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'Little Women' hits an emotional note: Deliberate direction and evocative set and acting highlight the impact of Louisa May Alcott's tale.

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From: Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD)
Date: 20060413
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Byline: Mary Carole McCauley

Apr. 13--Early in the second act of Little Women, the heroine gets bad news. The audience begins to weep helplessly and doesn't stop for a solid half-hour. The Hippodrome Theatre begins to fill with sea-water. After 10 minutes, you could pilot a small boat down the aisles. After 20, you could drop a fishing line into the waves and catch a late dinner.

Heck, even the fish are crying. Little Women has long had a bad rap as a book of extreme and artificial sweetness. So it's a pleasure to discover that the musical unearths much of the grit ...

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