Cindy (musical)

1964 musical

Cindy

Music| Johnny Brandon
Lyrics| Johnny Brandon
Book| Joe Sauter
Mike Sawyer
Basis| Cinderella fairy tale
Productions| Off-Broadway 1964

Cindy is a musical with music and lyrics by Johnny Brandon, and a book by Joe Sauter and Mike Sawyer. It ran Off-Broadway at the Gate, Orpheum, and Cricket Theatres (not simultaneously) in 1964 and 1965. It is an adaptation of the story of Cinderella. It was produced by Chandler Warren and Philip Temple, by arrangement with Stuart Wiener and Jerry Grace.

## Productions

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Cindy opened at the Gate Theatre on March 19, 1964, and closed June 21. On September 24, it reopened at the Orpheum Theatre. It transferred to the Cricket Theatre on January 19, 1965, and closed on May 2, 1965.[1]

## Cast and characters

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### Original cast

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Character  | Gate Original Cast  | Cricket Original Cast

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Cindy Kreller | Jacqueline Mayo  | Kelly Wood
Lucky | Johnny Harmon  | Jerry Wilkins
Irving Kreller "Papa" | Frank Nastasi
Zelda Kreller "Mama" | Sylvia Mann  | Nancy Carroll
Golda Kreller | Amelia Varney
Della Kreller | Dena Dietrich | Mary Betten
Chuck Rosenfeld | Joe Masiell
David Rosenfeld | Mike Sawyer
Ruth Rosenfeld | Lizabeth Pritchett
Storytellers | Thelma Oliver, Tommy Karaty, Mark Stone  | Thelma Oliver, Rick Landon, Mark Stone

### Cricket cast replacements

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* Cindy Kreller: Isabelle Farrell
* Lucky: Tommy Karaty, Rick Landon
* Papa: David Howard
* Mama: Milly Weitz
* Della Kreller: Alice Beardsley
* Chuck Rosenfeld: Joe Bellomo
* Ruth Rosenfeld: Evelyn Bell, Elizabeth Parrish
* Storytellers: Charles Abbate, Michael Loman

## Musical numbers

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Act I

* "Once Upon a Time" - Storytellers
* "Let's Pretend" - Cindy and Lucky
* "Is There Something to What He Said?" - Cindy
* "Papa, Let's Do It Again" - Mama, Papa and Storytellers
* "A Genuine Feminine Girl" - Cindy
* "Cindy" - Lucky
* "Think Mink" - Golda and Della
* "A Genuine Feminine Girl" (Reprise) - Cindy
* "Tonight's the Night" - Storytellers
* "Who Am I?" - Cindy and Chuck

Act II

* "Act II Opening" - Storytellers
* "If You've Got It, You've Got It" - Golda, Della, Mama and Papa
* "The Life That I Had Planned for Him" - Mrs. Rosenfeld
* "If It's Love" - Cindy and Chuck
* "Got the World in the Palm of My Hand" - Chuck
* "Call Me Lucky" - Lucky
* "Got the World in the Palm of My Hand" (Reprise) - Storytellers
* "Laugh It Up" - Cindy, Mama, Papa and Boy Storyteller
* "Once Upon a Time" (Reprise 1) - Storytellers
* "Let's Pretend" (Reprise) - Cindy and Lucky
* "Cindy" (Reprise)/"Who Am I?" (Reprise) - Cindy and Lucky
* "What a Wedding" - Mama, Papa, Golda, Della, Mr. Rosenfeld, Mrs. Rosenfeld and Chuck
* "Once Upon a Time" (Reprise 2) - Storytellers
* "Finale" - Company

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## References

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1. ^ LORTEL Archives. "Cindy". Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2009-01-03.

* https://web.archive.org/web/20070927210138/http://www.thevillager.com/villager_114/villagarea.html
* https://web.archive.org/web/20070917135037/http://www.lortel.org/LLA_archive/index.cfm?search_by=show&id=4147
* https://web.archive.org/web/20070917170759/http://www.lortel.org/LLA_archive/index.cfm?search_by=show&id=4059

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"Cinderella" by Charles Perrault and the Brothers Grimm

Universe

| Characters|

* Cinderella
* Ugly sisters
* Fairy godmother
* Wicked stepmother
* Prince Charming
* Buttons

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National
variation|

* Bawang Merah Bawang Putih (Malay and Indonesian)
* Beauty and Pock Face (Chinese)
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* Fair, Brown and Trembling (Irish)
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* "Rhodopis" (Greek)
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* The Sharp Grey Sheep (Scottish)
* The Story of Tấm and Cám (Vietnamese)
* Sumiyoshi Monogatari (Japanese)
* The True Bride (German)
* The Wonderful Birch (Russian)
* Ye Xian (Chinese)

Related|

* Jacinda Vidrio
* Catskin
* Into the Woods
* Into the Woods (2014 film)
* Politically Correct Bedtime Stories
* Disney's characters
* Stop! Look! and Laugh!
* Waltz Suite
* Black Cinderella Two Goes East
* Cinderella's Stepsister
* Cinderella (sports)
* Lying to Be Perfect
* Xuxa em O Mistério de Feiurinha (2009)
* Cinderella's Eyes (2011)
* Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018)

Male
versions|

* Askeladden or Boots (Norwegian)
* Fire Boy (Japanese)

Media

| Films|

* Cinderella (1899)
* Cinderella or the Glass Slipper (1912)
* Cinderella (1914)
* A Lowland Cinderella (1921)
* A Kiss for Cinderella (1925)
* Ella Cinders (1926)
* The Magic Shoes (1935)
* First Love (1939)
* Princess Cinderella (1941)
* Cinderella (1947)
* The Glass Slipper (1955)
* Cinderella (1955)
* Cinderfella (1960)
* Stop! Look! and Laugh! (1960)
* More Than a Miracle (1967)
* Three Wishes for Cinderella (1973)
* The Slipper and the Rose (1976)
* Cinderella (1979)
* Cinderella '80 (1984)
* Maid to Order (1987)
* Lua de Cristal (1990)
* If the Shoe Fits (1990)
* Ever After (1998)
* Ella Enchanted (2004)
* Cinderella (2006)
* Elle: A Modern Cinderella Tale (2010)
* Rags (2012)
* Cinderella (2021)
* Sneakerella (2022)
* Once upon a Crime (2023)
* Descendants: The Rise of Red (2024)

| A Cinderella Story series|

* A Cinderella Story (2004)
* Another Cinderella Story (2008)
* Once Upon a Song (2011)
* If the Shoe Fits (2016)
* Christmas Wish (2019)
* Starstruck (2021)

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Disney's Cinderella|

* Cinderella (1950)
* Dreams Come True (2002)
* A Twist in Time (2007)
* Cinderella (2015)

Animation|

* Cinderella Blues (1931)
* Poor Cinderella (1934)
* Cinderella Meets Fella (1938)
* Swing Shift Cinderella (1945)
* Ancient Fistory (1953)
* Señorella and the Glass Huarache (1964)
* Cinderella (1979)
* The Tender Tale of Cinderella Penguin (1981)
* The Magic Riddle (1991)
* Happily N'Ever After (2007)
* Year of the Fish (2008)
* Cinderella the Cat (2017)
* Charming (2018)
* Cinderella and the Secret Prince (2018)

Television|

* Hey, Cinderella! (1968)
* Cindy (1978)
* Cinderella Monogatari (1996)
* Cinderella (1997)
* CinderElmo (1999)
* Cinderella (2000)
* I Was a Rat/Cinderella and Me (2001)
* La Cenicienta (2003)
* Bawang Merah Bawang Putih (2004)
* Floricienta (2004)
* Floribella (2005 Brazil)
* Floribella (2006 Portugal)
* Grazilda (2010)
* Aik Nayee Cinderella (2012)

Literary
adaptations|

* Celestina (1791)
* Ella Cinders (1925–1961)
* Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper (1954)
* Nine Coaches Waiting (1958)
* The Coachman Rat (1989)
* Witches Abroad (1991)
* Ella Enchanted (1997)
* I Was a Rat!: or, The Scarlet Slippers (1999)
* Just Ella (1999)
* Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister (1999)
* Chinese Cinderella (1999)
* The Fairy Godmother (2004)
* Phoenix and Ashes (2004)
* Bella at Midnight (2006)
* Ash (2009)
* Princess of Glass (2010)
* Cinder (2012)

Opera|

* Cendrillon (1810 Isouard)
* La Cenerentola (1817 Rossini)
* Cendrillon (1899 Massenet)
* Cendrillon (1904 Viardot)
* La Cenicienta (1966 Hen)
* Cinderella (2016 Deutscher)

Ballet|

* Cinderella (1893 Fitinhof-Schell)
* Aschenbrödel (1900 Strauss-Bayer)
* Cinderella (1945 Prokofiev)
* Cinderella (1948 Ashton)

Musicals|

* Cinderella and the Prince, or The Castle of Heart's Desire (1904)
* A Stubborn Cinderella (1909)
* Mr. Cinders (1929)
* Cinderella (1957)
* Cindy (1964)
* The Penny Friend (1966)
* The Slipper and the Rose (1984)
* Into the Woods (1987)
* Soho Cinders (2008)
* Cinderella (2013)
* Cinderella (2020)

Other|

* Paintings
* Cinderella at the Kitchen Fire (1843)
* Plays
* A Kiss for Cinderella (1916)
* Comics
* Cinderella: From Fabletown with Love
* Cinderalla
* Ella Cinders (1925–1961)
* Games
* Cinders
* Pantomime
* Sinderella

Songs|

* "Spread a Little Happiness" (1929)
* "Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo" (1949)
* "A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes" (1950)
* "Cinderella" (1987)
* "Hey Cinderella" (1993)
* "It's Midnight Cinderella" (1996)
* "Cinderella" (2001)
* "Cinderella" (2002)
* "Cinderella" (2003)
* "Stealing Cinderella" (2007)
* "Cinderella" (2007)
* "C\C (Cinderella\Complex)" (2008)
* "Bad Cinderella" (2020)
* "Million to One" (2021)

Albums|

* Cinderella (1957 original television cast recording)
* A Cinderella Story (2004 soundtrack)
* Disney's Princess Favorites (2002)
* Cinderella (2013 cast album)
* Cinderella (2015 soundtrack)
* Cinderella (2021 soundtrack)

Sociology|

* Cinderella complex
* Cinderella effect
* The Cinderella Movement

Commercials|

* A Coach for Cinderella
* A Ride for Cinderella

Adult|

* Cinder Ellen up too Late
* Cinderella (1977)
* Naughty Cinderella

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