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Photos: New York City Center Encores! ONCE UPON A MATTRESS Celebrates Closing Night

New York City Center Encores! season kicked off with Once Upon a Mattress, which officially closed on February 4, 2024.

By: Feb. 05, 2024
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New York City Center Encores! season kicked off with Once Upon a Mattress, which officially closed on February 4, 2024. BroadwayWorld was there to celebrate the show's final performance. Check out photos below of the cast taking their final bows and celebrating at the after party.

Sutton Foster (Princess Winnifred) and Michael Urie (Prince Dauntless) star in the beloved fairytale musical featuring music by Mary Rodgers, lyrics by Marshall Barer, and book by Jay ThompsonDean Fuller, and Marshall Barer. The cast also features Nikki Renée Daniels (Lady Larken), J. Harrison Ghee (Jester), Cheyenne Jackson (Sir Harry), Harriet Harris (Queen Aggravain), Francis Jue (Wizard), and David Patrick Kelly (King Sextimus the Silent).

The ensemble includes Kaleigh CroninBen DavisGaelen Gilliland, Jaquez, Morgan MarcellAbby MatsusakaAdam RobertsRyan Worsing, and Richard Riaz Yoder.  

Led by Tony-nominated Encores! Artistic Director Lear deBessonet, the Once Upon a Mattress features a new concert adaptation by Amy Sherman-Palladino, choreography by Lorin Latarro, and Encores! Music Director Mary-Mitchell Campbell leading The Encores! Orchestra.

Photo Credit: Bruce Glikas 

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The Ensemble of "Once Upon a Mattress"

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The Ensemble of "Once Upon a Mattress"

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Francis Jue

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Cheyenne Jackson and Nikki Renee Daniels

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Nikki Renee Daniels

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DeMarius Copes

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Harriet Harris and Paul Kreppel

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Paul Kreppel

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Harriet Harris

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Michael Urie

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Michael Urie

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Sutton Foster and Michael Urie

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Sutton Foster and Michael Urie

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Sutton Foster, Paul Kreppel, Cheyenne Jackson and Nikki Renee Daniels

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Francis Jue, DeMarius Copes, Harriet Harris, Sutton Foster, Paul Kreppel, Michael Urie, Nikki Renee Daniels and Cheyenne Jackson

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Sutton Foster and Michael Urie

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Harriet Harris

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Sutton Foster and Michael Urie

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Sutton Foster and Michael Urie

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Deborah Kass and President & CEO of New York City Center Michael S. Rosenberg

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Jason Landau, Willow Landau Jackson, Ethan Landau Jackson and Cheyenne Jackson

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Harriet Harris and Cheyenne Jackson

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Michael Urie and Ryan J. Haddad

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Francis Jue, Kristin Yancy, Gaelen Gilliland, Jaquez and Shavey Brown

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Kevin Massey and Kara Lindsay

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Cheyenne Jackson and Michael Urie

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Harriet Harris and Matt Sullivan

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Nikki Renee Daniels and Cheyenne Jackson

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Encores! Music Director Mary-Mitchell Campbell, Encores! Artistic Director/Director Lear deBessonet and Francis Jue

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Encores! Artistic Director/Director Lear deBessonet and President and CEO of New York City Center Michael S. Rosenberg

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Harriet Harris and Francis Jue

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Encores! Artistic Director/Director Lear deBessonet and Sutton Foster

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The Ensemble of "Once Upon a Mattress"

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Associate Choreographer Matthew Steffens, Michael Urie and Kara Lindsay

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Sutton Foster and Michael Urie

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Francis Jue and DeMarius Copes

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"Thoroughly Modern Millie" alumni Ben Davis, Sutton Foster, Francis Jue, Cheyenne Jackson and Harriet Harris

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Richard Riaz Yoder, Jaquez and DeMarius Copes

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Harriet Harris and Paul Kreppel

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Encores! Artistic Director/Director Lear deBessonet and Encores! VP & Producer, Musical Theater Jenny Gersten

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DeMarius Copes and Nikki Renee Daniels

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Nikki Renee Daniels and Jeff Kready

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Associate Choreographer Matthew Steffens, Encores! Artistic Director/Director Lear deBessonet, Production Stage Manager Cody Renard Richard and Stage Manager Deanna Weiner

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Julian Havard and Sutton Foster

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Michael Urie and Nikki Renee Daniels

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Michael Urie and Ryan Spahn

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Harriet Harris, Michael Urie and Paul Kreppel

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Harriet Harris and Michael Urie

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Harriet Harris and Michael Urie

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"Some Like It Hot" cast members Abby Matsusaka, Richard Riaz Yoder and DeMarius Copes finding out they won the 2024 Best Musical Theater Album at the Grammy Awards

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"Some Like It Hot" cast members Abby Matsusaka, Richard Riaz Yoder and DeMarius Copes finding out they won the 2024 Best Musical Theater Album at the Grammy Awards

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Paul Kreppel and Murphy Cross

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Talene Monahon, Sam Bolen, Michael Urie and Ryan J. Haddad

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Sutton Foster and Kara Lindsay

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Cheyenne Jackson, Michael Urie, Ethan Landau Jackson, Willow Landau Jackson, Michael Urie and Jason Landau

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The Company of "Once Upon a Mattress"

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Sutton Foster

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Sutton Foster

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Signage for "One Upon a Mattress" at City Center







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