Mindi Dickstein News

The Franklin Performing Arts Company (FPAC) will hold open auditions for their spring musical, Little Women, to be performed March 11 at 8:00 p.m. and on March 12 at 3:00 p.m. at the Franklin Country Club.

Rounding out 2010's bumper crop of live theatre productions, we can now add the short-lived Broadway musical 'Little Women' to Repertory Philippines's roster of outstandingly produced shows.

Kick off the holiday season at Bristol Riverside Theatre with Home For The Holidays , the eighth annual winter musicale concert, on December 11-22. This family program presents favorite holiday songs from yesterday and today, including traditional carols, popular classics, contemporary arrangements and original songs to celebrate the spirit of the season. Directed by Keith Baker, the program features BRT favorites Laura Catlaw, Philip Chaffin, Anthony D'Amato, and Steven Stein-Grainger, joined by Niffer Clarke and Eleonore Thomas. The program features such popular toe-tapping, finger-snapping songs as Carol of the Bells, Frosty the Snowman, O Holy Night, Winter Winterland, Baby It's Cold Outside, All I Want for Christmas, and Santa Baby.

Bristol Riverside Theatre presents Old Wicked Songs by Jon Marans on November 16-December 5. Directed by the playwright, the production features BRT Artistic Director Keith Baker and David Kenner.

Bristol Riverside Theatre rings in the new year with a new adaptation of The Little Prince on January 25-February 13.

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Kick off the holiday season at Bristol Riverside Theatre with Home For The Holidays , the eighth annual winter musicale concert, on December 11-22. This family program presents favorite holiday songs from yesterday and today, including traditional carols, popular classics, contemporary arrangements and original songs to celebrate the spirit of the season. Directed by Keith Baker, the program features BRT favorites Laura Catlaw, Philip Chaffin, Anthony D'Amato, and Steven Stein-Grainger, joined by Niffer Clarke and Eleonore Thomas. The program features such popular toe-tapping, finger-snapping songs as Carol of the Bells, Frosty the Snowman, O Holy Night, Winter Winterland, Baby It's Cold Outside, All I Want for Christmas, and Santa Baby.

Bristol Riverside Theatre presents Old Wicked Songs by Jon Marans on November 16-December 5. Directed by the playwright, the production features BRT Artistic Director Keith Baker and David Kenner.

Bristol Riverside Theatre presents Old Wicked Songs by Jon Marans on November 16-December 5. Directed by the playwright, the production features BRT Artistic Director Keith Baker and David Kenner.

Is there any better place to celebrate the Fourth of July than the Nation's Capital? If you're in town for the fireworks and concert on the Mall, consider popping into one of our local theatres. This month's MUST-SEES include The Capital Fringe Festival and Hip-Hop Festival, pirates, a high-flying nanny, a supreme trio, a boar with a flapjack, a crazy one-man Lord of the Rings, those loveable Tony Award-winning puppets, lots of plaid, a household of singing sisters, Stew's 'strange' score, and a concert version of a Rodgers and Hart classic musical. There's something for everyone in July on our DC area stages.

The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts presents a concert featuring the music of Tommy Newman May 24. Performing in the concert will be Alison Briner, Melissa Wolfkain, Chris Critelli and James Moye. The concert is apart of the NYPL's Songbook series and is directed by John Znidarsic.

Bristol Riverside Theatre announces its 2010-11 season of four plays and one musical featuring Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Jeffrey Hatcher, Old Wicked Songs by John Marans, The Little Prince by Rick Cummins and John Scoullar, All My Sons by Arthur Miller, and Little Women with book by Allan Knee, music by Jason Howland and lyrics by Mindi Dickstein.

Repertory Philippines' year-end production is the Broadway musical 'Little Women,' based on Louisa May Alcott's 1867 semi-biographical novel of the same title. 'Little Women,' the musical, features music by Jason Howland, lyrics by Mindi Dickstein and book by Allan Knee.

Repertory Philippines' year-end production is the Broadway musical 'Little Women,' based on Louisa May Alcott's 1867 semi-biographical novel of the same title. 'Little Women,' the musical, features music by Jason Howland, lyrics by Mindi Dickstein and book by Allan Knee.

Repertory Philippines' year-end production is the Broadway musical 'Little Women,' based on Louisa May Alcott's 1867 semi-biographical novel of the same title. 'Little Women,' the musical, features music by Jason Howland, lyrics by Mindi Dickstein and book by Allan Knee.

For 2010, Repertory Philippines has picked an exciting selection of shows sure to stimulate local theatergoers.

Chance Theater presents Tony®-Nominated Hit Show LITTLE WOMEN: THE MUSICAL, based on the Novel by Louisa May Alcott and directed by Chance Theater Managing Director Casey Long. Performances begin November 20 - December 27. Music by James Howland, Lyrics by Mindi Dickstein, and the Book is by Allan Knee. Musical direction is by Mike Wilkins and Choreography is by Jessie McLean.

The Chance Theater is getting ready to say goodbye to a pair of popular holiday-themed plays. Running through December 27 is Little Women: The Broadway Musical, a tune-filled adaptation of the classic novel that's suitable for all ages.

ANAHEIM HILLS, CA-Orange County's Chance Theater presents a calendar line-up of upcoming theater offerings including LITTLE WOMEN - THE BROADWAY MUSICAL, THE EIGHT: REINDEER MONOLOGUES, Stephen Sondheim's MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG, WELCOME HOME JENNY SUTTER.

THROUGH DECEMBER 27 LITTLE WOMEN - THE BROADWAY MUSICAL Based on the book by Allan Knee