Michael Urie Joins Sutton Foster In Broadway-L.A. Revival Of ‘Once Upon A Mattress’

Michael Urie will reprise his Off Broadway performance opposite Sutton Foster in the upcoming Broadway summer transfer of Once Upon A Mattress, the Mary Rodgers musical newly adapted by Amy Sherman-Palladino.

Urie and Foster will continue their roles when the Broadway production moves to Los Angeles’ Ahmanson Theatre in December.

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As he did in the recent New York City Center’s Encores! production, Urie will play the good-hearted Prince Dauntless, who becomes smitten with the free-spirited commoner Winnifred (Foster), much to the chagrin of his not-so-nice queen mother.

Additional casting will be announced at a later date.

Directed by Lear deBessonet (Into The Woods), Once Upon A Mattress begins previews Wednesday, July 31, at Broadway’s Hudson Theatre, opening Monday, August 12, and running through November 30. The production begins its four-week L.A. engagement at Center Theatre Group’s Ahmanson Theatre on December 10, ending its run January 5.

Mattress is the comedic update on Hans Christian Andersen’s The Princess and the Pea, first produced in 1959 with music by Rodgers, lyrics by Marshall Barer, and book by Jay Thompson, Dean Fuller, and Marshall Barer. The score features songs such as “Shy” and “In a Little While.”

The revival is produced by Seaview and Creative Partners Productions and features choreography by Lorin Latarro, scenic design by David Zinn, lighting design by Justin Townsend, costume design by Andrea Hood, sound design by Kai Harada, and hair, wig, & makeup design by J. Jared Janas. Orchestrations are by Bruce Coughlin, and Mary-Mitchell Campbell will serve as Music Supervisor, Annbritt duChateau as Music Director, and Cody Renard Richard as Production Stage Manager.

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