Little Miss Sunshine
Music & Lyrics by William Finn
Book by James Lapine
Directed by James Lapine
Based on the Academy Award-winning film, on life's winding road, sometimes you need to pull over and change direction. The Hoover family has seen better days. Richard, the father, is a floundering motivational speaker, Grandpa's been kicked out of his retirement home and Uncle Frank's been dumped by his boyfriend. Moody teenager, Dwayne, has taken a vow of silence, and overextended mom, Sheryl, can do little more than slap on a smile. But, when the youngest Hoover... energetic Olive, enters a regional children's beauty pageant, the family thinks that their luck could change and embarks on a cross-country trek, chasing the coveted title of "Little Miss Sunshine."
Little Miss Sunshine
Tony Kiser Theatre at Second Stage Theatre
Nov 14, 2013 - Dec 15, 2013
Premiered at the La Jolla Playhouse from February 15 - March 27, 2011
Photos by Joan Marcus & Sara Krulwich
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Music and Lyrics by William Finn
Book by James Lapine
Directed by James Lapine
Based on the film by Michael Arndt
Produced by Second Stage Theatre
Michele Lynch: Choreographer
Beowulf Boritt: Set Designer
Jen Caprio: Costume Designer
Ken Billington: Lighting Designer
Vadim Feichtner: Music Director
Orchestrations by Michael Starobin
Vocal Arrangements by Will Aronson
Production Stage Manager: Scott Taylor Rollison
Stage Managers Jennifer Rogers & Derek Michael DiGregorio
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Hannah Rose Nordberg: Olive Hoover
Stephanie J. Block: Sheryl Hoover
Will Swenson: Richard Hoover
Rory O'Malley: Frank Hoover
Wesley Taylor: Joshua Rose
Josh Lamon: Buddy
David Rasche: Grandpa Hoover
Jennifer Sánchez: Miss California
Logan Rowland: Dwayne
and Alivia Clark, Victoria Dennis, Miranda McKeon and Leonay Shepherd
Awards, Reviews & Features
2014 Drama Desk Awards
Nominated for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical (Stephanie J. Block)
“The 100-minute chamber musical is an ingenious, jaunty, sweet but not sticky sweet invention that honors the hit movie while, unlike so many adaptations, happily justifies its life on the stage... Reconceived after a 2011 LaJolla, Calif., premiere, deftly recast and restaged with high-imagination, low-tech flash, the show touches a lot of genuine problems with good humor and just a bit of serious anguish.”