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Theater; The Flip Side Of `Louisa May'

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From: The Washington Post
Date: 19941007
Author:Pamela Sommers

Before she wrote "Little Women," Louisa May Alcott earned her living by writing serialized Gothic romances that were published under assorted pen names. These tales served as the inspiration for "The Sweet Revenge of Louisa May," the odd and overdone new musical playing at Olney Theatre.

Worlds away from the hearth and home of "Little Women," Alcott's Gothic stories were rife with opium smokers, evil schemers and tempest-tossed seas. If only "Sweet Revenge" librettist Burton Cohen had presented these stories in a straightforward manner. Instead, he's placed Alcott's characters in a ...

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