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Mindi Dickstein

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Lyricist

Mindi Dickstein is an American lyricist and librettist. Dickstein wrote the lyrics for the 2005 Broadway musical production Little Women, based on the 1868 novel of the same name by Louisa May Alcott. It began previews at The Virginia Theater (now The August Wilson Theater) on December 7, 2004, opened on January 23, 2005 and ran for 137 performances, closing on May 22, 2005. The production received Tony and Drama Desk nominations, including a Best Actress nomination for Sutton Foster, who played Jo March. Licensed by Music Theater International, Little Women has been produced continuously in the U.S. and Canada since its Broadway run, and has had worldwide productions from Australia to Londo…

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Little Women

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  • "After Millie," she told Time Out New York, "I wanted a nice, small part, preferably with a death scene early in Act 11 so I could have some time offstage." She was being ironic. Little Wooten called upon her to occupy center stage virtually the entire evening and perform a half-dozen big ballads and comedy songs by the Broadway tyro team…ebooks/Viagas, Robert/I'm the Greatest Star_ Broadway's Top Musical Legends from 1900 to Today - Robert Viagas.txt
  • (Westbeth Theatre Center) Thursday, February 25-March 13, 1988 (13 performances and 1 preview). Westbeth Theatre Center (Arnold Engelman, Producing Director; Granville Burgess, Roger T. Danforth, Jule Selbo, Juda Youngstrom, Creative Directors) presents: GUADELOUPE by Mindi Dickstein; Director, Christopher Catt; Sets, Venustiano Borromeo;…theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1987-88 Season, v. 44 (Willis).txt

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