Katrina McGraw

“Mamma Mia!” brings in audiences with its retro musical numbers and gleefully soapy plot — two charming factors that Berkeley Playhouse’s adaptation mostly manages to capture.

“Fiorello!” is based on a book by Jerome Weidman and George Abbott by the same name. The plot follows the life of La Guardia (Colin Thomson) life during World War I and ten years later. Throughout his prolific career, he battled the Tammany Hall political machine, became a congressman and best of all, fell in love.