Sutton Foster-Led Broadway Once Upon a Mattress to Record Cast Album

Broadway's recent Once Upon a Mattress revival is getting a cast album. The production's Broadway cast will head into the studio to record at the end of the month, with the new album to get a digital and physical release March 28 from Center Stage Records and Shout! Broadway.

Book adapter Amy Sherman-Palladino, Adam Guettel (son of the show's late composer, Mary Rodgers), Lawrence Manchester, and Jenny Gersten are producing the release, with Van Dean serving as executive producer for Center Stage Records and Douglas Denoff serving as executive producer for Shout! Broadway.

Pre-orders are already available at CenterStageRecords.com.

Directed by Lear deBessonet, the production began at New York City Center Encores!, later transferring to Broadway's Hudson Theatre. Following that run's final performance November 30, 2024, it headed to Los Angeles' Ahmanson Theatre via Center Theatre Group.

The cast is led by two-time Tony winner Sutton Foster as Princess Winnifred, along with Michael Urie as Prince Dauntless, Ana Gasteyer as Queen Aggravain, Nikki Renée Daniels as Lady Larken, Will Chase as Sir Harry, Daniel Breaker as the Jester, David Patrick Kelly as King Sextimus the Silent, Brooks Ashmanskas as the Wizard, and Kara Lindsay as the standby for Princess Winnifred.

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The ensemble includes Daniel Beeman, Wendi Bergamini, Taylor Marie Daniel, Cicily Daniels, Ben Davis, Oyoyo Joi, Amanda LaMotte, Michael Olaribigbe, Adam Roberts, Jeffrey Schecter, Darius Wright, and Richard Riaz Yoder. Swings Sheldon Henry and Sarah Michele Lindsey rounded out the company.

Featuring a book by Jay Thompson, Dean Fuller, and Marshall Barer; music by Mary Rodgers; and lyrics by Barer, Once Upon a Mattress is a comedic retelling of the Hans Christian Andersen fairytale The Princess and the Pea. The musical, which premiered Off-Broadway in 1959, launched the career of Carol Burnett, who starred in the work's original Off-Broadway and Broadway bows along with a string of live TV productions. The musical has since become a favorite at high schools and theatre groups around the world. This revival features a book adaptation penned by Sherman-Palladino (Gilmore Girls).

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DeBessonet directed the staging, joined by a creative team that included choreographer Lorin Latarro; scenic designer David Zinn; costume designer Andrea Hood; lighting designer Justin Townsend; sound designer Kai Harada; hair, wig, and makeup designer J. Jared Janas; and physical comedy and effect designer Skylar Fox. Cody Renard Richard was production stage manager, and casting was by The Telsey Office's Craig Burns.

The transfer also elected to use orchestrations by Bruce Coughlin, who scored the work's 1996 Broadway revival. Encores! Music Director Mary-Mitchell Campbell served as music supervisor, with Annbritt duChateau as music director and Kimberlee Wertz as music coordinator.

The revival was the eighth Encores! production to play the Main Stem, following earlier transfers of Chicago, The Apple Tree, Gypsy, Finian's Rainbow, After Midnight, Violet (which originated as a New York City Center Encores! Off-Center production, also starring Foster), and Into the Woods. A 2000 Encores! concert of Wonderful Town also inspired a full Broadway revival in 2003.

Seaview, Creative Partners Productions, Jenny Gersten & Halfzip Production, and Hugo Six produced, with Sue Wagner, John Johnson, and Jillian Robbins as executive producers.

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