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"LITTLE WOMEN THE BROADWAY MUSICAL"

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From: The Boston Globe
Date: 20060105
Author:KAREN CAMPBELL

Louisa May Alcott's beloved novel gets the Broadway treatment in this adaptation, which is filled with music and dancing. Directed by Susan Schulman with choreography by Michael Lichtefeld, the show features a book by Concord native Jason Howland and lyrics by Brookline native Mindi Dickstein. But the real draw is the vibrant Maureen McGovern. A two-time Grammy nominee, she reprises her role as Marmee, which won her a Drama Desk Award nomination and glowing reviews during the show's Broadway run. Poignant and unabashedly sentimental, "Little Women" may not draw the menfolk away from Monday ...

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