This story outlines how LauraPalooza was instrumental in connecting Dean Butler and Dale Cockrell to make the Pa’s Fiddle pledge drive special happen. And this one tells us that the Little House on the Prairie musical is coming back–in Nashville,…
Tag: Musical–Little House on the Prairie
Two Wonderful Recent Laura-Related Articles
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Kara Lindsay Takes Leave of Absence from “Little House”
Kara Lindsay, “Laura” in Little House: The Musical, has taken a leave of absence from the production. She’ll return in Spokane on April 8. As of now, I’ve been unable to find information on why she left, and I would…
A Word from Willie
“They can’t ride on my velocipede!” The phrase springs into my head upon the mere mention of the name Willie Oleson. Willie is a fun character, I think. Like the character of Nellie, Willie in the book series is a…
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Seven Minutes of the Musical!
This almost seven-minute video shows more of the musical than I’ve seen anywhere. Thanks, PrairieFans! My only quibble is that it doesn’t show my favorite song, “Faster,” which Almanzo and Laura sing in the cutter. But the rest is just…
Melissa Gilbert on the Today Show
The Today Show had a nice segment on Little House on the Prairie: the Musical. Watch it here: Today Show Interview with Melissa Gilbert
All of De Smet United In New Web Site Venture
Finally! Everyone in De Smet is on the same page. Or the same web page, anyway. Check out Destination Laura. It’s a new web site developed by the town of De Smet in conjunction with the traveling musical to promote…
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Interview With Steve Blanchard
Here’s a radio interview with Steve “Pa Ingalls” Blanchard, who’s traveling with the musical right now, courtesy of the musical’s Twitter feed.
Kara and Kate: The New Laura and Nellie
Do you ever feel like your phone lines are tapped? The other day, Sandra and I were discussing the upcoming interview of Kara Lindsay and Kevin Massey for The Homesteader, and I commented that in all of the stories I’ve…
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More Notes on the Play (And More Spoilers)
I’ve done some googling to remind myself more of the play, since I didn’t take notes during the performance. This document (what a find!) provided me with a few additional notes: Almanzo and Cap hunt the wheat onstage during the…
Play Spoilers! If You Don’t Want to Know, Don’t Read.
I may be a writer, but I’m not a review writer. I’d much rather sit back and read the music reviews and book reviews of my colleagues who craft them so much better than I ever could. And I hate…