ABBA meets drag, as two pop culture obsessions come together in this outrageous musical documentary set in NYC
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Review
For ABBA fans, what’s the next best thing to an actual reunion? Okay, seeing the musical "Mamma Mia!". But after that? Okay, the stage show "ABBAlicious." But after that? It has to be this wondrous mix of ABBA documentary coupled with performances by some of New York’s most outlandish and talented drag performers. Various people talk about ABBA’s music (Frank DeCaro, Christine Baranski, Bruce Vilanch, ABBA member Benny Andersson, Ari Gold, Graham Norton, Joan Rivers) as well as offer us a mini-history of drag. And in between the interviews is a series of hilarious, inventively staged video cover versions of ABBA classics. There is the country western version of "Dancing Queen" sung by Hedda Lettuce, "S.O.S" by Joie Starr, "Knowing Me, Knowing You" by Sade Pendarvis, "Winner Takes It All" by Cashetta, and a rousing ensemble finale of "Mamma Mia."
