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with

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in association with

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. Music, lyrics and book are by Larry Hart. The original choreographer was

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. The musical has been described as a "spoofy Cinderella-based African-American musical." It was originally planned for a

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run in the fall of 1997. The show sold out its March to April 1996 original run at the

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in Pasadena, California. It toured the United States, Europe and Australia. Hart created the book and the music with the reader workshops at the New York's Musical Theatre Works, which did the workshops on Disney's ''

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''.

Plot summary

The show is an original musical based on the tale of

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Cast

* Yvette Cason as Dahlia in the original production, Tina Cross in the 1998 run * Jimmie Wilson as Prince Jean-Luc in the original production, Donny Rae Evins in the 1998 run * Wanda Houston as Magnolia *

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as Chrysanthemum, Billie Stapleton in the 1998 run * Gregory McKinnon as King * Della Miles as Ella * Jim Ryan as Lord Monty Grubman in the original run, Red Symons in the 1998 run *

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as Dr. Cranium * Jody Keith Barrie as Dr. Goniff * Larry Hart as Indursky

References

{{reflist Works based on Cinderella Plays based on fairy tales African-American plays American musicals Musicals based on works by Charles Perrault