Little Women Cancels New Haven Tryout

The upcoming Broadway musical version of Little Women, headlined by Tony Award winner Sutton Foster, has scrapped its planned November tryout at New Haven's Shubert Theater. The tuner, directed by Susan H. Schulman, will still play its announced engagement at Duke University in North Carolina October 7-31 before a planned New York run.

This Little Women has been in development for a while. The musical was originally supposed to open on Broadway two seasons ago, but it was postponed as changes in the creative team were made. Jason Howland replaced Kim Oler as composer and Mindy Dickstein took over for lyricist Allison Hubbard. Librettist Allan Knee is the only original creative team member still in place. Little Women was then expected to hit Broadway last spring, following tryouts at Duke and New Haven's Shubert, but the dates were pushed back--ostensibly to accommodate the schedule of star Foster who was still performing in Thoroughly Modern Millie at that time.

In addition to Foster, the cast of Little Women is expected to include Danny Gurwin, John Hickok, Amy McAlexander, Megan McGinnis, Maureen McGovern and Amy Rutberg. However, no casting beyond Foster has been officially confirmed.

Little Women is scheduled to begin Broadway previews on February 22.