‘Once Upon a Mattress’ review: Sutton Foster is a perfect princess on Broadway
nypost.comThe Drowsy Chaperone,” accidental ogre Fiona of “Shrek the Musical” and even her turn in the recent “Sweeney Todd.” Mrs. Lovett probably has some critters nesting in her hair, too.What a winningly funny mashup it is.
The production, directed in haste by Lear deBessonet, is not without its flaws. Personally, I’m tired of lazily staged, barebones Encores!
concerts being lugged to Broadway like a surprisingly nice couch somebody found on the curb. Still, Foster is such a smash that you forgive most of the peripheral problems.Think of “Mattress” as the foremother of princess-behaving-badly stories; those mold-breaking damsels who cause distress with their unapologetic individuality.
There would likely be no “Bad Cinderella” were it not for “Once Upon a Mattress” … which is a quote I doubt I’ll spot on the marquee.The show, with a sharp new book by “Gilmore Girls” creator Amy Sherman-Palladino, is a spin on the children’s story “The Princess and the Pea.” It’s set in a kingdom whose citizenry is fed up with doofy Dauntless’ (Michael Urie) endless struggle to select a bride, because, until he does, no other subjects can get married.
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