Once Upon a Mattress
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Once Upon a Mattress Summary
- Show Status: Opening Soon
- Genre: Musical
- Once Upon a Mattress is 2 hours 10 minutes long, including an intermission of 15 minutes
- 8 Shows per week
- Previews Begin: July 31, 2024
- Show Opens : August 12, 2024
- Show Closes: November 30, 2024
Once Upon a Mattress is a delightful musical comedy that weaves humor, romance, and fairy tale magic from Hans Christian Andersen’s The Princess and the Pea.
What's Once Upon a Mattress Like?
A King suffers from an unhappy curse that renders him unable to speak. Meanwhile, his domineering wife, seizes control of the realm. To keep their son, the Prince, single, she decrees that only a princess who can pass her absurd test may marry him.
Enter Winnifred, a spirited and unconventional candidate who arrives soaking wet after swimming the castle moat. As the kingdom buzzes with anticipation, hilarity ensues, and love blossoms in unexpected ways.
Is Once Upon a Mattress Good for Kids?
This show is appropriate for younger audiences.
Once Upon a Mattress on Broadway Background
This musical revival, is based on Hans Christian Andersen’s The Princess and the Pea, has been on Broadway two times in the past, this production will be the third.
Some big names have appeared in the leading role on Broadway
- Comedian Carol Burnett made her Broadway debut of portraying Princess Winnifred in the original Off-Broadway production in 1959. She later reprised the role on Broadway and in the TV adaptation of the musical.
- The Broadway revival of the show that opened in December 1996, at the Broadhurst Theatre starred Sarah Jessica Parker as Princess Winnifred.
Theatre Information
Hudson Theatre
145 West 44th Street
New York, NY 10036
New York, NY 10036
Seats:
970
Entrance:
44th Street Between 7th Ave and 6th Ave
Theatre
Information
Cast Members
- Winnifred
- Sutton Foster
- The Wizard
- Brooks Ashmanskas
- The Jester
- Daniel Breaker
- Sir Harry
- Will Chase
- Queen Aggravain
- Ana Gasteyer
- Lady Larken
- Nikki Renée Daniels
- King Sextimus
- David Patrick Kelly
Producers
Seaview
Production Credits
- Director
- Lear deBessonet
Creative Team
- Music
- Mary Rogers
- Lyrics
- Marshall Barer
- Playwright
- Jay Thompson
- Playwright
- Dean Fuller
- Playwright
- Marshall Barer
- Adapted
- Amy Sherman-Palladino