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New fairy tale musical about woke princesses to use Britney Spears music

The Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington, DC will stage Once Upon A One More Time, featuring Spears' tunes, including Oops!… I Did It Again, Lucky, Stronger and Toxic.

New fairy tale musical about woke princesses to use Britney Spears music

In this Thursday, Oct. 18, 2018, file photo, singer Britney Spears makes an appearance in front of the Park MGM hotel-casino in Las Vegas. (Photo: Steve Marcus/Las Vegas Sun via AP, File)

Plans are afoot to put some old hit songs by Britney Spears into a stage musical about woke princesses, and the hope is that the result isn't Toxic.

The Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington, DC announced on Thursday (May 27) that it will stage Once Upon A One More Time, featuring Spears' tunes, including Oops!… I Did It Again, Lucky, Stronger and Toxic.

The musical will have an original story written by Jon Hartmere about classic fairy tale princesses – Cinderella, Snow White and Little Mermaid, among them – who are transformed after reading The Feminine Mystique, a landmark feminist text.

Once Upon A One More Time begins performances at Sidney Harman Hall in Washington, DC on Nov 29. It represents a significant pivot for The Shakespeare Theatre Company, known for its more stately offerings.

The temptation to use already proven, popular songs to fuel a musical is an old one and on Broadway has lately led to shows with music from The Temptations, The Go Go's, Tina Turner and Alanis Morissette. 

 

READ: Singer Britney Spears calls recent documentaries about her 'hypocritical'

 

Spears has been under the spotlight lately after the recent FX and Hulu documentary The New York Times Presents: Framing Britney looked at the circumstances that led to the establishment of her conservatorship in 2008 and has spurred sympathy for the singer.

(Source: AP)

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