Disorders And Hammerstein's The Addams Family Musical

In late 2017, I had the wonderful opportunity to go see Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella. Watching this large scale production made me increadibly envious of their amaxzing props, sets and stage, as well as their incredible orchestra. I didn’t know back then but the things I gathered from watching this production, and inferences I had as to how they did certain effects, scene changes and other things, would be very valuable when I took on the task of director for The Addams Family Musical. The play really did have everything: amazing transformations, the pumpkin, the glass slipper, the masked ball and happy endings.
The play opens in the village square, the Herald proclaims "The Prince Is Giving a Ball" to celebrate the Prince Christopher's …show more content…
Finally they leave, and Cinderella imagines having gone with them ("In My Own Little Corner" (reprise)). Cinderella's Fairy Godmother appears and grants Cinderella's wish to go to the Ball, giving her a fabolous gown, glass slippers and transforms her little mouse friends and a pumpkin into a glittering carriage with impressive footmen ("Impossible; It's Possible"). As she leaves for the Ball, her Fairy Godmother warns her not to stay past midnight. At the dance, the Prince is bored with the ladies there, so Cinderella's grand entrance immediately attracts his attention. They dance together and instantly fall in love ("Ten Minutes Ago"). Seeing the Prince with a strange girl, the stepsisters ask why he wouldn't prefer a "usual" girl like them ("Stepsisters' Lament"). The Prince and Cinderella dance and find themselves alone, and he declares his love for her ("Do I Love You Because You're Beautiful?"). As they share a kiss, the clock begins to strike midnight, and Cinderella flees before the magic wears off; but she leaves a glass slipper …show more content…
Meanwhile, the Prince is searching for the girl he danced with before she ran away, His Herald tries the slipper on all the women in the kingdom ("The Search"). At Cinderella's house, the slipper will not fit any of the ladies. Cinderella's stepmother tries to steer the Herald away from the servant girl, Cinderella, but she is not home; she is hiding in the Palace garden. The Herald returns to the palace garden and regretfully informs the Prince that he has not found the missing girl. The Herald then sees Cinderella hiding and places her under arrest. Prodded by the fairy godmother, he tries the slipper on Cinderella. It fits, and the Prince is called back to the garden, where he recognizes his beloved ("Do I Love You Because You're Beautiful?" (reprise)). Cinderella and the Prince marry, and it all ends