In today's publishing industry, books are lucky if they last a year. Louisa May Alcott's Little Women was published in 1868 and has never been out of print since, still selling thousands of copies every year. Now, after six generations of women--both big and little--have grown up on this heartfelt classic, Little Women arrives on the Great White Way.
Little Women tells of the March sisters--Jo, Meg, Beth and Amy--coming [IMG:L]of age in Civil War New England. Rising star Sutton Foster, who won the 2002 Tony Award for Thoroughly Modern Millie, will take on the role of talented tomboy Jo, who dreams of becoming a writer and finds unexpected love.
This family-friendly new musical opened at the Virginia Theatre on Broadway on January 23, 2005.