I am thinking about Cinderella for our spring musical.  This is our 5th year of a middle school theatre program and expectations are high.  Nearly 1000 in our community come out to see our production.  Wizard of Oz.... Alladin.... and especially Grease were performed to sold out crowds.  For those who have directed Cinderella in the past, was it a success or were there other musicals or full length plays that you favored.  Thanks in advance for your help.

Hi Karin,
   I just finished Cinderella in May. It was a huge success! The little girls in the audience came dressed as princesses. So much fun. I am not sure what belle is talking about because the music in Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella is not the disney version.
    We are a theater in the round so the magic was tricky but do-able. We had Cinderella transform into her ball gown on stage and it always got a gasp and applause. It warmed my heart.
    Good luck!
    Oh I also cast a man as one of the stepsisters. He stole the show.

A friend of mine is currently producing R&H's "Cinderella" but doing it in an Asian style costume, set and movement - and using Kabuki-esque stage hands in black on stage at all times to change settings (mostly triptychs) and hand props, costume pieces etc. to the actors. Although still in rehearsal, it looks positively magical ... mysterious and fantastic. The cast seems to be loving every second of it.

Originally posted by Karin Thank you for sharing your comments.  I am intrigued by your casting of a male stepsister. Can you clarify if the male dressed as a woman and acted in the female role or if he dressed and acted as a male.  Please share more if you can.    Thanks again for taking time to share your success!   Karin

We also just finished our run - four weeks, with additional shows and a 99% sell out - we totally sold out our last weekend and people were actually willing to SRO for it.  So much so that we put the entire in storage to do it again in three years.