Though Spears was not in the packed, opening night crowd at the Marquis Theatre Thursday night, she wished the cast well on Instagram. Everyone is dancing, and every single time I get off the stage, we’re just like ‘How did we do that?’ That is the beauty of Broadway’s magic.” “In ‘Circus’ right into ‘Sometimes’ right into ‘Oops,’ it just goes, goes, goes. “I just make sure I’m really warmed up and drink a lot of water because I sweat a lot.” Guarini told Variety. It’s too good to not bring some popcorn out,” said Keone Madrid, who co-directed and co-choreographed the musical with his wife, Mari Madrid. I won’t spoil it, but it’s such a Jerry Springer moment, combined with dancing and Justin’s performance and Aisha and Briga’s incredible performance. “It’s such a showstopper because of how ridiculous it is and the context. One of the most entertaining moments from the musical is Guarini’s take on “Oops!…I Did It Again,” when some of his two-timing deeds as Prince Charming are finally revealed. With her mind opened, Cinderella shares the feminist insights with her fellow princesses Snow White (Aisha Jackson), Rapunzel (Gabrielle Beckford), Sleeping Beauty (Ashley Chiu), Little Mermaid (Lauren Zakrin) and Princess Pea (Morgan Whitley).Īs the princesses take a stand for themselves against Prince Charming, the Narrator and Cinderella’s evil stepmother (Jennifer Simard), they bring the house down with some of Spears’ biggest hits and flashy choreography ripped straight from the 2000s. Her narcissistic Prince Charming (Justin Guarini) and the controlling Narrator (Adam Godley) don’t let her have any independence and constantly put her down, until she discovers a copy of “The Feminine Mystique” by Betty Friedan. After performing her same story night after night, Cinderella (Briga Heelan) feels like something is missing from her “happily ever after” life. With a book by Jon Hartmere, “Once Upon a One More Time” flips some questionable fairytale tropes on their heads. Then we did a workshop after we got the current-ish version together and she came to see it and give thoughts on it.” We took a couple of passes at it - we didn’t get it right instantly. “The original idea came from ideas brought forth by her: She loves fairytales, princesses, storybooks. “It was actually Britney who approached us and said, ‘We’d like to have a show based on my music, and specifically not a bio-musical,'” Arnold told Variety at the Broadway opening Thursday night.
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