'Once Upon A Mattress' Another Addition to Disney's Delightful Television Musicals- Page 2

[NYSinger1]

Posted: 12/18/05 at 4:36pm

Does anyone have a cast list for the new TV production?
I think it'll be cute....I am excited.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 12/18/05 at 5:21pm

Credited cast:
Carol Burnett .... Queen Aggravain
Tracey Ullman .... Princess Winnifred
Denis O'Hare .... Prince Dauntless
Zooey Deschanel .... Lady Larken
Matthew Morrison .... Sir Harry
Michael Boatman .... The Jester
Tom Smothers .... King Sextimus
Edward Hibbert .... The Wizard

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Lady Larken... Link Larken
heh.
Sorry, I thought it was funny.



~JKor

[brdwaybaby17]

Posted: 12/18/05 at 6:50pm

Wait, wasn't Jane Krakowski (or however you spell it) supposed to be in it?

[kyle.]

Posted: 12/18/05 at 7:47pm

they should have named this version Once Upon a Craptress.

its so sad middle america watches these films and thinks this is what musical theatre is all about.

[tagiunagi]

Posted: 12/18/05 at 9:00pm

Dear God, why was this production so awful?? I've never seen anything as bad as this!

[roquat]

Posted: 12/18/05 at 9:10pm

Oh, put a sock in it. I've never been a great fan of the show, but this was a perfectly good production. They got rid of the stupid unfunny slapstick and the extraneous songs. Tracey was fine (although I thought Denis O'Hare was much more charming), Carol a delight, and Zooey and Matthew a sweetly dopey pair of lovers.

[tagiunagi]

Posted: 12/18/05 at 9:14pm

Did you not hear that noise coming out of Zooey? What the hell was that?

[roquat]

Posted: 12/18/05 at 9:17pm

Actually, I liked it. Not a conventional "ingenue" voice, certainly, but on pitch and perfectly pleasant. And I'm sorry, but she and Matthew are definitely charmers. (I'm also sorry to keep using the same adjective over and over.)

[kyle.]

Posted: 12/18/05 at 10:04pm

what was perfectly good could have been wonderful.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 12/18/05 at 10:33pm

I thought it was cute! :)

[overthemoon419]

Posted: 12/18/05 at 10:56pm

When I said Lady Larken and Sir Harry pretend to hate one another, I didn't mean they pretend for the sake of others, I meant that each convinces himself (herself) that he (she) hates the other. Lady Larken never "hates" Harry and Harry never "hates" Larken, but after their fight, they overreact and try to convince themselves that they are no longer in love.

[CapnHook]

Posted: 12/19/05 at 12:39am

Ah gotcha.

[brdwaybaby17]

Posted: 12/21/05 at 4:58pm

lol Maybe in my dream world... Jane plays everything.

[Danielm]

Posted: 12/21/05 at 5:39pm

I think a lot of people were just in a bad mood Sunday night. I think this was a perfectly delightful and quite faithful version of the show. If you don't like the show, fine, but let's get real--it doesn't deserve the invective some have heaped upon it. It's always been a modest and silly little musical with a fun score and a great leading lady part. It's never been anything more. I think a lot of people need to develop a sense of humor.

[roquat]

Posted: 12/21/05 at 5:47pm

THANK YOU!!!!!

[roquat]

Posted: 12/21/05 at 5:47pm

THANK YOU!!!!!

[Unknown User]

Posted: 12/21/05 at 7:41pm

The show didn't seem as fun to me as it did when I was in it.

[Danielm]

Posted: 12/21/05 at 7:46pm

"The show didn't seem as fun to me as it did when I was in it."

Well, how much fun did the audience have? Before you answer--you should realize that you don't really know. I've been in enough shows to know that how much fun you have while you're in it has nothing to do with the quality of the production.