This is a story about a girl named Lucky.
is finally getting a premiere date after its original run was postponed due to the pandemic.The new musical was initially set to make its pre-Broadway run in Chicago last April but, like a lot of shows, ended up having to cancel its planned premiere, but thankfully, the show is back on and now slated to open at Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington, DC this November.Once Upon A One More Time
centers around the tale of a women's book club made up of classic Disney princesses such as Cinderella, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty and more who all experience a feminist awakening after a fairy godmother shows up with a couple copies of Betty Friedan'sNaturally eyes are opened,"happily ever afters" are questioned and plenty of shenanigans ensue.
Set to the musical works of Britney Spears, including hits such as"Oops!... I Did It Again,""Lucky,""Stronger,""Toxic" and some supposedly deeper album cuts, this feminist subversion of classic fairytale tropes and the patriarchal norms they reinforce promises to still be"super fun and funny."and even attended one of its early rehearsals.