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Music by Richard Rodgers
Book by Oscar Hammerstein II
Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
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Show History
By today’s standards, it is almost impossible to conceive. The broadcast of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s CINDERELLA starring Julie Andrews on CBS-TV, March 31, 1957, was seen by the largest
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BACKGROUND ON RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN’S CINDERELLA
CINDERELLA, the only musical written by Rodgers & Hammerstein for television, premiered live on CBS-TV on March 31, 1957—14 years
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Awards
1998 Emmy Awards- Award for Outstanding Art Direction for a Variety or Music Program
- 7 Nominations
1958 Grammy Awards- 2 Nominations including Best Musical Contribution for Television (Richard Rodgers)
Articles & Interviews
10/1/1997 Volume 5, Issue 1, Fall ADDING MORE TO CINDERELLA'S SCORE? IT'S POSSIBLE!The Rodgers & Hammerstein musicals are among the most well-constructed works of their kind. This makes them especially resistant to ""interpolation"".
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1/1/2005 Volume 12, Issue 2, Fall CINDERELLA DANCES AGAIN TO AN ALL RODGERS SCOREPirouetting past Prokofiev, a new full-length ballet of the Cinderella tale was given its world premiere by Canada ’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet last October.
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10/1/2004 Volume 12, Issue 1, Fall FILLING OUT CINDERELLA'S DANCE CARDThis fall, as the original CINDERELLA waltzes yet again, three other CINDERELLA-related events join her here at The R&H Organization
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10/1/2000 Volume 8, Issue 1, Fall FROM SCREEN TO STAGE: A CINDERELLA JOURNEYThe key to any successful adaptation can probably be summed up in three words: good source material.
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1/1/2007 Volume 13, Issue 3, Winter HAPPY ANNIVERSARY, CINDERELLA.. TIMES TWO!The year 2007 marks the 50th anniversary of the television broadcast of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s CINDERELLA, starring Julie Andrews.
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10/1/2004 Volume 12, Issue 1, Fall IT'S POSSIBLE! ORIGINAL VERSION OF RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN'S CINDERELLA RETURNS TO THE HOME SCREENAs proof that “impossible things are happening every day,"" we are pleased to announce that original 1957 tv production of Rodgers & Hammerstein's CINDERELLA starring Julie Andrews air on PBS’S GREAT PERFORMANCES in December coinciding with a DVD release from Image Entertainment.
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1/1/1998 Volume 5, Issue 2, Winter IT'S POSSIBLE: 60 MILLION VIEWERS GO TO THE BALL WITH CINTERELLAThe Prince had found his Cinderella, the Step-mother fainted in her daughters' arms, the Fairy Godmother belted out a benediction, and everyone in the land rejoiced. 60,000,000 of them!
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10/1/1997 Volume 5, Issue 1, Fall RING OUT THE BELLS, SING OUT THE NEWS: RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN'S CINDERELLA RETURNS TO TELEVISIONMarch 31, 1957, 107 million people tuned in when CBS-TV presented a new Rodgers and Hammerstein musical written especially for television, starring a young Broadway sensation named Julie Andrews.
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1/1/2003 Volume 10, Issue 2, Winter TRIPLE PLAYCharlie Scatamacchia, director of professional licensing for The R&H Theatre Library, has a problem with our reputation.
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8/6/2008 CINDERELLA on Tour in Asia, Starring Lea SalongaThis summer, Broadway Asia Entertainment presents Rodgers & Hammerstein’s CINDERELLA starring Tony Award winning actress Lea Salonga.
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Critic Quotes
"CINDERELLA's magic triumphs...The score is as enchanting as ever!"
New York Daily News, 2001
"Gossamer and magic! The score soars...CINDERELLA is a good show for kids."
New York Post, 2001
"CINDERELLA is a thorough, total delight, full to overflowing with magic and romance."
Associated Press, 1993
"There is magic in what they did, as though a fairy's wand has touched it all and made it sing and shine."
New York Daily Mirror, 1957
"R&H songs are forever in fashion...The musical tale of the glass-slippered gal is as timeless as ever."
Entertainment Weekly, 2002
"CINDERELLA sparkles! The Rodgers and Hammerstein score is delightful."
TV Guide, 1997
Facts & Figures
- March 31, 1957 Rodgers and Hammerstein's only musical for television, CINDERELLA starring Julie Andrews, is broadcast live on CBS-TV before an estimated audience of 107 million.
- December 18, 1958 The stage premiere of Rodgers & Hammerstein's television musical CINDERLLA is presented by Harold Fielding at London's Coliseum in the style of a traditional English pantomime with Tommy Steeles the star.
- February 22, 1965 A television remake of CINDERELLA starring Lesley Ann Warren premieres on the CBS-TV network; it is broadcast eight more times through February 3, 1974.
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Musical Numbers
The Prince Is Giving A Ball (Herald, Townspeople)
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The Prince Is Giving A Ball (Herald, Townspeople)
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 1. Overture (Herald, Townspeople)
 2. Curtain Music Act I (Herald, Townspeople)
3. The Prince Is Giving A Ball (Herald, Townspeople)
4. Cinderella March (Herald, Townspeople)
5. In My Own Little Corner (Cinderella)
6. Change Of Scene (Cinderella)
7. Your Majesties (Cinderella)
8. Your Majesties - Dance (Cinderella)
9. Boys And Girls Like You And Me (Cinderella)
10. Change Of Scene (Cinderella)
11. In My Own Little Corner (Reprise) Into Fol-De-Rol (Cinderella)
12. Impossible (Cinderella, Godmother)
13. The Transformation (Cinderella, Godmother)
14. Its Possible (Cinderella, Godmother)
15. Entr'acte (Cinderella, Godmother)
16. Curtain Music Act II (Cinderella, Godmother)
17. Gavotte (Cinderella, Godmother)
18. Cinderella's Entrance (Cinderella, Godmother)
19. Ten Minutes Ago (Prince, Cinderella)
20. Sister's Lament (Joy, Portia)
21. Waltz For A Ball (Chorus)
22. Waltz Underscore (Chorus)
23. Do I Love You Because You're Beautiful? (Cinderella, Prince)
24. Twelve O'clock (Cinderella, Prince)
25. Act III Prelude (Cinderella, Prince)
26. Curtain Music Act III (Cinderella, Prince)
27. When You're Driving Through The Moonlight (Cinderella, Stepmother, Joy, Portia)
28. A Lovely Night (Cinderella, Stepmother, Joy, Portia)
29. A Lovely Night - Coda (Cinderella, Stepmother, Joy, Portia)
30. DO I LOVE YOU BECAUSE YOU'RE BEAUTIFUL? - UNDERSCO (Cinderella, Stepmother, Joy, Portia)
31. Do I Love You Because You're Beautiful? - Reprise (Cinderella, Stepmother, Joy, Portia)
32. The Search (Cinderella, Stepmother, Joy, Portia)
33. Transition To Palace (Cinderella, Stepmother, Joy, Portia)
34. The Slipper Fits (Cinderella, Stepmother, Joy, Portia)
35. Finale - The Wedding (Company)
36. Bows (Company)
37. Exit Music (Company)
Discography
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Cinderella [1957 Original Television Cast]
Label: Sony Classical
Release date: January 1, 1999
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Holiday Classics: Favorites for the Season
Label: Emi
Release date: January 1, 2002
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Rental Materials
| Rehearsal Set (22 Books, 1 Logo CD) |
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20 Libretto/Vocal Books
| 1 Logo CD
| 2 PIANO VOCAL SCORE
| | | | Orchestration Package (22 Books) |
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1 PIANO VOCAL SCORE
| 1 PIANO/CELESTA
| 1 FLUTE I
| 1 FLUTE II (Doubles Piccolo)
| 1 OBOE (Doubles English Horn)
| 1 CLARINET I
| 1 CLARINET II
| 1 BASS CLARINET
| 1 BASS
| 1 BASSOON
| 1 HORN I-II
| 1 HORN III
| 1 TRUMPET I-II
| 1 TROMBONE I
| 1 TROMBONE II
| 2 PERCUSSION-DRUMS
| 1 HARP
| 1 VIOLIN A (Divisi)
| 1 VIOLIN B (Divisi)
| 1 VIOLA (Divisi)
| 1 CELLO (Divisi)
| | | | Libretto/Vocal Books 10 pack |
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10 Libretto/Vocal Books
| | | | Loneliness Of Evening (25 Books) |
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3 PIANO CONDUCTOR SCORE
| 1 BASS
| 1 FLUTE I
| 1 FLUTE II
| 1 OBOE (Doubles English Horn)
| 1 CLARINET I
| 1 CLARINET II
| 1 BASS CLARINET
| 1 BASSOON
| 1 HORN I-II
| 1 HORN III
| 1 TRUMPET I
| 1 TRUMPET II
| 1 TROMBONE I
| 1 TROMBONE II
| 1 HARP
| 1 CELESTE
| 2 PERCUSSION-DRUMS
| 1 VIOLIN A (Divisi)
| 1 VIOLIN B (Divisi)
| 1 VIOLA (Divisi)
| 1 CELLO
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Writer's Notes
1957, Oscar Hammerstein II, Saturday Reviewp>We want the kids who see it to recognize the story they know. Children can be very critical on that score. But, of course, their parents will be watching, too, so we have tried to humanize the characters without altering the familiar plot structure. As you may know, I'm not one for writing stories about poor little girls who suddenly win fame and happiness at the stroke of a magic wand. I think I helped explode the notion that success comes through luck in ME AND JULIET in which the stage-struck innocent never makes the grade in the theatre. So in CINDERELLA I have de-emphasized the 'fairy' aspect of the godmother, and have simply presented her as a matter-of-fact woman with a sense of humor who incidentally has magical powers. In her first scene with Cinderella she even tries to talk the girl out of her wild idea of going to the ball. But it's Cinderella's innocent faith in a miracle, which she expresses in the song 'Impossible,' that finally wins the godmother over to granting her wish. from "Cinderella on a Coaxial Cable" 1975, Richard Rodgers, Musical StagesThough a few of its songs have become popular, our score for CINDERELLA is another example of what theatre music is really all about. No matter what the medium, a score is more than a collection of individual songs. It is, or should be, a cohesive entity whose words and music are believable expressions of the characters singing them. When the lonely, bullied heroine sings, 'In My Own Little Corner,' it's not merely a song, it's a revelation of the girl herself. When she finishes, we know something more about her than we had before$mdash;her sense of humor, her naive optimism, her imagination and her relationship to the rest of her family. It's fair to say that this song is familiar to a vast number of people, but it has never made anyone's hit parade and never will; it is simply part of the score. Like a symphony, concerto or opera, some portions have greater appeal than others, but it is the work as a whole that makes the overall impression.
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