“That when I come back to them I may be fonder and prouder than ever of my little women”
Ever since its first publication in 1868, Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women has captured the hearts of millions of readers all over the world. But considering at its face value the story of Little Women seems to be a mere fictional story focused on the 19th century domestic lives of four young American women living in genteel poverty,
When you see a show as many times as I (and has anyone seen these shows as many times as I?) you tend not to forget the very first time you saw the production and the most recent time you’ve seen it. Occasionally there will be stand-outs (for good and bad reasons) that stick in the mind, but the two that resonate strongest tend to be the first one and the most recent one. I’ve certainly never forgotten The Last Five Years the very first time I saw it— at a semi-active,
From the very first millisecond of Barbara Khan’s The Lady was a Gentleman, I knew I was in for a wonderful treat! In an instant, the production begins and the audience is swept into an aura of light, and energy, and laughter. Led by a brief dumb show that allows the characters to take the stage and give a silent, yet physically over exaggerated sense of who they are, the production immediately becomes alive and allows for a fantastic transposition from the mundane world into the world of a St.
Is it your wedding day? Do you hear music starting to play? Because love is going to find you! Love of musical theatre that is! It’s a retro-toss-back to the 80’s, baby! Silhouette Stages is putting on a big ol’ wedding— well— they’re putting on a big ol’ production of a wedding with the musical The Wedding Singer. Something old? That’s the 80’s. Something new? Jeremy Goldman…who is new to directing. Something borrowed?