"Little House on the Prairie" by the numbers

August 10, 2008 at 4:49AM

'LITTLE HOUSE' BY THE NUMBERS

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.

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