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The fairy godmother transforms all the mice, lizards, and rats into horses and coachmen for a golden coach, and creates for Cinderella a gown made of gold and silver and slippers made of glass. The only thing her fairy godmother asks is for Cinderella to return home by midnight before the magic ends.
The Fairy Godmother tells her to enjoy the ball, but warns her that she must return before midnight, when the spells will be broken. At the ball, the entire court is entranced by Cinderella, especially the Prince. At this first ball, Cinderella remembers to leave before midnight. Back home, Cinderella graciously thanks her Fairy Godmother.
As Cinderella's stepsisters get ready for the Ball, hoping that they will catch the Prince's eye, they laugh at Cinderella's dreams. After they leave, Cinderella imagines having gone with them ("In My Own Little Corner" (reprise)). Her Fairy Godmother appears and is moved by Cinderella's irresistible and powerfully-held wish to go to the Ball.
That night, the stepmother and stepsisters depart for the ball leaving Cinderella alone. Cinderella's fairy godmother returns and informs Cinderella that she too can go to the ball. She transforms Cinderella's shabby dress into a lovely gown, arranges her hair in the period fashion, and a coach and horses are magically prepared.
The Slipper and the Rose – The Story of Cinderella is a musical composed and with lyrics by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman and a book by Bryan Forbes, Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman. It is based on the classic Charles Perrault version of the fairy tale Cinderella.
Pensacola Little Theatre uses the story of Cinderella to show the need for love, family, and change. He's Cinderella's fairy godmother, and he's showing love and happiness come in many forms Skip ...
Cinderella is soon visited by her Fairy Godmother for the first time, who encourages her to go to the ball; she magically transforms a pumpkin into a carriage, rats into footmen and a coachman, mice into horses, and her rags into a beautiful ballgown, complete with a pair of glass slippers.
The story even includes a pun about a sparrow, which served as a euphemism for female genitals. The story, which predates the Grimms' by nearly two centuries, actually uses the phrase "the sauce of Love." The Grimms didn't just shy away from the feminine details of sex, their telling of the stories repeatedly highlight violent acts against women.