Little Women Tour Cast

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"The Civil War-era sisters of feisty heroine Jo March will be Renee Brna as Meg; Autumn Hurlbert as Beth; and Gwen Hollander as Amy.

Michael Minarik will be romantic John Brooke; Andrew Varela, a Little Women Broadway understudy, will graduate to the role of Prof. Bhaer; and Robert Stattel will reprise his Broadway role of gruff neighbor Mr. Laurence.

Aunt March will be played by Louisa Flaningan.

Casting for the roles of Jo and boy-next-door Laurie have not be announced."

I'm so excited! In a previous post I said there was a women I know who was supposed to replace one of the sisters shortly (and then the show was closed) It's Gwen Hollander! (She is going to be a incredible Amy!!! --- She is SUCH a talent!!)

Yay Little Women tour cast!

Yes she is. I forgot to post that part, sorry.

Thanks for the info! About time they announced it! LOL! I wonder who's going to be Jo and Laurie...

~Rosalynn

Well, (I dont know how biased this is, because I enjoyed the show on Broadway), but audiences Nationally are different. It's rare for the average american to want to get to New York and pay $100 to see a show on Broadway, so when a show comes to them, it is very likely for them to go to their nearby Performing Arts Center and see a show, for almost half the price of Broadway. And fortunately, i think Little Women is geared toward these people. Parents with girls who would love to see this show, but would never fly to NYC to see it. -- Just my opinion.

I'm really interested in seeing who ends up as Jo and Laurie!

I think the tour will do just fine. The book has enough credibility to draw a crowd that will also enjoy the genre of the music in the show nationwide. We're talkin' like, 2 week stints in bigger cities - I think it'll do well.

Besides, there are places like here that will think the world of it - I mean, c'mon, here in Cleveland people went absolutely nuts and raving on and on about On The Record!! (I spent most of the evening drooling over getting to see Emily Skinner live as most people went "Emily who? Who's that?" and just shaking my head because everyone was like "what an amazing show! I'm coming again!")

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you didn't hear it from me but - final Jo candidates are being seen tomorrow

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cool - well if anyone on the boards is going, break a leg! :)

are they looking at mostly unknowns or are there some names of people we know and love in there as well? (don't want specific names, and I'm sure if you know you can't share - just curious as to which way they're going with casting for the tour)

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i saw michael minarik in a cabaret in the city and I love his voice. found his website.
www.michaelminarik.com

hopefully the tour does good! it's a shame it closed i thougt it was amazing!

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I vote Sutton and Danni reprise their roles in the tour...i know it wont happen but one can always dream
ric

I agree with whoever said that regionally theatres are different. I know where I live some audiences tend to like things that haven't done so well on Broadway or never even made it to a Broadway run. And I'd be interested to see what they do with the show considering I never saw it on Broadway. Also regarding likes or dislikes I think it depends on ones taste. Like I think if someone likes the book or films of Little Women they might like the musical. At least that's the case with me. I don't know about anyone else.

Really Stephen Patterson as Laurie? Okay. He's good. Wouldn't have been my first choice, but I don't really have a first choice either so it doesn't matter. I could see him as Laurie.

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so that just leaves Jo... are they keeping it a secret or something the tour starts in August

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