The jukebox musical, which premiered at D.C.'s Shakespeare Theatre last year, will begin Broadway performances in May.
that gave her father and others almost complete control over her personal life and finances.
“The only thing I was told was that [Spears] loves fairies,” the show’s writer, Jon Hartmere, told The Post last fall. He said he was also given access to Spears’s entire discography. “And I was like, ‘That’s it, that’s what we’ve got to go on.’ ” Spears has not been actively involved in its development. “I’m so excited to have a musical with my songs, especially one that takes place in such a magical world filled with characters that I grew up on, who I love and adore,” Spears said in a statement after attending a reading of the show in 2019. Her publicist did not immediately respond to a request for comment about the show’s Broadway run.The show’s Broadway cast will be announced at a later date.
The D.C. run featured sitcom veteran Briga Heelan as Cinderella and “American Idol” alumnus Justin Guarini as Prince Charming. Jennings said the Shakespeare Theatre will have a financial interest in the musical’s Broadway run.“If the show [is] successful, this will be of a future financial benefit to the theater, which allows us to reinvest in the work that we do and the development of other works,” Jennings said.
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