“Nobody makes loukoumades like Mary (Sakezles),” Penny Macrides told the Herald-Journal at the Syracuse Greek Festival at St. Sophia Church in 1992. “She is the Jane Beard of loukoumades.

the Syracuse University alum who performs as Ali, one of Sophie’s best friends. “That’s just the gift of live theater that you don’t get from putting on a movie.” The “Mamma Mia!” ...