Slipper and the Rose---was this ever done on Broadway?

[beacon1]

Posted: 3/29/04 at 4:19pm

Was the Slipper and the Rose ever done on Broadway? It's the Cinderella story.

[sharon1]

Posted: 3/29/04 at 4:21pm

I always loved the movie and the score. Simplistic but beautiful

[Craig]

Posted: 3/29/04 at 4:24pm

No.. it was never a stage show - just the movie.

And I agree.. a great score. For those not familiar with it, it's the cinderella story, but told from the point of view of the prince (Richard Chamberlain). Gemma Craven is wonderful in it as well. Songs are by the Sherman Brothers.

It's available on DVD, VHS and there's a CD as well...

[sharon1]

Posted: 3/29/04 at 4:27pm

I forgot to add in my original post, I always thought it would make a great stage production. Very lavish and very fun. And Gawd forbid great way to intorduce kids to the theatre

[eponine88]

Posted: 3/29/04 at 5:41pm

I always did like this movie. It really does have a great score. It is played frequently in my house, for my mother just loves Richard Chamberlain...lol. I think it would make a great stage production too.

[beacon1]

Posted: 3/29/04 at 7:16pm

One of my fave numbers is when the Prince and his pal/servant are dancing in the crypt singing about how "there's a pre-arranged spot in the family plot where my royal bones will go. Yes, I'll be slipped into the beautiful family crypt..."
Funny and what dancing.

It should be staged on Broadway!

[kec]

Posted: 3/30/04 at 1:14am

Also one of my all time favorite movies. I saw it for the first time in Radio City Music Hall, and have loved it ever since. I have actually been to the location used for the Prince's castle -- it's in Austria about 30 miles south of Salzburg -- a lovely area. I agree the scene and song in the crypt is a funny scene. I also liked the Fairy Godmother -- not quite how you would expect a Fairy Godmother to act -- Annette Crosbie was very good.

Since the Sherman Brothers seem to be on a role with some of their films being turned into musical stage productions -- Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, and Mary Poppins -- why not add this to the mix? I think it would be interesting. Updated On: 3/30/04 at 01:14 AM

[redhotinnyc2]

Posted: 3/30/04 at 10:05am

"There's no Affair, to ever compare - or thrill or enthrall like a Bride Finding Ball!"

"once I was loved, I knew I was loved. I flew through my days in magical ways..."

"Protocoligorically Correct!"

This show would be great on Broadway.

[eponine88]

Posted: 3/30/04 at 7:37pm

What has love got to do with being married???????

[beacon1]

Posted: 3/30/04 at 7:57pm

Of course, I would cast Patrick Wilson as the Prince... (come back, Patrick, come back!)

[Dollypop]

Posted: 3/30/04 at 9:00pm

That's exactly what Broadway needs, another movie-to-stage transformation!

Does anyone ever think of ORIGINAL musicals anymore?

Sad. Terribly sad.