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Little Miss Sunshine is a musical adapted from the 2006 film of the same name, with music and lyrics by William Finn and book and direction by James Lapine.The musical premiered in San Diego, California at the Mandell Weiss Theater, La Jolla Playhouse on February 15, 2011 [1] and began performances Off-Broadway at the Second Stage Theatre in October 2013.
Little Miss Sunshine was a box office success, earning $101 million. It garnered critical praise for its performances (particularly Breslin’s and Arkin’s), as well as for its directing, screenplay and humor. It earned four nominations at the 79th Academy Awards, including Best Picture.
Little Miss Sunshine received numerous awards and honors from film organizations, film festivals, and critics groups. The 2006 film was commended for its ensemble cast, individual roles, screenplay, and other aspects of the film.
"Little Miss Sunshine received generally positive reviews, earning a 91% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes and 80/100 from Metacritic and had total international box office gross receipts of $100.2 million.
In 1957, he had mild success with a revival of Cole Porter's Out of this World at Actors Playhouse. Then Jim Paul Eilers asked him to write a revue for his nightclub The Showplace. In Your Hat was the result. An Act II finale, titled Gems from Little Mary Sunshine, featured some of the themes later to form part of the famous musical. [1]
In 1910, Mary founded there the Aldis Playhouse, "a predecessor to the 'little theater' movement". [7] The Hull House settlement theatre group, founded by Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr, was the first to perform several plays by Galsworthy , Ibsen , and Shaw in Chicago . [ 8 ]
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The Variety Playhouse (originally known as the Euclid Theatre) is a music venue in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. It is located on Euclid Avenue and features a variety of music acts including rock , indie , electronic , funk , country , folk , bluegrass , jazz , blues and world music as well as other live shows.