In this Tony Award-winning musical by Stephen Sondheim, several fairy tale characters learn the hard way that the 'Happily Ever After' they sought isn't necessarily so happy after all.
Writer/Director: James Lapine
Stars: Bernadette Peters, Joanna Gleason, Chip Zien, Kim Crosby.
23 songs in the Soundtracks.
Great mashup and twisting of the basic fairy tales from childhood. Starts with whimsy, but act 2 gets more serious, in a good way ("children will listen").
Great cast, script & songs.
distr. American Playhouse, dir. Lapine; 8+
