Cody (Lippa's The Wild Party, Urinetown) and Robinson (off-Broadway's Slag Heap) have been cast as wicked stepsisters Joy and Grace, while Lyng (Amour, Into the Woods, Cabaret) will play Cinderella's scheming Stepmother. In the royal family are Franz (Into the Woods--original and revival, Pippin) as Queen Constantina, Keith (Caroline, or Change, Cabaret, Titanic) as King Maximilian, and Mathis (Wonderful Town, Kiss Me, Kate) is the steward Lionel. Suzzanne Douglas (3 Penny Opera, Into the Woods) will flitter as the Fairy Godmother.Gabriel Barre (Starmites, Rags)
will direct the musical, which will run from October 19th through
December 4th at the esteemed theatre in Milburn, NJ. As the Paper
Mill's website describes the show, Cinderella "brings
adventure, romance, and a miraculous kingdom to the stage. As the
timeless fairy tale unfolds, a pumpkin turns into a golden coach, mice
turn into horses, a dove becomes a footman, and a famously shabby maid
sees her wildest dreams come true." Jim Youmans (sets), Pamela Scofield (costumes), Tim Hunter
(lighting), Duncan Edwards (sound) and Gerard Kelley
(hair and wigs) comprise the show's creative team.
Amulti-racial 1997 ABC/Disney telemusical of Cinderella starred Brandy in the title role, Montalban as the Prince and Whitney Houston as the Fairy Godmother. It was
the second remake of the beloved 1957 television classic, which
featured a book by Hammerstein. Julie Andrews beamed as Cinderella,
and it also starred Jon Cypher as the Prince, theatre couple Howard
Lindsay and Dorothy Stickney as the King and Queen, Alice Ghostley and
Kaye Ballard as the Stepsisters and Edie Adams as the Fairy Godmother.
The first 1965 remake would star Lesley Anne Warren as the
rags-to-ballgown heroine, Stuart Damon as the Prince, Walter Pidgeon
and Ginger Rogers as the King and Queen, and Celeste Holm as the Fairy
Godmother. While the musical has never been on Broadway, it's had a
national tour with Deborah Gibson, Eartha Kitt and Montalban; the
latter two joined Jamie-Lynn Sigler for its production at Madison
Square Garden.
Tickets for the Paper Mill Playhouse's production of Cinderella can be ordered by calling (973) 376-4343. For more information, visit www.papermill.org.
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