Here she is before the show. (BTW - she made that headband!)
The show was definitely a disappointment. I had heard from one of my friends that they didn't really like it, but everyone else had raved about it. I say it was 2 stars out of 5.
First of all, the story is more about the stepmom and stepsisters than Cinderella. Second of all, it was more of a comedy than anything. The stepsisters are drag queens which I have no trouble with at all. But there were a ton of jokes and I would say that 90% of them went over Esme's head. None of them were particularly inappropriate for kids. Esme just didn't get them. For example, one of the step sisters throws something to the other one and completely misses. Insert a joke about Christian Ponder.
Secondly, between every single act, actors dressed as Dickens era characters did a little scene while the stage was changed behind the curtain. Since the stepsisters looked like this
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In my opinion, it was very disjointed.
Esme was excited to see the pumpkin turn into a carriage and Cinderella turn into a princess (which was beautiful)
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but she just watched the rest of it in a kind of detached way. When I asked her what her favorite part was, she said that it was when Cinderella and the prince got married. When I asked her least favorite part, she said when Cinderella was locked in the closet when they come looking for the girl whose foot fits in the glass slipper. I don't think the rest of it even registered to her.
I know there are theatrical adaptations to every story and I may not enjoy every one. This is that one. Although, I have to say, there was not an empty seat in the theater. So I must be in the minority. But if I had to do it over again, I would sit this one out.
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