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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 .
He had his greatest Broadway success came in 1959 with Once Upon a Mattress, for which he was lyricist and a book writer. In 1972 he wrote 7 songs for Scarecrow in a Garden of Cucumbers, a low-budget movie starring Holly Woodlawn.
None of the songs are memorable but they are played well by the band. Orchestrations are by Bruce Coughlin. ... "Once Upon a Mattress," through Saturday, Nov. 30, Hudson Theatre, 141 W. 44th St ...
That’s how Sutton Foster describes Princess Fred, the character she plays in the Broadway revival of “Once Upon a Mattress.” Listen to this week’s “Stagecraft” podcast below: “What ...
Jane White (October 30, 1922 – July 24, 2011) was an American actress and singer best known for her Broadway and off-Broadway stage performances. She won Obie Awards in 1966 for her performance in a Shakespeare in the Park productions of Love's Labour's Lost and Coriolanus [1] and in 1971 for sustained achievement.
To call Sutton Foster’s performance in “Once Upon a Mattress” physical would be a gross understatement. Rarely have feet played such a prominent role in the history of musical comedy.
She began writing music at the age of 16 and her professional career began with writing songs for Little Golden Records, which were albums for children with three-minute songs. [2] One of these recordings, " Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves ", which was released in 1957, featured performances by Bing Crosby of songs Mary Rodgers wrote with lyricist ...
As she makes her Broadway debut, Amy Sherman-Palladino spoke with The Times about reviving the musical fairy tale, rewriting endlessly and being 'naive' about theater.