Little Women (musical)

Little Women (musical)

Infobox Musical
name= Little Women
subtitle=


image_size = 150px
caption= Original Logo
music= Jason Howland
lyrics= Mindi Dickstein
book= Allan Knee
basis= Louisa May Alcott's novel
"Little Women"
productions= 2005 Broadway
awards=

"Little Women" is a musical with a book by Allan Knee, lyrics by Mindi Dickstein, and music by Jason Howland.

Based on Louisa May Alcott's classic 1869 semi-autobiographical novel, it focuses on the four March sisters - feisty, tomboyish, aspiring author Jo, romantic Meg, pretentious Amy, and kind-hearted Beth - and their beloved Marmee, at home in Concord, Massachusetts while the family patriarch is away serving as a Union Army chaplain during the Civil War. Intercut with the vignettes in which their lives unfold are several recreations of the melodramatic short stories Jo writes in her attic studio.

After 55 previews, the Broadway production, directed by Susan H. Schulman, opened on January 23, 2005 at the Virginia Theatre where, hampered by reviews ranging from lukewarm to abrasive, it closed after 137 performances. [ [http://www.talkinbroadway.com/world/LittleWomen.html talkinbroadway.com review] ] [ [http://www.villagevoice.com/theater/0505,feingold,60661,11.html villagevoice.com review] ] [ [http://theater2.nytimes.com/2005/01/24/theater/reviews/24litt.html?ex=1167109200&en=8e47fe4758c0f427&ei=5070 New York Times review] ]

The cast included Sutton Foster, Maureen McGovern, Janet Carroll, Jenny Powers, Megan McGinnis, Amy McAlexander, Danny Gurwin, Autumn Hurlburt and John Hickok.

ong list

Act I
* An Operatic Tragedy
* Better
* Our Finest Dreams
* Here Alone
* Could You?
* I'd Be Delighted
* Take a Chance on Me
* Better (Reprise)
* Off to Massachusetts
* Five Forever
* More Than I Am
* Astonishing Act II
* The Weekly Volcano Press
* Off to Massachusetts (Reprise)
* How I Am
* Some Things Are Meant to Be
* The Most Amazing Thing
* Days of Plenty
* The Fire Within Me
* Small Umbrella in the Rain
* Sometimes When You Dream (Reprise)

Nominations

*Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical (Foster)
*Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical (Foster)
*Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical (McGovern)
*Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Orchestrations

References

External links

* [http://www.littlewomenonbroadway.com/ Official national tour website]
* [http://www.ibdb.com/production.asp?ID=386281/ Internet Broadway Database listing]


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