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''Little Women'' is a musical with a book by Allan Knee, lyrics by Mindi Dickstein, and music by Jason Howland. 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. ==Productions== After 55 previews, the Broadway production opened at the Virginia Theatre on January 23, 2005 and closed on May 22, 2005 after 137 performances. It was directed by Susan H. Schulman, with choreography by Michael Lichtefeld, set design by Derek McLane, costume design by Catherine Zuber, and lighting design by Kenneth Posner.〔Murray, Matthew.(Review ) talkinbroadway.com, January 23, 2005〕〔Feingold, Michael.("Little Women as a Broadway musical? Louisa May Alcott has indeed come a long way, baby" ) ''Village Voice'', January 25, 2005〕〔Brantley, Ben.("Tomboy With Gumption (and Her Sisters)" ) ''New York Times'', January 24, 2005〕 The Broadway cast included Sutton Foster as Jo, Maureen McGovern as Marmee/The Hag, Janet Carroll as Aunt March/Mrs. Kirk, Jenny Powers as Meg/Clarissa, Megan McGinnis as Beth/Rodrigo II, Amy McAlexander as Amy/The Troll, Danny Gurwin as Laurie/Rodrigo, Robert Stattel as Mr. Lawrence/ The Knight, Jim Weitzer as Mr. Brooke/ Braxton, and John Hickok as Professor Bhaer.〔 A 30-city US National tour, with McGovern as Marmee and Kate Fisher as Jo ran from August 2005 (San Diego, California) through July 2006 (Kennedy Center, Washington, DC).〔Jones, Kenneth.("Ready to Astonish, Little Women Tour Has Its Jo and Laurie" ), playbill.com, July 14, 2005〕〔Cain, Scott.(Review of tour, Cincinnati ) talkinbroadway.com, June 15, 2006〕〔("'Little Women, the Broadway Musical' Listing ) kennedy-center.org, accessed November 29, 2010〕 Peter Cousens produced the Australian premiere production, which ran at the Seymour Centre, The University of Sydney, Sydney, from November 2008 through December 2008. Opera Australia's Stuart Maunder directed, with musical direction by Peter Rutherford. The cast included Kate-Maree Hoolihan〔(Kate-Maree Hoolihan )〕 as Jo, Trisha Noble as Marmee, Judi Connelli as Aunt March, (Erica Lovell ) as Amy,〔(Erica Lovell )〕 Octavia Barron-Martin as Meg,〔(Octavia Barron-Martin )〕 Jodie Harris as Beth, Hayden Tee as Professor Bhaer,〔(Hayden Tee )〕 Stephen Mahy as Laurie, David Harris as John,〔(David Harris )〕 and Philip Hinton as Mr. Lawrence.〔Dent, Nick.("Little Women: The Broadway Musical" ) ''Time Out Sydney'', accessed November 29, 2010〕〔("Little Women listing ) sydney.edu.au, accessed November 29, 2010〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Little Women (musical)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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