Rodgers and Hammerstein 's Cinderella is a musical written for televisionwith music by Richard Rodgers and a book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. The story concerns a young woman forced into a life of servitude by her cruel stepmother and self-centered stepsisters, who dreams of a better life. With the help of her Fairy GodmotherCinderella is transformed into a Princess and finds her Prince. Cinderella is the only Rodgers and Hammerstein musical written for television.
The broadcast was viewed by more than million people. It was subsequently remade for television twice, in and The version starred Lesley Ann Warrenand the one starred Brandy Norwood in the title role. Both remakes add songs from other Richard Rodgers musicals. The musical has also been adapted for the stage in a number of versions, including a London West End pantomime adaptation, a New York City Opera production that follows the original television version closely and several touring productions.
In the s, television adaptations of musicals were fairly common. It was a hit, and the network looked for more family-oriented musical projects. NBC approached Rodgers and Hammerstein and asked them to write an original musical expressly for television rather than merely adapting an existing one to the television special formatthen a novel idea.
The team decided to adapt the fairy tale Cinderella and, new to television, they sought the advice of an industry insider, Richard Lewine. Rodgers recalled, in his autobiography: Rodgers and Hammerstein chris patten hong kong bit by bit pumpkin ownership of the show and had control over casting, direction, set and costumes, while CBS controlled the technical aspects of the broadcast and had an option for a second broadcast.
CBS announced the production on September 5, chris patten hong kong bit by bit pumpkin In adapting the famous fairy tale, "Rodgers and Hammerstein chris patten hong kong bit by bit pumpkin faithful to the original Charles Perrault " version.
Children can be very critical on that score. But, of course, their parents will be watching too, so we have tried to humanize the characters without altering the familiar plot structure. In an interview with Time MagazineHammerstein said that "It took me seven months to write the book and lyrics for Cinderella ". Rehearsals started on February 21, Emmy Award-winning director Ralph Nelson and choreographer Jonathan Lucas, who had choreographed for The Milton Berle Showwere both experienced with musical material on television.
Rodgers' friend, Robert Russell Bennettprovided the orchestrations. Alfredo Antoninia veteran with CBS, conducted. The 56 performers, 33 musicians and 80 stagehands and crew worked crammed into the small studio together with four giant RCA TKA color TV cameras, a wardrobe of up to costumes, over half a dozen huge set pieces, and numerous props and special effects equipment.
The orchestra played in a small room with special equipment to overcome the suppressed acoustics. CBS invested in a massive marketing campaign, as did the sponsors.
In the village square, a Herald proclaims: The ladies of the kingdom are thrilled at the prospect of meeting him. Cinderella, whose beloved father has died, takes care of the home of her ill-tempered and selfish stepmother and stepsisters. She carries all of their shopping parcels for them, and when they return home, all three order Cinderella about.
Left alone in her corner near the fire, she dreams of living an chris patten hong kong bit by bit pumpkin life as a princess or anything other than a servant "In My Own Little Corner". Meanwhile, the King and Queen get ready for the big celebration "Royal Dressing Room Scene" and the servants discuss the planning for the feast "Your Majesties". They hope that their son will find a suitable bride, but the Prince is a bit apprehensive about meeting all the eager women of the kingdom.
The Queen is touched by overhearing the King's discussion with his son and tells him she loves him "Boys and Girls Like You and Me" [sometimes omitted, and not sung in any of the telecasts]. As Cinderella's stepsisters get ready for the Ball, hoping that they will catch the Prince's eye, they laugh at Cinderella's dreams. Cinderella's Fairy Godmother appears and, persuaded by the fervor of Cinderella's wish to go to the Ball, she transforms Cinderella into a beautifully gowned young lady and her little mouse friends and a pumpkin into a glittering carriage with impressive footmen "Impossible; It's Possible" and she leaves for the Ball.
Cinderella arrives at the palace at The Prince has been bored by the attention of all the young ladies with whom he has had to dance, including the stepsisters. Cinderella's grand entrance immediately attracts everyone's attention and intrigues the Prince. They dance together and instantly fall in love "Ten Minutes Ago". Seeing the Prince with a petite beauty whom they do not recognizethe stepsisters ask why he wouldn't prefer a substantial "usual" girl like them "Stepsisters' Lament".
As they share a kiss, the clock begins to strike midnight, and Cinderella flees before the magic wears off; but in her haste, she drops a glass slipper. The next morning, Cinderella's stepmother and stepsisters reminisce about the Ball and find that Cinderella is very intuitive about what it must have been like going to the Ball "When You're Driving Through the Moonlight" and dancing with the Prince "A Lovely Night".
Meanwhile, the Prince is searching for the beauty with whom he danced, and who fled so quickly from the Ball. His Herald tries the slipper on all the women of the kingdom "The Search". At Cinderella's house, the slipper will not fit any of the ladies. Cinderella's stepmother tries to steer the Herald away from the servant girl, Cinderella, but she is not home; she is hiding in the Palace garden. The Herald returns to the palace garden and regretfully informs the Prince that he has not found the missing girl.
The Herald then sees Cinderella hiding and places her under arrest. Prodded by the fairy godmother, he tries the slipper on Cinderella. Cinderella and the Prince marry, and all ends happily. The original version contains the following songs: In some productions, additional numbers added include "Loneliness of Evening" cut from South Pacific and introduced in the broadcasta song for the prince; and "Boys and Girls like You and Me" cut from Oklahoma!
The original broadcast was directed by Nelson with choreography by Lucas and musical direction by Antonini. Betty Noyes played a mother in the ensemble who sings a brief solo, and Joe Layton appeared uncredited in the ensemble. On Sunday, March 31,at 8: A black chris patten hong kong bit by bit pumpkin white kinescope of the broadcast survives and has been issued on DVD.
The equipment was not yet capable of recording color video. After the musical's success in London and elsewhere as a stage production, the network chris patten hong kong bit by bit pumpkin to produce another television version. The premiere had been broadcast before videotape was available, so only one performance could be shown. The new script hewed closer to the traditional tale, although nearly all of the original songs were retained and sung in their original settings.
A new sequence opens the story: Cinderella, home alone, and not knowing who the handsome traveler is until a page utters the words "Your Highness", kindly gives the Prince water from the well. After the Prince leaves, he sings "Loneliness of Evening", which had been composed for South Pacific in but not used in that musical.
The names of the stepsisters were changed from the original production, and the Royal Dressing Room Scene was omitted. The version was directed by Charles S. Lesley Ann Warrenat age 18, played the title role. The television remake was adapted by Robert L. Freedman and directed by Robert Iscovewith choreography by Rob Marshall. Changes to the Hammerstein plot in this version include the following: The Fairy Godmother begins the story, explaining that nothing is impossible.
The stepsisters' names are changed to Calliope and Minerva. Disguised as a peasant, the Prince feeling isolated in the castle wanders in the marketplace worrying his herald, Lionelmeets Cinderella, and they find each other charming. At the ball, embarrassed by questions about her family and background, Cinderella escapes to the garden in tears, where the Fairy Godmother appears for moral support.
After her stepmother returns from the ball and is particularly cruel, Cinderella packs her belongings to run away from home.
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Douglas Carter Beane wrote a new book for the musical's first Broadway production. In his plot, Cinderella opens Prince Topher's eyes to the injustice in the kingdom. The prince's parents have died, leaving the kingdom in the hands of a villainous minister who has been the prince's mentor and has duped his young charge into approving oppressive legislation. The score includes the best-known songs from the original version and four more songs from the Rodgers and Hammerstein catalogue.
The show began previews on Broadway on January 25 and officially opened on March 3, at the Broadway Theatre. Keke Palmer was a replacement in the title role. A report in The Guardian commented that "casting an African American actor as such an iconic — and typically pale — character is emblematic of the progress Broadway is making, slowly and haltingly, in employing actors of color in a broader array of parts. The version of Cinderella was seen by the largest audience in history at the time of its premiere: Variety estimated that Jon Cypher later remembered leaving the studio a few minutes after the broadcast had ended and finding the Manhattan streets deserted because so many had stayed in to watch the broadcast.
A New York Times review by Jack Gould characterized the musical as "a pleasant Cinderella that lacked the magic touch. Hammerstein to turn the stepsisters into distasteful vaudeville clowns? He judged the songs "not top-drawer Rodgers and Hammerstein" and "reminiscent and derivative of some of their earlier successes" but praised four of them and said:
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