Mindi Dickstein is an American lyricist and librettist.
Dickstein wrote the lyrics for the 2005 Broadway musical production Little Women, based on the 1868 novel of the same name by Louisa May Alcott. It began previews at The Virginia Theater on December 7, 2004, opened on January 23, 2005 and ran for 137 performances, closing on May 22, 2005. The production received Tony and Drama Desk nominations, including a Best Actress nomination for Sutton Foster, who played Jo March. Licensed by Music Theater International, Little Women has been produced continuously in the U.S. and Canada since its Broadway run, and has had worldwide productions from Australia to London to Tokyo. The Official Broadway Cast Album is available on Amazon and other music retailing and streaming sites.
Other notable work includes the book for Toy Story: The Musical for Disney Creative Entertainment, with a score by Groovelily; and lyrics for songs, written with composer Carmel Dean, for the musical Witnesses. Based on the diaries of teens written during the Holocaust, Witnesses is a group show with a book by Robert L.