Louisa May Alcott News

Recently, conductor Keith Lockhart was joined by Bernadette Peters to present the schedule for the Boston Pops’ Spring 2012 season. Peters was the guest during the Opening Night concert at Boston’s beautiful Symphony Hall. As stellar as she is, Peters is only one of the sensational artists who have been scheduled to appear with the Boston Pops which is celebrating its 127th season. On June 5th, 6th and 7th, Broadway’s Marin Mazzie and Jason Danieley will perform “A Tribute to Cole Porter”. American Idol’s Melinda Doolittle will join Gospel singer Crystal Aitkin and Charles Floyd for the 20th Gospel Night Celebration on June 9th. Although many people know Steve Martin as a comic actor and playwright, he is also a very serious musician who will be bringing his bluegrass band, The Steep Canyon Rangers, to play with the Pops on May 29th and 30th. Anne Hampton Callaway, who is one of the premier interpreters of the American Songbook will bring her unique stylings to what is being billed as “The Barbra Streisand Songbook” on May 15th and 16th. Singer Maureen McGovern will join the Pops to sing selections from her Broadway show LITTLE WOMEN as a tribute to the novel’s author Louisa May Alcott. (more...)

The award-winning Equity professional East Lynne Theater Company has its usual theater season filled with classic gems, a world premiere, and a radio show. (more...)

Little Women, the Broadway Musical based on the classic novel by Louisa May Alcott will play in PCPAÂ’s Marian Theatre February 16 - March 11 and the Solvang Festival Theater June 14 - July 1, 2012 under the Direction of Roger DeLaurier, with Choreography by Michael Jenkinson and Musical Direction by Callum Morris. (more...)

The New Victory Theater and Barnes and Noble host an evening with playwright Laura Eason on February 27th at 7 p.m. (more...)

As we come to the end of February and make our way into March, I trust you will want to attend a show (or 2?) at one of the numerous live performance and theatre venues that make their home here on the beautiful Central Coast of California! (more...)

Laura Eason, the author of more than 15 plays (Sex With Strangers, Around the World in 80 Days) and former Artistic Director of Lookingglass Theatre Company in Chicago, will discuss the delights and challenges of adapting Mark TwainÂ’s The Adventures of Tom Sawyer for the stage. (more...)

Little Women, the Broadway Musical based on the classic novel by Louisa May Alcott will play in PCPAÂ’s Marian Theatre February 16 - March 11 and the Solvang Festival Theater June 14 - July 1, 2012 under the Direction of Roger DeLaurier, with Choreography by Michael Jenkinson and Musical Direction by Callum Morris. (more...)

Little Women, The Broadway Musical based on the beloved classic novel by Louisa May Alcott will replace Hello! My Baby in PCPA's upcoming spring and summer seasons. (more...)

Laura Eason, the author of more than 15 plays (Sex With Strangers, Around the World in 80 Days) and former Artistic Director of Lookingglass Theatre Company in Chicago, will discuss the delights and challenges of adapting Mark TwainÂ’s The Adventures of Tom Sawyer for the stage. (more...)

Louisa May Alcott classic gets Broadway makeover in Hartford Children's Theatre production of "Little Women" (more...)

StoryBook Theater leaps into 2012 with The Frog Prince, a musical country-western version of the famous amphibian tale. 2012 also marks Studio EastÂ’s 20th year, bringing theater arts education to thousands of Eastside youth. The three upcoming productions demonstrate the burgeoning talent of todayÂ’s area kids. (more...)

Today in 2005, Little Women opened at the Virginia Theatre (now the August Wilson Theatre), where it ran for 137 performances. Based on Louisa May Alcott's classic 1869 semi-autobiographical novel, it focuses on the four March sisters - brassy, tomboy-like, aspiring writer 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. The Broadway cast included Sutton Foster, Maureen McGovern, Janet Carroll, Jenny Powers, Megan McGinnis, and Amy McAlexander. (more...)

The award-winning Equity professional East Lynne Theater Company has its usual theater season filled with classic gems, a world premiere, and a radio show. (more...)

Little Women, the Broadway Musical based on the classic novel by Louisa May Alcott will play in PCPAÂ’s Marian Theatre February 16 - March 11 and the Solvang Festival Theater June 14 - July 1, 2012 under the Direction of Roger DeLaurier, with Choreography by Michael Jenkinson and Musical Direction by Callum Morris. (more...)

Louisa May Alcott classic gets Broadway makeover in Hartford Children's Theatre production of "Little Women" (more...)

Hartford ChildrenÂ’s Theatre presents Little Women as part of the 2011-2012 Family Main Stage Series. Louisa May AlcottÂ’s classic American novel comes to life with music by Jason Howland, lyrics by Mindi Dickstein and a book by Allan Knee. Directed by HCT Artistic Director Ryan Ratelle with musical direction by Louise Fauteux, Little Women opens on Friday, January 13, 2012 at HCTÂ’s Carriage House Theatre (360 Farmington Avenue, Hartford) where it will continue through Sunday, January 29, 2012. (more...)

StoryBook Theater leaps into 2012 with The Frog Prince, a musical country-western version of the famous amphibian tale. 2012 also marks Studio EastÂ’s 20th year, bringing theater arts education to thousands of Eastside youth. The three upcoming productions demonstrate the burgeoning talent of todayÂ’s area kids. (more...)

Hartford ChildrenÂ’s Theatre presents Little Women as part of the 2011-2012 Family Main Stage Series. Louisa May AlcottÂ’s classic American novel comes to life with music by Jason Howland, lyrics by Mindi Dickstein and a book by Allan Knee. Directed by HCT Artistic Director Ryan Ratelle with musical direction by Louise Fauteux, Little Women opens on Friday, January 13, 2012 at HCTÂ’s Carriage House Theatre (360 Farmington Avenue, Hartford) where it will continue through Sunday, January 29, 2012. (more...)

This tale is one of two stories that are part of the repertoire of the "Ghosts of Christmas Past" Trolley Rides, co-sponsored by The Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts and Humanities (MAC) and the award-winning Equity professional East Lynne Theater Company. (more...)

The award-winning Equity professional East Lynne Theater Company announces its 2012 Cape May Mainstage Season. It includes classical gems, a world premiere, and a radio show. (more...)