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08.07.2023 - 15:29 / metroweekly.com
Once Upon A One More Time (★★★☆☆), the latest entry into a long list of jukebox musicals that aim to revise and reconstruct the fairy tale narrative. That’s right, folks. The highest level of American Theater now includes an entire score of Britney Spears’ earworms.Washingtonians had the chance to see the show first when it premiered at The Shakespeare Theater in November, 2021.
Artistic director Simon Godwin shepherded the show (ultimately met with mixed reviews) stating, “Coming out of a pandemic, I realized we needed a party. We needed something glorious and fun and euphoric. And who better to help us do this than Britney Spears?”Fair enough.
As of last month, health experts proclaimed that actually, the pandemic is still very much with us. So, sure. Bring the party to New York City.
Not everything on the Main stem has to have intellectual merit. If a slim to none dose of genius is your ideal prescription, you’ve arrived at the right castle.Here, you’ll meet all the of the princesses you’ve come to know as a child: Cinderella (Briga Heelan), Snow White (Aisha Jackson), Rapunzel (Gabrielle Beckford), Sleeping Beauty (Salisha Thomas), and other favorites from Grimms’ Fairy Tales.They’ve all been summoned to recreate their picture-perfect lives by the Narrator (Adam Godley), a rakish, controlling, patriarchal mastermind who holds sway over their every move. The Little Girl (a role shared between Mila Weir and Isabella Ye) wants to hear a bedtime story.It is up to all of the characters to impart their stories exactly as they have always done.
When Cinderella slightly deviates off course, she is chided by the Narrator. “Children want things the same, every time. The narrative is very clear.
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Jordan Moreau Britney Spears has blessed us with countless hit songs, and so far you’ve been able to listen to them on CD players, streaming services and on screen, but you can now hear her music in a brand new way — in a jukebox musical on Broadway that only uses the pop princess’ hits. “Once Upon a One More Time” reimagines Spears’ songs in a fairytale world, where Cinderella, Snow White and Prince Charming bring the classic children’s stories to life, all while belting out some of the greatest pop hits of the 2000s. The musical marks Spears’ first major project since the end of her conservatorship in 2021, and it was the singer herself who reached out to producers James Nederlander and Hunter Arnold to start collaborating.
Britney Spears voiced her support for the Once Upon a One More Time musical to celebrate its opening night on Broadway on Thursday. The pop singer shared words of encouragement on Thursday night for the cast of the musical, which is "powered by" her greatest hits, including Oops!. .
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A.D. Amorosi While it is debatable that the life of the newly emancipated Britney Spears is a fairy tale at present, the singer’s catalog of hits surely has the feel of a fable with feminist-forward empowerment. That’s what writer Jon Hartmere and director-choreographers Keone and Mari Madrid use as the basis for “Once Upon a One More Time,” their Broadway twist on staid, storybook romanticism and tired male-centric tropes. With its giddy, surprisingly caustic script and rapier-fast score, this pop-musical course correction (authorized by Spears, post-conservatorship) is built for speed and social awareness. For the Madrids (known for their work with Justin Bieber and BTS) and Hartmere (who penned 2017’s cinematic dramedy “The Upside”), the goal of empowering women, crushing the patriarchy and rejecting servitude to Peter Pan-like princes is no easy task. First, we must get through a young girl’s bedtime readings of fairy tales filled with docile female leads who place their men on pedestals.