`Secret Garden' reveals poignant truths of life

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From: The Boston Globe
Date: 19931124
Author:Patti Hartigan, Globe Staff

THE SECRET GARDEN

Musical in two acts based on the novel by Frances Hodgson

Burnett. Book and lyrics by Marsha Norman. Music by Lucy

Simon. Directed by Susan H. Schulman. Scenery by Heidi

Landesman. Costumes by Theoni V. Aldredge. Lighting by

Tharon Musser. Choreography by Michael Lichtefeld.

At: the Colonial Theatre through Nov. 28.

Some might not believe this, but as a bookish little girl, I was captivated by Frances Hodgson Burnett's classic "The Secret Garden." To the very young and relatively unscarred, the book is alluring because of its wonderful secret, its ...

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