Her kindness and caring show in all her interactions: she encourages the idealistic revolutionary Jean-Michel to stand up for the oppressed townspeople and peasants, and even encourages her own Fairy Godmother when she begins to doubt her own magical abilities (“Impossible/It’s Possible”).Īt the ball, Ella changes the hearts of the other guests when she modifies the popular game of ridicule to a game of sincere compliments. She longs for adventure (“In My Own Little Corner”) even though she has accepted her role as servant to her cruel Stepmother Madame (Blair Ross), self-centered Stepsister Charlotte (Lulu Picart) and sympathetic Stepsister Gabrielle (Kimberly Faure) with hardly a complaint.
Optimist Ella is not without dreams of her own. He encounters Ella (Kaitlyn Davidson) in the forest after such a quest, and is immediately enchanted by her great kindness in defending the tattered and eccentric “Crazy Marie” (Liz McCartney). Prince Topher (U of M graduate Andy Huntington Jones), who has been sheltered for years in private schools and sports a list of a dozen formal names, longs for a more meaningful existence than defeating menacing forest creatures and dragons.
In this version, a 2013 update of the original 1957 show written for television, Ella captures the heart of the prince not only by being kind and beautiful, but by being brave, encouraging and socially conscious. DETROIT, Mich.–Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella, the 2013 Tony Award-winning Broadway musical playing at The Detroit Opera House, is a delight not just for the (many) little princesses in the audience, but for viewers of all ages.
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