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Once Upon a Mattress is a musical comedy with music by Mary Rodgers, lyrics by Marshall Barer, and book by Jay Thompson, Dean Fuller, and Marshall Barer. It opened off-Broadway in May 1959, and then moved to Broadway.
Starring musical theater legend Sutton Foster (The Music Man) as Princess Winifred and Michael Urie (Ugly Betty) as Prince Dauntless, Once Upon a Mattress is the uproarious retelling of Hans Christian Anderson’s “The Princess and the Pea.” Led by Tony-nominated Encores!
Will Sir Harry bring home a princess fit for Prince Dauntless the Drab? Once Upon a Mattress is a hilarious musical comedy perfect for the whole family!
Direct from its sold-old, record-breaking New York City Center Encores! run, Once Upon a Mattress returns to Broadway for the first time since 1996.
Dec 18, 2005 · Once Upon a Mattress: Directed by Kathleen Marshall. With Carol Burnett, Tracey Ullman, Denis O'Hare, Zooey Deschanel. In this hilarious tweaking of the fairy tale, "The Princess and the Pea", Queen Aggravain has ruled that none may marry until her son, Prince Dauntless marries.
Once Upon a Mattress, the iconic musical comedy, is back on Broadway for the first time since 1996. Two-time Tony® winner Sutton Foster gives what The New York Times calls an “ebullient, joyful, perfectly goofy” performance as Princess Winnifred the Woebegone.
SYNOPSIS: An uproarious update of Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Princess and the Pea,” Once Upon A Mattress sets an unapologetic free spirit loose in a repressed...
