Cinderella

Item

Record ID

952

Identifier

90586

Genre

Operetta/Music Theater/Musical

Work Title

Cinderella

Uniform Title

Cinderella

Program/Series Title

Great performances

Composer

Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979

Text Author

Hammerstein, Oscar II

Production Year

1957

Transmission/Release Date

12/14/04

Transmission/Release Year

2004

Transmitter/Outlet/Streaming Platform

PBS

Home Video - DVD

Image 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 Ghostly (Stepsister Joy)

Participants

Julie Andrews (host)

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

Digitally restored black and white kinescope of the original l957 production. See record #13487.

Other Information

Orgiginal musical for television first aired live March 3, l957 on CBS and viewed by an audience estimated at l07 million. See record #13487. 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) has program and also a tape of a full dress rehearsal.

Sourcemat

DLCAT - 86