<P> The 1997 television remake was adapted by Robert L. Freedman and directed by Robert Iscove, with choreography by Rob Marshall . It was produced by Whitney Houston and Debra Martin Chase for Walt Disney Television and aired on November 2, 1997 . This version featured a racially diverse cast, with Brandy Norwood as Cinderella, Whitney Houston as her fairy godmother, Bernadette Peters as Cinderella's stepmother, Paolo Montalbán as the prince, Whoopi Goldberg as the queen, Victor Garber as the king and Jason Alexander as Lionel, the herald . Several songs were added, including "Falling in Love with Love" from the musical The Boys from Syracuse, sung by the Stepmother; "The Sweetest Sounds" from the musical No Strings, sung by Cinderella and the Prince; and "There's Music in You," written for the 1953 film Main Street to Broadway, sung as the finale by the Fairy Godmother . Sixty million viewers watched the broadcast . </P> <P> Changes to the Hammerstein plot in this version include the following: The Fairy Godmother begins the story, explaining that nothing is impossible . The stepsisters' names are changed to Calliope and Minerva . Disguised as a peasant, the Prince (feeling isolated in the castle) wanders in the marketplace (worrying his herald, Lionel), meets Cinderella, and they find each other charming . At the ball, embarrassed by questions about her family and background, Cinderella escapes to the garden in tears, where the Fairy Godmother appears for moral support . After her stepmother returns from the ball and is particularly cruel, Cinderella packs her belongings to run away from home . Her Fairy Godmother advises her to share her feelings with the Prince . After trying the slipper on all the other maidens, the Prince and Lionel overtake Cinderella on her journey to freedom . Meeting her gaze, the Prince recognizes her and places the slipper on her foot . At their wedding, the Fairy Godmother blesses the couple . </P> <P> The musical was first performed on stage at the London Coliseum in 1958 in holiday pantomime adaptation that also used songs from Me & Juliet . Harold Fielding produced this version, which opened on December 18, 1958 and played through the holiday season . Yana (Pamella Guard), played Cinderella, with Tommy Steele, Jimmy Edwards, Kenneth Williams and Betty Marsden . </P> <P> Stage versions began to appear in U.S. theatres by 1961 . The New York City Opera produced the musical in 1993 and 1995, with the Fairy Godmother being played by Sally Ann Howes and the Stepmother by Nancy Marchand and Jean Stapleton . It revived the production in 2004 with Eartha Kitt as the Fairy Godmother and Dick Van Patten as the King, among other television stars . A United States tour played from November 2000 through 2001 and starred Kitt as the Fairy Godmother, Deborah Gibson and later Jamie - Lynn Sigler as Cinderella, Paolo Montalbán as the Prince, and a gender - bending Everett Quinton as the Stepmother, stopping at The Theatre at Madison Square Garden in 2001, where Sigler played the title role . </P>

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