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VIDEO: On This Day, November 25- ONCE UPON A MATTRESS Opens On Broadway

On this day in 1959, Carol Burnett made her Broadway debut in the original production of Once Upon A Mattress.

By: Nov. 25, 2020
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On this day in 1959, Carol Burnett made her Broadway debut as Princess Winnifred as the original production of Once Upon A Mattress celebrated its opening night.

During a kingdom-wide search to find a princess fit for the hapless Prince Dauntless, in swims the less-than-regal Princess Winnifred the Woebegone. Unrefined and undeniably charming, Winnifred is like no princess Dauntless has ever seen and his heart is captured.

The truly terrible Queen Aggravain goes on a mission to come between her son and his soulmate in this retelling of the classic story of "The Princess and the Pea."





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