Louisa May Alcott News

The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis has announced its 2026–27 season. The lineup includes Little Women, White Christmas, and And Then There Were None. The season celebrates the theatre’s 60th anniversary.

The Guthrie Theater has revealed the cast for its upcoming production of Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women, adapted by Lauren M. Gunderson from the novel by Louisa May Alcott.

Fresh off their 13-wins at last night’s St. Louis Theatre Circle Awards, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis announces their upcoming season celebrating their Diamond Anniversary at The Rep. This season, 60-years in the making, include five mainstage performances, three productions in the Steve Woolf Studio Series, and launches their new Diamond Concert Series.

The first annual New England Family Theatre Festival (NEFTF) brings a vibrant, multidisciplinary celebration of the performing arts to Middlebury this spring. Running from Friday, May 8 through Saturday, May 16, the weeklong festival features a lineup of theatre, music, circus, puppetry, and dance, alongside interactive experiences and community engagement activities designed to spark creativity and connection for audiences of all ages.

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TheatreSquared has announced its 2026–2027 Season 21 lineup, including FENCES, LITTLE WOMEN, EUREKA DAY, and THE 39 STEPS. The season also introduces a new Family Series with DISNEY’S NEWSIES JR. and A YEAR WITH FROG AND TOAD.

 Phamaly Theatre Company presents the regional premiere of Little Women, adapted by Erin Riley from the novel by Louisa May Alcott, running March 19 through April 4, 2026 at Parsons Theatre at Northglenn Arts.

Northern Stage has revealed its 2026/27 Season, featuring five Main Stage productions in the Byrne Theater at the Barrette Center for the Arts, including the regional premiere of John Proctor is the Villain and more.

Little Women is a classic show written by Louisa May Alcott that has been a favorite to many over the years. Orpheus Theatre Company’s production is a reimagination by Katherine Campbell Rossi that breathes a new life into the classic.

WAM Theatre will present a diverse lineup for its 2026 season, featuring acclaimed productions and new works. Learn more about the upcoming season lineup here!

ACT Players Community Theater will present Little Women: The Musical, bringing Louisa May Alcott's timeless classic to the stage. The show is directed by Kelsey Gondek with music direction by Kira Bosko.

Riverside Center for the Performing Arts will present Little Women The Musical. This adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's novel features a talented cast led by Ashlee Beary as Jo March, exploring themes of love, loss, and dreams during the American Civil War.

Louisa May Alcott’s novel “Little Women” has proven so enduringly popular since it was first published in 1868 that it has been turned into two plays, a musical, an opera, 11 different feature films and TV movies, three Japanese anime versions, and even a 12-part Korean streaming series.

Although society may have tried to conceal them, bold and daring women have existed throughout history. Sisterhood and the realities of being a woman in the Civil War era are central themes in this musical adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s classic novel. The Bridge Initiative’s concert version of the musical is an exciting venture into those topics.

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is January 27, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

You can now get a look at photos of the world premiere of Jo - The Little Women Musical in concert in the West End, which starred Kerry Ellis, Christine Allado, and more.

Is there a story more universally connected to the experience of girlhood than Little Women? Louisa May Alcott’s 1868 coming-of-age novel is a beloved read across the world, with its descriptions of sisterly devotion, struggle, love, and loss. The March sisters - Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy - have woven themselves into the lives of women and girls since their publication. The March sisters are also no strangers to the theatre, and this is not the first time that someone tries to adapt it for the stage, and we’ve had quite a few less-than-deserving examples that shall go unmentioned.

This week, Sock ‘n’ Buskin presented a limited engagement of Tom Stoppard's comedy-meets-existential-crisis, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead,

Ballet Ariel will debut an original ballet adaptation of Little Women as part of its 2025–2026 season. Choreographed to highlight the journeys of the March sisters, the production blends classical and traditional music.

City Theatre will kick off 2026 with a highly anticipated two hander – the co-world premiere of Malcolm X and Redd Foxx Washing Dishes at Jimmy's Chicken Shack in Harlem by Jonathan Norton, directed by Dexter J. Singleton.