30 Years of Encores!
Nov 22 – 24, 2024
From the fleet-footed imaginations of tap dance stars Michelle Dorrance and Josette Wiggan, and their collaborator and downtown theater darling Hannah Heller, comes this jazzy new vision of the holiday tradition. Part seasonal concert, part tap ballet, The Nutcracker Suite is a toe-tapping, hand-clapping revelation set to Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn’s extraordinary arrangement of the Tchaikovsky classic.
2025 Encores!
This series of concert stagings revisits the archives of American musical theater. Centered around The Encores! Orchestra, these revivals are produced with limited runs and rehearsal schedules, spotlighting the vocal talents of star-studded ensembles.
For complete casting, show information, and all ticketing for the Broadway engagement of City Center’s production of Once Upon a Mattress at the Hudson Theatre, please visit the show’s website.
Dates
Jan 24 – Feb 4, 2024
Recommended for everyone ages 5 and up.
WEEK ONE | Jan 24 – 28, 2024
Wed – Fri 7:30pm
Sat 2 & 8pm | Sun 2 & 7pm
WEEK TWO | Jan 30 – Feb 4, 2024
Tue – Fri 7:30pm
Sat 2 & 8pm | Sun 2pm
Tickets from $45 (fees included)
Approximately 2 hours and 15 minutes with one intermission
Ebullient, joyful
Musical theater legend Sutton Foster (The Music Man) returns to the City Center stage as Princess Winnifred the Woebegone alongside Michael Urie (Ugly Betty) as Prince Dauntless in this beloved musical fairytale. Full of gloriously catchy melodies like “Shy” and “In a Little While,” this uproarious update of Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Princess and the Pea” also features Nikki Renée Daniels (Lady Larken), J. Harrison Ghee (Jester), Harriet Harris (Queen Aggravain), Cheyenne Jackson (Sir Harry), Francis Jue (Wizard), and David Patrick Kelly (King Sextimus the Silent).
Led by Tony-nominated Encores! Artistic Director Lear deBessonet (Into the Woods, Lionel Bart’s Oliver!) and with a new concert adaptation by Amy Sherman-Palladino (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel), Once Upon a Mattress sets an unapologetic free spirit loose in a repressed kingdom, reveling in Winnifred’s ability to charm and transform with willpower, honesty, and a little bit of help from her friends.
This production of Once Upon a Mattress is dedicated to the memory of City Center Board member Luigi Caiola, who was a true advocate for the arts and a passionate Encores! supporter. Luigi’s legacy will live on here at City Center and across New York’s theaters for years to come.
Secure access to premium house seats when you become a Patron starting at $2,500. Please call 212.763.1257 or email Patrons@NYCityCenter.org for more information.
Casting and programming subject to change.
Critic's Pick: Once Upon a Mattress Review: Sutton Foster as a Perfectly Goofy Princess
Perfectly cast from top to bottom
Exceedingly fun
A role Sutton Foster was born to play
For 30 years, musical theater lovers like you have come together in our Encores! audience through a shared love of song and dance. Your gift helps keep extraordinary musicals alive for a new generation of audiences.
