Shreveport Little Theatre’s Managing and Artistic Director Robert Darrow saw the original Broadway production of “Mamma Mia!” 18 years ago, he knew he wanted to bring the production back home. Thanks to a supportive board, community members, an all-star cast, and a dedicated director and choreographer, the wait is over.

With Father’s Day approaching, this provides an excellent opportunity to promote men’s health. Given that heart disease is the leading killer of Americans and that more than half a million men will have a heart attack each year, let’s spend a little time reminding that special man in your life several ways to improve his heart health.

“I love animals. There’s no doubt I would have a zoo,” Lisa Bridges said. “After my last dog, I waited 10 years for another one. Murphy didn’t like little yippy dogs, but I wanted a small dog – not too little and not too big. Every once in a while I’d ask [Murphy], but the answer was always ‘no.

I have a daily ritual. If possible, at 5:30 p.m. every day, I sit down with a rum and coke with a little cherry juice added in to watch the national news followed by the local news. After that hour is over, I am either depressed, angry or befuddled. Sometimes all three.

Probably wanting to sit down, watch some television. But there they are, on stage, volunteering their time and preparing their bodies and voices for another night of rehearsing “Chicago,” which for the cast is the performance of a lifetime..