Diverging from the blatant revisionism of Disney’s recent live-action fairy tales, director Kenneth Branagh brings a pleasingly straightforward adaptation of the “Cinderella” fable to the screen. Though inspired by Charles Perrault’s classic telling, Branagh is clearly using Disney’s beloved 1950 animated version as a template, following that film’s model quite closely (right down to Ella’s […]
Cinderella
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ALBUM REVIEW: “Cinderella”
“Cinderella” Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Walt Disney Records music.disney.com After a particularly brutal winter, no score is better suited to usher in the spring than Patrick Doyle’s shimmering, beautiful work for Disney’s new live-action “Cinderella.” Re-teaming with director Kenneth Branagh for their 11th film together, Doyle’s score is brimming with classical orchestration and transforms into […]
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Theater Review: RBTL presents Rodgers & Hammerstein’s “Cinderella”
A nearly sold-out audience filled the Auditorium Theatre, Tuesday, for the opening night of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s “Cinderella,” brought to town by the Rochester Broadway Theatre League. I was surprised at the full house (on a Tuesday) and the age-span of the viewers, from pre-school tots to grandparents pushing walkers and in wheelchairs. Little girls […]
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Evil stepsisters and tutus
In the Rochester City Ballet’s studio on University Avenue, the company is rehearsing the ballroom scene from the classic story ballet “Cinderella” for this weekend’s performance at Nazareth Performing Arts Center. Cinderella and the Prince are practicing the pas de deux — or step for two — of their initial meeting. She is shy and […]
