Once Upon a Mattress

Book by Jay Thompson, Dean Fuller, and Marshall Barer

Music by Mary Rodgers

Lyrics by Marshall Barer

Princess Fred splashes into court — literally — and turns tradition on its jeweled head, taking on riddles, royal challenges and one imperious queen determined to keep her son single.  As she woos the brave Prince Dauntless, twenty mattresses and a single, squishy pea stand between true love and happily ever after.  

This is the musical that made a star of Carol Burnett, and has been revived with Sarah Jessica Parker and Sutton Foster on Broadway. Filled with catchy songs and wildly comic situations, the classic musical comedy features a conniving queen, a mute king, a wizard, a jester and a very pregnant lady in waiting: time is of the essence and the entire kingdom is rooting for Princess Fred to best the Queen’s challenges and marry her man!