Nobody puts Half-Pint in a corner
An upcoming New York workshop presentation of Prairie, a musical version of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Little House on the Prairie, will star Patrick Swayze (Dirty Dancing) and Melissa Gilbert as Pa and Ma. The show will run April 16-17 in New York (but will be closed to the public), and producers are aiming for a national tour in spring 2008.
In her youth, Gilbert played spunky daughter Laura Ingalls in the LHOTP television series.
This was her then:
This is her now:
She grew up nice, didn’t she?
Women appear to be running this show: the book was written by Beth Henley (who won a Pulitzer for her fabulous play Crimes of the Heart), the lyrics were written by Donna DiNovelli, Oscar winner Rachel Portman (Emma) composed the music, and Francesca Zambello will direct.