'Cinderella' targets Broadway

Beane Goodman A completely new version of Rodgers and Hammerstein tuner "Cinderella" is concentrating on a Broadway run, skedding a spring workshop staging before a recommended Rialto berth inside the 2012-13 season.Scribe Douglas Carter Beane ("Xanadu," "The Little Dog Jeered"), whose musical "Lysistrata Manley" opens inside a couple of days on Broadway, produces the all-new book, including the familiar mythic elements but offers the tale a lady-energy twist. Robyn Goodman ("Avenue Q," "Bengal Tiger within the Baghdad Zoo") and her shingle Aged in Forest Prods. will produce.Composed for TV, the 1957 "Cinderella" has not carried out Broadway, although legit adaptations began striking stages immediately after bow of TV tuner, which starred Julie Andrews. Subsequent tube incarnations add a 1965 version toplined by Lesley Ann Warren together with a 1997 adaptation that starred Brandy.An Urban Area Opera version most recently carried out Gotham in 2004, while another adaptation -- getting a magazine come up with from multiple versions in the musical -- is playing at Seattle's fifth Avenue Theater.Because the original clocked in at under 80 minutes, most newer versions interpolate other tunes within the Rodgers and Hammerstein catalog. The newest version does the identical, although many of them are tunes that have been cut off their tuners, like the opening number, according to Goodman.Production targets the all-age groups crowd that has aided propel shows for instance "The Lion King" to B.O. success, while using producer explaining Beane's adaptation just like a balance between kid-friendly fairytale trappings together with a smart, satirical tone.Producers are planning for just about any developmental workshop staging in April. Contact Gordon Cox at gordon.cox@variety.com