“The Princess and the Pea”

A story by Hans Christian Andersen . A prince insists on marrying a real princess. When a woman comes to his door maintaining that she is a real princess, the prince's mother tests her by burying a pea under a huge stack of mattresses and then ordering the woman to sleep on the mattresses. The woman cannot sleep and therefore passes the test: being a true princess, she is so delicate that the pea keeps her awake.

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The book by Jay Thompson, Marshall Barer and Dean Fuller, which infuses vaudevillian mirth into “The Princess and the Pea,” has been updated by Amy Sherman-Palladino to be more in keeping with contemporary sensitivities.

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Amy Sherman-Palladino, creator of “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” and “Gilmore Girls,” has given a much-needed update to this tale inspired by Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Princess and the Pea.”

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The Tony-winning actor was leading a new production of “Once Upon a Mattress,” a musical take on “The Princess and the Pea” that in previous incarnations starred Carol Burnett and Sarah Jessica Parker.

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In January, the main Encores! series begins with “Once Upon a Mattress,” the 1959 musical comedy adaptation of the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale “The Princess and the Pea” with music by Mary Rodgers, lyrics by Marshall Barer, and a book by Jay Thompson, Dean Fuller and Barer.

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But in the episode "The Princess and the Pea," Abe has a recent revelation deepen: that the female children in his life are just as deserving of education, attention and hope as the male.

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