First Folio Theatre planned to produce the world premiere of Heather Chrisler’s adaptation of Little Women back in spring of 2020, but COVID took that production out just as surely as scarlet fever ended Beth March. (Calm down: the book is over 150 years old, so spoiler alerts don’t apply.) Though of course one never […]
Tag: Louisa May Alcott
Posted inFilm
Greta Gerwig celebrates feminism with Little Women
The latest adaptation gives the March sisters more power than ever.
Posted inArts & Culture
Little Women the Musical is an absolute delight
Forget quiet female domesticity, this is a subtle revolution.
Posted inArts & Culture
Parachute Men, You on the Moors Now, and eight more new theater reviews
This week’s stage highlights include three losers who (hopefully) make good and four 19th-century fictional heroines battling their would-be betrotheds.
Posted inNews & Politics
This week’s Chicagoan: Leslie Goddard, historical interpreter
This week’s Chicagoan: Leslie Goddard, historical interpreter