It is a Britney Spears musical, b*tch!
Earlier than you seize your Catholic schoolgirl uniform or purple patent leather-based jumpsuits, this may not be a musical based mostly on the singer’s life. Much like Broadway basic “Mamma Mia!,” the musical comedy will incorporate songs from the 41-year-old’s iconic musical catalog — akin to “Oops!…I Did It Once more,” “Fortunate,” “Circus,” and “Poisonous” — to suit the story.
Titled “As soon as Upon a One Extra Time” (a mouthful, however whimsically pleasant), the musical follows a number of fairy-tale princesses, together with Snow White, Cinderella, Rapunzel, and Sleeping Magnificence, who’re working by means of a set of the Grimms’ fairy tales with their fortnightly ebook membership, per Deadline. A rogue fairy godmother hears their want for brand spanking new studying materials and brings them the feminist basic “The Female Mystique,” which spurs a “royal revelation.”
The present will make its debut on Broadway in 2023, per Selection. It should start previews at Broadway’s Marquis Theatre forward of opening night time on June 22. Hip-hop choreographers Keone and Mari Madrid will direct the musical, whereas casting has but to be introduced.
“As soon as Upon a One Extra Time” already has Spears’s stamp of approval. When the musical was first introduced in 2019, the singer mentioned in an announcement to Deadline, “I am so excited to have a musical with my songs — particularly one which takes place in such a magical world full of characters that I grew up on, who I really like and adore. This can be a dream come true for me!”
Spears isn’t concerned with the musical and the information comes one yr after she was launched from her 13-year conservatorship.
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