ONCE UPON A ONE MORE TIME

A NEW MUSICAL POWERED BY THE HITS OF GRAMMY AWARD-WINNING ICON
BRITNEY SPEARS

WILL OPEN ON BROADWAY AT THE MARQUIS THEATRE

PREVIEWS BEGIN MAY 13, 2023
OPENING NIGHT JUNE 22, 2023

“AN EVENING OF BUOYANT DELIGHT! Once Upon A One More Time is one of the most ambitious new musicals in a theater world awakening to a creative new day – a most unlikely cultural mash-up, reframing a bevy of storybook characters in an enlightened, modern context.” – The Washington Post

“Once Upon A One More Time combines fairytales, Betty Friedan and Britney Spears in a large-scale, Broadway way…resulting in CLEVER, UPROARIOUS FUN. Who couldn’t use a little more fun these days?” – NPR

“INGENIOUS and IMPROBABLY FUNNY!” – Washingtonian

“INSPIRING! Once Upon a One More is a full-fledged, Grade A, gold star success… and exactly the party we need right now. It’s as thought-provoking as it is toe-tapping, as clever as it is hilarious, as bold as it is shiny. I predict it will be AN INTERGENERATIONAL SMASH.” – DC Metro Theater Arts

FAN PRE-SALE BEGINS TODAY, DECEMBER 2, 2022
TICKETS ON SALE MONDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2022

Praised as “ingenious, and improbably funny” (Washingtonian) upon its world premiere last year, Once Upon a One More Time played a sold-out, extended engagement at the Tony Award-winning Shakespeare Theatre Company (STC), in Washington, D.C, from November 29, 2021-January 9, 2022. The musical was described as “an evening of buoyant delight” by The Washington Post critic Peter Marks, , who also wrote in a feature story on the production, “Once Upon A One More Time is one of the most ambitious new musicals in a theater world awakening to a creative new day – a most unlikely cultural mash-up, reframing a bevy of storybook characters in an enlightened, modern context.” NPR said the show, “combines fairytales, Betty Friedan and Britney Spears in a large-scale, Broadway way, resulting in clever, uproarious fun. Who couldn’t use a little more fun these days?” DC Metro Theater Arts raved the show is, “inspiring! A full-fledged, Grade A, gold star success… and exactly the party we need right now. It is as thought-provoking as it is toe-tapping, as clever as it is hilarious, as bold as it is shiny. I predict it will be an intergenerational smash.”

Once Upon A One More Time features an original story written by Jon Hartmere (bare, The Upside) that flips the script on your favorite fairytale icons. Cinderella, Snow White, Little Mermaid and other classic storybook characters gather for their fortnightly book club, when—oh baby, baby!—a rogue fairy godmother grants their wish for a new story, by dropping The Feminine Mystique into their corseted laps. The arrival of this new tome spurs a royal revelation: there is more to life than bird-made dresses and true love’s kiss! The ultimate revisionist fairytale for anyone who yearns to feel “stronger than yesterday,” Once Upon A One More Time weaves the chart-topping anthems of the Princess of Pop herself, Britney Spears – including “Oops I Did It Again,” “Lucky,” “Circus,” and “Toxic” – into a heartwarming and uproarious musical adventure about claiming your own happily ever after.