Cinderella

Item

Record ID

352

Identifier

13487

Genre

Operetta/Music Theater/Musical

Work Title

Cinderella

Uniform Title

Cinderella

Program/Series Title

Cinderella

Composer

Rodgers, Richard, 1902-

Text Author

Hammerstein, Oscar II

Production Year

1957

Transmission/Release Date

3/31/57

Transmission/Release Year

1957

Transmitter/Outlet/Streaming Platform

CBS

Home Video - VHS

Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment

Home Video - DVD

Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment

Conductor/Music Director

Antonini, Alfredo

Soloists

Julie Andrews (Cinderella) ; Jon Cypher (Prince Charming) ; Edith Adams (Fairy Godmother) ; Howard Lindsay (King) ; Dorothy Stickney (Queen) ; Ilka Chase (Stepmother) ; Kaye Ballard (Stepsister Portia) ; Alice Ghostley (Stepsister Joy)

TV/Film Director

Nelson, Ralph

Sets

Eckart, William ; Eckart, Jean

Costumes

Eckart, William ; Eckart, Jean

Choreography

Lucas, Jonathan

Production Company

CBS

Producer

Lewine, Richard

Technical Information

Live studio production ; color

Other Information

Oiginal musical for television aired live in 1957 and viewed by an audience estimated at 107 million. A tape of a full dress rehearsal recorded two weeks prior to the live broadcast is in the Museum of Television & Radio collection. A digitally restored black and white version of a kinescope recording was aired on Great Performances on December 14, 2004 and has been released as a DVD by Image Entertainment. Cinderella was the only work composed for television by Rodgers and Hammerstein.

Duration

ca. 90'

Archive

The Paley Center for Media (formerly Museum of Television & Radio)

Sourcemat

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