the muscial

The musical production of Little House on the Prairie was announced a while back, to be performed on the McGuire Proscenium State of the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, guthrietheater[dot]org.

According to a fellow blogger, auditions were held last month, and it looks like Little House on the Prairie will hit the stage in August 2008. It will feature music by Rachel Portman, lyrics by Donna di Novelli, book by Rachel Sheinkin, under the direction of Francesca Zambello.

Di Novelli writes: Set on the vast plains of the American West, Little House on the Prairie is the story of one girl's struggle with the wildness in her soul. Both girl and land fight against the forces that seek to tame them in this epic story of Western migration. Adapted from Laura Ingalls Wilder's stories of growing up during the Homesteading frenzy of 1880s, Little House on the Prairie is scheduled to premiere in August 2008 at the esteemed Guthrie Theater of Minneapolis.

What are the chances that homesteading and "Little House" will be presented with any historical accuracy whatsoever?
- posted by pioneergirl at 1:40 AM