According to The New York Times Arts Blog, an all-new adaptation of CINDERELLA will play Off-Broadway at the New York Theater Workshop. Titled "Cinderella/Cendrillon," the production will begin performances in May 2014.
The theater announced today that the adaptation will be based on the traditional version of the tale written by The Brothers Grimm. The play is written and will be directed by French theater artist Joel Pommerat, founder of the Compagnie Louis Brouillard. Mr. Pommerat's career has included works at serveral theaters throughout Paris.
The play will be translated into English and will mark the fourth and final production for the theater's 2013-14 upcoming season.
Rodgers and Hammerstein's CINDERELLA is currently running on Broadway at the Broadway Theater. Another musical adaptation, "Ever After", is currently in the works by Broadway producers and director Kathleen Marshall.
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