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Little Women to Close at Broadway's Virginia Theatre on May 22

NEWS May 17, 2005 | 6:47PM

Little Women, the Broadway musical adaptation of the classic novel by Louisa May Alcott starring 2005 Tony nominee Sutton Foster, will play its final performance at the Virginia Theatre on Sunday, May 22. At the time of its closing, Little Women will have played 55 preview and 137 regular performances.

Little Women, which tells of four sisters coming of age ...

Maureen McGovern to Take Marmee on the Road with Little Women Tour

NEWS March 14, 2005 | 12:14PM

Little Women, the Broadway musical adaptation of Louise May Alcott's beloved novel, is getting ready to hit the road. A 30-city national tour of the show will start August 30 in San Diego, with Broadway star Maureen McGovern recreating her acclaimed turn as matriarch Marmee.

"I'm delighted to be taking this beloved character on the road," McGovern told ...

Maureen McGovern

Q&A February 22, 2005 | 11:28AM

It's hard to believe, but Maureen McGovern—a.k.a. “the Stradivarius voice”—hasn't been on Broadway since 1989. Back then, she was playing Polly Peachum opposite Sting's Macheath in Threepenny Opera. Today, she's starring in another 19th-century musical, Little Women. As Marmee, McGovern gets to boss around a brood of giggly girls lovingly, of course ... Read More...

Jenny Powers

FRESH FACE February 11, 2005 | 3:39PM

Age: "I'm always honest. I'm 25 and I graduated from Northwestern University a year ago this past spring."

Currently: Playing Meg, the oldest and most romantic of the March sisters in Little Women, the new musical version of Louisa May Alcott's classic novel.

Hometown: Andover, Massachusetts

Like a Moth to the Light: Powers kicked off her love ...

Were New York Drama Critics Astonished by Little Women?

NEWS January 24, 2005 | 10:27AM

Audiences can't seem to get enough of the March sisters. Louisa May Alcott's novel about the four sisters has been on the big screen and in many theaters in straight play form. Now comes a new musical version of Little Women, headlined by Sutton Foster and Maureen McGovern, which officially opened at the Virginia Theatre on January 23 ... Read More...

Sutton Foster

Q&A January 15, 2005 | 4:13PM

It's not surprising that the creative team of Little Women waited for Sutton Foster to leave Thoroughly Modern Millie before bringing the show to Broadway. With a big smile and an even bigger singing voice, Foster redefined spunky in her Tony Award-winning performance as Millie Dillmount. Rather than running off to Hollywood, she stayed with Millie for two years ... Read More...

Did B'way-Bound Little Women Astonish Critics?

NEWS October 21, 2004 | 11:03AM

Little Women, starring Tony winner Sutton Foster, opened its pre-Broadway tryout at Duke University's Reynolds Theatre this week. The new musical, which features music by Jason Howland, lyrics by Mindy Dickstein, a book by Allan Knee and direction by Susan H. Schulman, will have its official Broadway opening at the Virginia Theatre on January 23. Did critics think the ... Read More...