless melodies.