30 Years of Encores!
Dates
Jan 24 – Feb 4, 2024
Recommended for everyone ages 5 and up.
WEEK ONE | Jan 24 – 28, 2024
Wed – Fri 7:30pm
Sat 2 & 8pm | Sun 2 & 7pm
WEEK TWO | Jan 30 – Feb 4, 2024
Tue – Fri 7:30pm
Sat 2 & 8pm | Sun 2pm
Tickets from $45 (fees included)
Approximately 2 hours and 15 minutes with one intermission
Sat Feb 3 at 2pm
Young audience members and their grown-ups are especially welcome at this performance. Pre-show activities and theater games available beginning at 1:30pm on the Grand Tier.
Fri Jan 26 at 6:30pm
Join us for a pre-show prance celebrating princesses from all walks of life, featuring a special drag performance. Come dressed in your unique royal garments! Space is limited, so please arrive early.
Thu Feb 1 at 7:30pm
Learn More & Buy Tickets
To book a group of 10 or more tickets, visit Broadway Plus, call 646.838.0749, or email concierge@broadwayplus.com.
Ebullient, joyful
Musical theater legend Sutton Foster (The Music Man) returns to the City Center stage as Princess Winnifred the Woebegone alongside Michael Urie (Ugly Betty) as Prince Dauntless in this beloved musical fairytale. Full of gloriously catchy melodies like “Shy” and “In a Little While,” this uproarious update of Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Princess and the Pea” also features Nikki Renée Daniels (Lady Larken), J. Harrison Ghee (Jester), Harriet Harris (Queen Aggravain), Cheyenne Jackson (Sir Harry), Francis Jue (Wizard), and David Patrick Kelly (King Sextimus the Silent).
Led by Tony-nominated Encores! Artistic Director Lear deBessonet (Into the Woods, Lionel Bart’s Oliver!) and with a new concert adaptation by Amy Sherman-Palladino (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel), Once Upon a Mattress sets an unapologetic free spirit loose in a repressed kingdom, reveling in Winnifred’s ability to charm and transform with willpower, honesty, and a little bit of help from her friends.
This production of Once Upon a Mattress is dedicated to the memory of City Center Board member Luigi Caiola, who was a true advocate for the arts and a passionate Encores! supporter. Luigi’s legacy will live on here at City Center and across New York’s theaters for years to come.
Secure access to premium house seats when you become a Patron starting at $2,500. Please call 212.763.1257 or email Patrons@NYCityCenter.org for more information.
Casting and programming subject to change.
Critic's Pick: Once Upon a Mattress Review: Sutton Foster as a Perfectly Goofy Princess
Perfectly cast from top to bottom
Exceedingly fun
A role Sutton Foster was born to play
For 30 years, musical theater lovers like you have come together in our Encores! audience through a shared love of song and dance. Your gift helps keep extraordinary musicals alive for a new generation of audiences.
