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Opened Jan 23, 2005
Closed May 22, 2005
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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?

Little Women, the new musical based on the classic book by Louisa May Alcott, comes to Broadway's Virginia Theatre. The timeless tale of Jo, a young writer and her two sisters during the Civil War period has now been made into a musical, starring Tony® Award winner, Sutton Foster (Thoroughly Modern Millie) and Broadway, Recording and Concert star Maureen McGovern. Tony nominee Susan H Schulman directs. It is the story of a family and their love and bond - a universal tale to delight all.

The show features a book by Alan Knee, lyrics by Mindi Dickstein, and music by Jason Howland. Michael Lichtefeld choreographs.

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Virginia Theatre
245 W 52nd St
New York, NY 10019


WHAT ARE CRITICS SAYING?

George Cukor, who directed the first (excluding silents) and best film version of Little Women, once remarked that he wasn't happy when first handed the assignment: "It was a story that little girls read, like Elsie Dinsmore," he said. But he soon changed his tune. Louisa May Alcott's novel is a grown-up story for grownups, full of New England backbone and well drawn characters who really do mature and deepen. Watching Cukor's 1933 film, with Katharine Hepburn's exuberant, career-defining Jo March, one is immediately struck by how innately musical the material is. It's emotional, honest, touching, and every feeling Jo expresses is a song waiting to happen. She's ambitious, yearning, independ[...]


Reviewed by Marc Miller on Jan 24, 2005

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