"Little House on the Prairie" by the numbers
August 10, 2008 at 4:49AM
44 How old Melissa Gilbert is now, playing Ma in the new musical at the Guthrie.
10 How old Gilbert was when she first played Laura on the NBC-TV series.
9 Years the NBC show ran, from 1974 to 1983.
$292.91 The base cost of all nine "Little House" seasons on DVD at Amazon.com.
$19.85 Base cost of a used, boxed set of all nine "Little House" books.
100 The percentage of females on the musical's creative team.
26 Cast members in the musical production.
0 American Indians represented in the show.
3 Yale School of Drama graduates in the production team.
PATRICK LEE
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Massive burritos, brothless ramen, cake muffin and a cup of Dayton’s nostalgia.
