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Hi All-

In recent times, I've posted on both the Show Blog AND the Production Diary, but this time do me the favor, and go see the little note I put up on the PD... It'll give you an assignment that'll take about five minutes to complete, but it'll be worth it when you're done! Trust me!

The Nominations Keep Coming!

The Drama Desk Award nominations were announced this morning at the Friars Club. Little Women the musical received three nominations: Outstanding Actress in a Musical - Sutton Foster (Jo), Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical - Maureen McGovern (Marmee) and Outstanding Orchestrations - Kim Scharnberg. The awards ceremony will be held Tuesday, May third. Congratulations nominees!

Congratulations to the CD Contest Winners!

Check out the Production Diary for all the details.

Take Our Daughter's to Work - a memory

One morning, several years ago, upon arriving at my job at a local television station I was greeted by about 25 girls ranging in age from 5 to 17 who were milling around the newsroom. It was "Take Our Daughters to Work" day...

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Cast - Things to watch for

Andrew here - I was watching "Volcano Press" from the wings and thought you might be interested to know that, after the song is over, if you peer into the darkness upstage you might see a giant crushing New York with his mighty footfalls.

Actually, it'll be Jim Weitzer crossing the stage with a large black cloth over his head.  He exits from VP as Braxton Prendergast but in the next scene he switches to John Brooke who has an entrance from the opposite side of the stage.  Now that would mean a mad dash involving several flights of stairs (we have to go to the basement to make a "crossover") and a big costume change.  To save Jim the trauma (and possible injury), they've worked out a trick wherein he comes offstage after VP, they throw a black cloth over his head, and he strolls across our darkened miniature NYC skyline like some titanic wraith.

Kinda cool, no?

Nomination # Two

The Outer Critics Circle, an organization comprised of out-of-town critics who cover New York City theater, have announced their nominations for the 2004-2005 theatrical season and Little Women -the musical's Sutton Foster has garnered a nomination for Best Actress in a Musical. Although the winners will be announced May 9, they won't be officially "lauded" until the 55th annual awards ceremony on Thursday, May 26th at Sardi's

Cast - Layout of the Backstage

Andrew Varela here, I'm working on a cool cyberhandle.  I'll keep you posted.

Sometimes its helpful to explain to those interested what our world looks like in order to let you get a better understanding of what our daily life is like.  To that end, lets take a virtual stroll backstage at the Virginny.

Little Women is on Ms Robyn's vintage Book Shelf

This book has so much meaning for people and touches so many lives. Here are some quotes from her story..

the first copy of this book that I can remember owning had a pink cover and a picture of the 4 girls in the sitting room. It was illustrated with coloured sketches and I received it for Christmas in 1964. I loved that book so much. I am lucky that my mum was a hoarder as that copy is still on my bookshelf now. A treasure !!! to look at it and touch it brings a warmth to my soul.... I loved to read this book ~ I felt that I was peeking into their actual home and living the lives they did * the carriage rides in the snow...sounded like so much fun...... and even now when I feel like I need some nurturing ..that is one of the books that I grab. I don't think it was intentional but I ended up calling my first daughter *Louisa May*.

Do any of you have a story like this about when you first got a copy of little women?

Vintage Housekeepers love Louisa

I found this post today from Ms Robyn who writesdaily parcels- all about her obsession vintage things. She loves Louisa May Alcott and just got a letter from a friend of hers....

J O Y ~what fun to go to my mail box today and find a gorgeous pink envelope from Alison at the vintage housekeepers circle. It had a sticker on the front with the words 'royal mail' printed on it,which immediately made me feel like a princess. It was raining out....rainy days make me feel so snug and secure and I made myself a cup of hot chocolate...snuggled on my cane settee under one of my quilts, propped up by some pillows ( feeling very Jo from Little Women ) and proceeded to open the envelope with utmost care. I am beginning to sound like a child, but I was so excited. Inside was treasure ~ a gorgeous tag with the word 'JOY' in scrabble letters * a lovely card wrapped in a ribbon to send to someone special, a little card with a saying from Louisa May Alcott ( just how did Alison know that Louisa May was special to me ?) and the most divine letter from Alison. with lots of wonderful ideas to bring back the art of letter writing...certainly inspiring.

Do any of you still write hand written letters for the regular mail? What was the last one you wrote about? What was the last one you received?

CAST- Hello from Backstage

This is the inaugural post from the cast of Little Women on Broadway!  We're going to be blogging from our LWOB Terminal or whatever it is eventually called ("LWOB Command Center" gets my vote)  and we're going to be giving everyone a glimpse of what's happening backstage on as close to a daily basis as we can provide.  There's alot that goes into putting the show up nightly (and matinee-ly) and we're going to be sharing the tension, hilarity, sorrows, and pastries  (thanks, Sutton) that abound at the Virginia Theater.

Let's see what happens...

From: Andrew Varella (u.s. Prof. Bher/Mr. Laurence)