Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella
I have a thing for fairy tales and musicals and Cinderella is just one of the many classics I cannot seem to get over with. As you all know there are several variations and adaptations to the fairy tale “Cinderella”, musicals, films, animations and stage plays has been produced based on this age old fairy tale. Not exactly my favorite fairy tale of all time [Beauty and Beast holds the crown for me] but it’s a wonderful story just the same. There’s the Disney animation which spawned two more sequels and they were great. Then there’s Drew Barrymore in the movie, Ever After: A Cinderella Story and a whole lot of others.
One of the movies I really liked and just finished watching is a rendition of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella which stars the R&B artist Brandy as Cinderella, Whitney Houston as the fairy godmother, Whoopi Goldberg as the Queen, Victor Garber as the King and of course Paolo Montalban as the Prince.
Now Paolo Montalban also played the role of Kung Lao in Mortal Kombat: Conquest and guess what he is a Filipino, yooohoo made me proud to see a Filipino in the big screen and one more thing he can sing. Oh yes, he can sing … watch the musical and you’d see what I mean.
I’m not certain if this had a theatrical release but I assure you the music and everything was just beautiful. Let’s listen to one of the songs in the movie, my absolute favorite, it’s titled “Ten Minutes Ago”.
