St. Catherine’s Players will present the musical comedy “Once Upon A Mattress” on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, February 29, March 1 and 2, and March 7, 8 and 9 in the St. Catherine of Siena Parish Hall, located at the corner of Riverside Avenue and Route 1 in Riverside.  Friday and Saturday night performances begin at 8:00 p.m. and the Sunday matinees begin at 2:00 p.m.  All tickets are $15 and all seats are unreserved.  Director is Stuart Adelberg, Musical Director is Rita Lapcevic, Producer is Vincent Yax and the Orchestra Conductor is John Macri.  To order tickets call 203-661-2942 or e-mail your ticket order information (name, date, # tickets, phone number) to stcatherinesplayers@yahoo.com.  “Once Upon A Mattress” is a critically acclaimed comedy that opened on Broadway on May 11, 1959 and ran for 460 performances.  The play was written as an adaptation of the fairy tale, “The Princess and the Pea.”  The show’s music was written by Mary Rodgers (daughter of Richard Rodgers), with lyrics by Marshall Baer.  The show marked the Broadway debut of Carol Burnett who played Winnifred the Woebegone.

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