![]() Why Friedan has been brought low here is unclear, or even why a post-conservatorship Spears authorized this unsubtle musical, which includes many of her hits like “Oops!… I Did It Again,” “Lucky,” “Stronger” and “Toxic.” The creators have hollowed out the original song’s lyrics to shoehorn a narrative they are not suited for. Betty Friedan’s book helped launch the women’s movement by depicting women as prisoners of a culture that made a fetish out of motherhood and housework. The musical has a story written by Jon Hartmere about classic fairy tale princesses - Cinderella, Snow White, Rapunzel and the Little Mermaid, among them, (gathered just as they were in the movie “Ralph Breaks the Internet”) - who are transformed after reading “The Feminine Mystique,” a landmark feminist text. It’s also a safe feminist story about women writing their own story led by a creative team led mostly by men, an enduring problem on Broadway but very awkward for a story about princesses seizing their narrative. One of the main characters actually swings on a chandelier.Įverything about it seems recycled: A fractured fairy tale that is a tired concept by now - no less a giant than Andrew Lloyd Webber failed with it with “Bad Cinderella” this spring. “Once Upon a One More Time,” which opened Thursday at the Marquis Theatre, is pure summer dumb - it’s got smoke machines working overtime, weird dance breaks, tons of glitter and every song ends with a manufactured IMAX-level sonic boom. ![]() Free of this bombastic, patronizing, clumsy, lazy show. It glows in the end because you are free. ![]() ![]() But the gift is strangely inert for the whole show, only coming to life and gleaming at the curtain call. NEW YORK (AP) - You’re handed an LED wristband as you enter “Once Upon a One More Time,” a musical on Broadway stuffed with Britney Spears songs. ![]()
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