Shows · Once Upon A Mattress

Once Upon A Mattress

Opened 1959

460 performances

Musical, Golden Age

Carol Burnett, who was in the 1959 production. P102113PS-0439

Once Upon a Mattress is a musical comedy with music by Mary Rodgers, lyrics by Marshall Barer, and book by Jay Thompson, Dean Fuller, and Marshall Barer. It opened off-Broadway in May 1959, and then moved to Broadway.

Music: Mary Rodgers
Lyrics: Marshall Barer
Book: Jay Thompson, Dean Fuller & Marshall Barer

Productions4 productions: 3 on Broadway, 1 elsewhere

1959

Phoenix TheaterOff-Broadway Original, opened May 11, 1959, directed by George Abbott

460 performances

1960

Adelphi TheatreBroadway Opened September 20, 1960

1996

Broadhurst TheatreBroadway Revival, opened December 19, 1996, directed by Gerald Gutierrez

188 performances

2024

Hudson TheatreBroadway Revival, opened August 12, 2024, directed by Lear deBessonet

128 performances

Songs6 songs

Many Moons Ago, In a Little While, Shy, Sensitivity, Happily Ever After, Very Soft Shoes

Recordings 3 recordings

1993

Once Upon a Mattress (original Broadway cast) MCA Classics MCAD-10768, released 1993

United States

1997

Once Upon a Mattress: The New Broadway Cast Recording RCA Victor 09026-68728-2, released March 25, 1997

United States

2025

Once Upon a Mattress Center Stage Records, released March 28, 2025

Licensing 2 entries

US	Concord Theatricals R&H Theatricals	available
UK	Concord Theatricals R&H Theatricals	available

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