"Impossible things are happening every day."
That's what Oscar Hammerstein told us.
But I'm sure that neither he nor Richard Rodgers could have ever thought it possible to transform their beautiul classic into a bloated, misguided, lame social tract.
But it's possible.
This show bills itself as "Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella." Then what was the other one, I'd like to know.
As to be expected, the interpolated songs don't mix well with the original ones. They protract, rather than add.
The design struck me as none too attractive. Fairly forlorn. The costumes are a mixed bag, some nice ones, others less so. There were a few deft visual effects, and a chase through the woods had the requisite magic lacking elsewhere.
Anachronistic jokes, natch.
The two leads did a very good job.
I'm very sorry they cut out the wonderful wedding processional. An unfortunate choice, among so many others here.
The show ended at about 10:50.
Updated On: 1/26/13 at 12:38 AM
