Tags: Musical.
Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella is a musical in two acts with music by Richard Rodgers lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and a book by Douglas Carter Beane based partly on Hammerstein’s 1957 book. The story is based upon the fairy tale Cinderella particularly the French version Cendrillon ou la Petite Pantoufle de Verre by Charles Perrault. The story concerns a young woman forced into a life of servitude by her cruel stepmother who dreams of a better life.