30 Years of Encores!

Once Upon a Mattress

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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.

Times

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

Price

Tickets from $45 (fees included)

Run Time

Approximately 2 hours and 15 minutes with one intermission

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About

Ebullient, joyful

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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.

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Casting and programming subject to change.

Dates

Jan 24 – Feb 4, 2024

Recommended for everyone ages 5 and up.

Times

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

Price

Tickets from $45 (fees included)

Run Time

Approximately 2 hours and 15 minutes with one intermission

Accessible Program PDF

Download

In the Press

POV NYT Critics Pick

Critic's Pick: Once Upon a Mattress Review: Sutton Foster as a Perfectly Goofy Princess

POV TheaterMania

Perfectly cast from top to bottom

POV Theater Pizazz

Exceedingly fun

POV NY Sun

A role Sutton Foster was born to play

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