A Little Princess

[galindagirl2]

Posted: 12/23/06 at 2:46am

Hi everyone!
I am a musical theatre performer who has been "lurking" on the boards for a shameful amount of time. I love this website and have learned so much about my craft as a result of it! I thought I'd go ahead and try out my first post..

Did anyone catch the production of Lippa's "A Little Princess" in Orange County last weekend? Any thoughts?

[Broadway Matt]

Posted: 12/23/06 at 2:49am

I didn't even know there was another production of this show, but that's good to hear. I saw the premiere production at TheatreWorks (CA) in 2004 with Will Chase and Mackenzie Mauzy, and I really loved it. It was flawed in many ways but I just thought the score was magnificent and there was so much potential if it's given a chance. I'd love to hear about this new staging.

[SahDu]

Posted: 12/23/06 at 2:52am

Just out of curiosity, is this a new musical or is it based on something?


Updated On: 2/15/14 at 02:52 AM

[Broadway Matt]

Posted: 12/23/06 at 2:54am

it's a new-ish musical based on the classic book

[galindagirl2]

Posted: 12/23/06 at 3:38pm

This production starred Roger Befeler as Captain Crewe and an unknown, Katharine McDonough, as Sara Crewe. It was "put on" by the California Conservatory of the Arts as sort of workshop production so Andrew Lippa and Brian Crawley could see their new rewrites "up on its feet"...sorry, that didn't make any sense gramatically

[broadwayguy2]

Posted: 12/23/06 at 6:07pm

at first, I thought this was a chorus boy discussion thread. :-P

[B3TA07]

Posted: 12/23/06 at 6:42pm

That's great! I love the score so I hope it's better with the re-writes.

[galindagirl2]

Posted: 12/23/06 at 6:45pm

I really liked it...and I agree, the score is beautiful...
and very commercial It's pretty catchy!

[MimiLovesRoger]

Posted: 12/23/06 at 8:17pm

I loved that movie (with Shirley Temple).