Sutton Foster Returns In Hit Musical!

Sutton Foster stars as this brand new revival heads to the Ahmanson fresh from its New York City debut! Created by Amy Sherman-Palladino (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel) and directed by Lear deBessonet (Into the Woods), Sutton Foster returns to star in a role "she was born to play"! Once Upon A Mattress is based on Hans Christian Anderson's The Princess and The Pea. It's an endearing and comical musical adaptation which transports audiences on a whirlwind journey to a medieval kingdom reigned over by the tyrannical Queen Aggravain (Foster).

New York's hottest musical heads to LA with an all-star cast. Stepping back into the fairytale in her role as Winnifred the Woebegone is theatre star and triple threat Sutton Foster. This iteration of the hilarious musical reimagining of Hans Christian Anderson's The Princess and The Pea has been adapted by the Gilmore Girls creator Amy Sherman-Palladino and promises a barrel of laughs.

What's it about?

In a nation ruled by a cursed and mute King and an overly talkative and perhaps terror of a Queen, a ridiculous law is in place. The citizens can only marry once Prince Dauntless has done so, but his meddling mother Queen Aggravian sets everything in her power to stop this from happening as she sets absurd and impossible tests for potential princesses.