Apr 27, 2007 2 min read

FLATWOODS – Flatwoods Productions will present the musical “Little Women” on May 11-13. Shows are performed in the Curfew Grange, located at the corner of Route 201 south and Buena Vista Road across from the cemetery in Flatwoods.

Curtain time is 8 p.m. today and Saturday, with the Sunday matinee on Mother’s Day at 2 p.m. Dinner is available for an extra charge with all three shows. Dinner theater requires a reservation. Group rates also are available. Tickets are available at the door for all performances. Call 724-785-6896 or visit the Web site at fptheater.com.

Dinner will be available at 6:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, May 11-12. Dinner also will be available beginning at 12:30 p.m. on Mother’s Day (May 13) before the show at 2 p.m. There is an additional cost for the dinner. The meal includes fruit cup, salad, a choice of either roast beef or stuffed chicken breast, mashed potatoes, gravy, vegetable, bread and butter, dessert, and coffee, tea or soda. Reservations are needed for dinner and should be made by Tuesday, May 8.

Join the remarkable March sisters – Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy as one of America’s most beloved books soars to the stage in “Little Women – the Broadway Musical.”

This dazzling musical based on Louisa May Alcott’s timeless tale about the power of family, friendship and romance is capturing the hearts of a new generation and captivating audiences of all ages. The four March sisters come of age during the Civil War, while their father is away with the Union Army. They are Jo, a tomboyish writer (thought to be based on Alcott herself), who longs to write “blood and guts” stories; pretty, ladylike Meg; shy and demure Beth; and bratty, selfish Amy. Their mother, whom they call “Marmee,” nurtures and encourages these four strong-spirited young women to achieve their dreams.

While this approach to raising children may be “conventional,” there is little “conventional” about her daughters. The girls suffer heartache, love and loss as they grow and learn together.