NEW YORK (AP) — A level musical about woke princesses that makes use of hit songs by way of Britney Spears will land on Broadway this summer time.
“As soon as Upon a One Extra Time,” that includes Spears’ tunes, together with “Oops!… I Did It Once more,” “Fortunate,” “More potent” and “Poisonous,” will get started performances in Might on the Marquis Theatre.
The musical has an authentic tale written by way of Jon Hartmere about vintage fairy story princesses — Cinderella, Snow White and Little Mermaid, amongst them — who’re reworked after studying “The Female Mystique,” a landmark feminist textual content.
“As soon as Upon a One Extra Time” first performed at The Shakespeare Theatre Corporate, identified for it’s extra stately choices. It’ll be directed and choreographed by way of Keone and Mari Madrid. The forged might be introduced at a later date.
The temptation to make use of already confirmed, common songs to gasoline a musical is an previous one, and on Broadway has in recent years resulted in displays with song from The Temptations, Bob Dylan, The Move Move’s, Tina Turner and Alanis Morissette.
Broadway lovers is also forgiven for responding with “Oops!… I Did It Once more” since lots of Spears’ hits are in “&Juliet” — a jukebox musical now on Broadway that celebrates one among her writing companions and manufacturers, Max Martin — together with her “… Child One Extra Time” and “More potent.”
The musical’s development is any other step within the independence of Spears after her conservatorship case garnered nationwide consideration amid her makes an attempt to regain keep watch over over her budget and livelihood.