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#1

Why hasn't R and H's Cinderella ever been on Broadway?

Posted: 3/27/07 at 8:27am

It's one of my favorite musicals of their's, and I just realized they it has never had a real Broadway run, plus, there isn't any up to date cast recording availiable either. If it did come to Broadway or if it was at least recorded, here's who I would want in the cast:
Cinderella: Kelli O'Hara
The Prince: Adam Jacobs
The Stepmother: Patti LuPone
Portia: Megan Hilty
Joy: Shannon Durig
Fairy Godmother: Kristin Chenoweth

Updated On: 3/27/07 at 08:27 AM

#4

re: Why hasn't R and H's Cinderella ever been on Broadway?

Posted: 3/27/07 at 8:44am

There was a terrific production at the Papermill Playhouse in NJ a year or two ago. I don't know if a cast recording was made.
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#5

re: Why hasn't R and H's Cinderella ever been on Broadway?

Posted: 3/27/07 at 8:48am

I believe it had an NY Opera or Philharmonic run with Eartha Kitt and Sarah Uriarte Berry a while ago.

It's one of my favorite musicals. I think it needs a good run, or at least a good cast recording.
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re: Why hasn't R and H's Cinderella ever been on Broadway?

Posted: 3/27/07 at 9:00am

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#8

re: Why hasn't R and H's Cinderella ever been on Broadway?

Posted: 3/27/07 at 9:31am

I was in the chorus for this in High School. It's a lovely musical, but it's had book problems over the years, and my guess is that, after Wicked, it's not as spectacular a show and wouldn't get a long Broadway run, but you are right, if they're reviving all their shows, this should be done.

It did have a City Opera production some years ago, and the best recording is still that first one with Julie Andrews. Your casting choices are fun, but you need two really boisterous women as the stepsisters. I doubt Chenowith would want to play the Fairy Godmother. I think Angela Lansbury would be terrific in that role.

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#9

re: Why hasn't R and H's Cinderella ever been on Broadway?

Posted: 3/27/07 at 9:37am

It has lovely music but it is such a slight story that it probably couldn't support a full Broadway production. It was written for TV and has the small scale loveliness right for that medium. I'm told there is going to be a full production in China next year - but that's a heck of a commute to see it.
#11

re: Why hasn't R and H's Cinderella ever been on Broadway?

Posted: 3/27/07 at 10:01am

the NYCOpera production was filled with stars...and it was GOD AWFUL imho.

I think the show needs a lot of work to work well, and I do not think it is meant for Broadway.

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p.s. i thought the comment was funny.
#12

re: Why hasn't R and H's Cinderella ever been on Broadway?

Posted: 3/27/07 at 11:46am

It was written specifically for television, and telecast to the masses starring Julie Andrews...another version was telecast starring Leslie Ann Warren years later. Every child saw these yearly and for generations, and Broadway was not as fond of revivals as it seems to be these days.

It is also a fairly slight musical for broadway prices...which is why it is mostly done in smaller, off broadway and regional theaters for limited runs.
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re: Why hasn't R and H's Cinderella ever been on Broadway?

Posted: 3/27/07 at 12:31pm

It's really better on a smaller stage. It's a charming little show, but like LSOH, I don't think a Broadway stage won't be the right fit.

BWW's own Hairspraydoll is directing a production of it at her Las Vegas high school in a month or two. If you're in that area you should pay her a visit.
#16

re: Why hasn't R and H's Cinderella ever been on Broadway?

Posted: 3/27/07 at 12:33pm

re: Why hasn't R and H's Cinderella ever been on Broadway?

Sorry, you've got a little mistake in your cast list.

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#17

re: Why hasn't R and H's Cinderella ever been on Broadway?

Posted: 3/27/07 at 12:59pm

I'm unfamiliar with the stage score, but I'd assume a studio recording would be pointless since it was remade into a TV musical in the late '90s starring Whitney Houston, Brandi, Bernadette Peters, et al. and a soundtrack was released from that film. I can only see a studio recording being made only IF this film hacked up the score.

The original Julie Andrews telecast is preserved on DVD, too.
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#19

re: Why hasn't R and H's Cinderella ever been on Broadway?

Posted: 3/27/07 at 1:50pm

I'd love to see Audra McDonald as the Fairy Godmother for something (like a concert or benefit production.)
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#20

re: Why hasn't R and H's Cinderella ever been on Broadway?

Posted: 3/27/07 at 2:13pm

it is actually one of the only r and h musicals i can stand. although many people hated the abc movie version i liked it.
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#21

re: Why hasn't R and H's Cinderella ever been on Broadway?

Posted: 3/27/07 at 2:24pm

The ABC version couldn't hold a candle to either of the earlier broadcasts. They also squeezed in an extra song for Brandy that didn't work in the context of the rest of the score.
#22

re: Why hasn't R and H's Cinderella ever been on Broadway?

Posted: 3/27/07 at 2:39pm

"BWW's own Hairspraydoll is directing a production of it at her Las Vegas high school in a month or two. If you're in that area you should pay her a visit."

Is it LVA, or another high school?
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#23

re: Why hasn't R and H's Cinderella ever been on Broadway?

Posted: 3/27/07 at 4:31pm

The ABC version couldn't hold a candle to either of the earlier broadcasts. They also squeezed in an extra song for Brandy that didn't work in the context of the rest of the score.

Ummm... there was no new song just for Brandy. There was "The Sweetest Sounds" wich opened the film with both Brandy and Paolo Montalban, but it wasn't just for Brandy.

There was "Falling in Love with Love" for Bernadette Peters and "There's Music in You" for Whitney Huston, but no additional solo song for the Cinderella character.

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