Once Upon A One More Time lands at the Marquis Theatre this May and Tony Award-winning producers James L. Nederlander and Hunter Arnold have announced initial casting.
Powered by the music of Grammy Award-winning international pop icon Britney Spears, the new Broadway musical will star Briga Heelan (Great News, Ground Floor) as Cinderella, Justin Guarini (American Idol, Wicked) as Prince Charming, and Aisha Jackson (Frozen, Paradise Square) as Snow White.
Helmed by internationally acclaimed, Drama Desk-nominated director and choreographers Keone & Mari Madrid (Beyond Babel, Karate Kid), Once Upon A One More Time begins previews Saturday, May 13, 2023, and celebrates its opening night on Thursday, June 22, 2023.
Heelan, Guarini, and Jackson reprise the roles they originated in the world premiere production of Once Upon a One More Time which played a sold-out, extended engagement at the Tony Award-winning Shakespeare Theatre Company (STC), in Washington, D.C, and was praised as “ingenious, and improbably funny” (Washingtonian).
Once Upon A One More Time features an original story written by Jon Hartmere (bare, The Upside) that flips the script on your favorite fairytale icons. Cinderella, Snow White, Little Mermaid, and other classic storybook characters gather for their fortnightly book club, when—oh baby, baby! —a rogue fairy godmother grants their wish for a new story, by dropping The Feminine Mystique into their corseted laps. The arrival of this new tome spurs a royal revelation: there is more to life than bird-made dresses and true love’s kiss! The ultimate revisionist fairytale for anyone who yearns to feel “stronger than yesterday,”Once Upon A One More Time weaves the chart-topping anthems of the Princess of Pop herself, Britney Spears – including “Oops I Did It Again,” “Lucky,” “Circus,” and “Toxic” – into a heartwarming and uproarious musical adventure about taking happily ever after into your own hands.
Additional casting will be announced at a later date. Tickets are now on sale.
