ONCE UPON A MATTRESS Previews

Once Upon a Mattress – the iconic musical comedy that’s forever woven into the tapestry of theatre history and probably being performed at your local high school right now – is back on Broadway for the first time since 1996. Two-time Tony® winner Sutton Fosterstars as Princess Winnifred the Woebegone alongside royalty of stage and screen, Michael Urie.

Direct from its sold-out New York City Center Encores! run and newly adapted by Amy Sherman-Palladino (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel), Once Upon a Mattress sets Winnifred, an unapologetic free spirit, loose in a repressed kingdom, where she charms, delights, and dances her way to the top… of a stack of mattresses.

Don’t miss this uproarious production of the show every theater kid knows like the back of their pillow!
Previews begin July 31 at the Hudson Theatre.

someoneinatree2 said: "IsMattress still a high school musical juggernaut? No shade to the show, which is perfectly fun and certainly appropriate for teens, but I feel like I hear more aboutInto the WoodsorBeauty and the BeastorFootloose(or nowMean GirlsandThe Addams Family) these days.

Just found it funny that they implied its popularity with kids not once but twice in a rather succinct press release."

I just checked the Concord Theatricals page, and there are six pages' worth of current or upcoming productions of the show.

One is by a high school in my area in the fall! Might have to check it out.

This was just delightful at City Center. Looking forward to catching it again on Broadway!

FANtomFollies said: "Has a lottery or rush been announced for this? I'd like to see it but want to spend as little as possible."

Prob will be announced a day or two before performances start

A bit early for this thread me thinks.

We have a previews thread for a princess!

The second Broadway revival of Once Upon a Mattress starts up tomorrow night (July 31) at the Hudson Theatre, prior to an August 12 opening. This production — set to run through November 30, before an expected Los Angeles stint — comes direct from New York City Center, where it played for two weeks earlier this year.

Foster and Urie head a cast of Broadway veterans that also includes Brooks Ashmanskas, Daniel Breaker, Will Chase, Nikki Renée Daniels, Ana Gasteyer, and David Patrick Kelly. A humorous Golden Age adaptation of the Hans Christian Andersen fairytale “The Princess and the Pea,” Once Upon a Mattress features music by Mary Rodgers and lyrics by Marshall Barer, with a book by Barer, Jay Thompson, and Dean Fuller. Lorin Latarro choreographs, and Lear deBessonet directs.

Who’s giving the new-look kingdom a visit?

ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "Per PlaybillVault, the orchestra is 16 + conductor. Quite large for a 970-seat house, but smaller than at Encores:

• Conductor
• 2 Keys
• 3 Reeds
• 2 Trumpets
• 1 Trombone
• 3 Violins
• 1 Viola
• 2 Celli
• 1 Bass
• 1 Drums/Perc

Bruce Coughlin did the new orchestrations, as he did for the '96 revival (which had 14 + conductor)"

That’s an enormous string section per today’s standards. If I did my research correctly, it’ll be tied with Lion King for the largest currently on Broadway. Love to see it!

Updated On: 7/30/24 at 12:47 AM

The show will have a $45 same-day digital rush through TodayTix.

Merch: https://www.broadwaymerchandiseshop.com/collections/once-upon-a-mattress

Anyone go this evening? Excited to hear about Ana Gasteyer!

Someone on Reddit posted a photo of the (entirely art-less) Playbill:

Updated On: 7/31/24 at 11:01 PM

I was there tonight as well. Lucky to get a rush ticket on TodayTix.



Just tons and tons of fun. A great cast. The updated book is wonderful but it still feels like a classic.



Admittedly I've never actually seen this show so I was happy all around.



Sutton is fantastic and I can often be a little critical of her but she does comedy/physical comedy so well. She was born for this part.



Ana was sensational. A powerhouse and stole every scene she was in.

It's Urie who made the experience for me though. He's fantastically gifted and putting his whole heart and body into this role.

How do the book/designs/music arrangements compare to what was at City Center? The set from the one photo I saw looks very similar from what was at Encores.