Britney Spears’ Broadway Show ‘Once Upon a One More Time’ Was Her Idea, but She Insisted It Not Be a Bio-Musical
variety.comJordan Moreau Britney Spears has blessed us with countless hit songs, and so far you’ve been able to listen to them on CD players, streaming services and on screen, but you can now hear her music in a brand new way — in a jukebox musical on Broadway that only uses the pop princess’ hits. “Once Upon a One More Time” reimagines Spears’ songs in a fairytale world, where Cinderella, Snow White and Prince Charming bring the classic children’s stories to life, all while belting out some of the greatest pop hits of the 2000s.
The musical marks Spears’ first major project since the end of her conservatorship in 2021, and it was the singer herself who reached out to producers James Nederlander and Hunter Arnold to start collaborating. “It was actually Britney who approached us and said, ‘We’d like to have a show based on my music, and specifically not a bio-musical,'” Arnold told Variety at the Broadway opening Thursday night. “The original idea came from ideas brought forth by her: She loves fairytales, princesses, storybooks.
We took a couple of passes at it — we didn’t get it right instantly. Then we did a workshop after we got the current-ish version together and she came to see it and give thoughts on it.” With a book by Jon Hartmere, “Once Upon a One More Time” flips some questionable fairytale tropes on their heads.
After performing her same story night after night, Cinderella (Briga Heelan) feels like something is missing from her “happily ever after” life.
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