Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella

Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella 1957 debut on national TV starring Julie Andrews was the most widely viewed program in history at the time. It inspired new versions in 1965 (Lesley Ann Warren) and the “Enchanted version” in 1997 (pop star Brandy), which garnered seven primetime Emmy Awards. It breathed new life, charm and humor into the classic musical, while keeping memorable songs such as “Ten Minutes Ago,” and “In My Own Little Corner.” For the MCT version, audiences are invited to lose themselves in the story of Cinderella dreaming to escape a life of drudgery under her cruel Stepmother and marrying the Prince. Impossible? With help from her Fairy Godmother, it just might be possible. Cinderella is whisked off to the Palace Ball to dance with the Prince, but with a Midnight curfew. Losing a shoe as she flees causes the Prince to begin a kingdom-wide search to perfectly match the glass slipper with the foot of his mysterious new love. (Perfect-fitting shoes are real in fairy tales). Cinderella transports you to a time and place where a plain yellow pumpkin can become a golden carriage (“Impossible”). If the shoe fits, live happily ever after.