"Once Upon a Mattress" is a musical comedy based on Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale "The Princess and the Pea."
The princess in question is the stalwart and adorable Winnifred ("Fred" for short), played by Carol Burnett.
Tony nominations (1960):
Best Musical (Dean Fuller, Jay Thompson, Marshall Barer and Mary Rodgers)
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical (Carol Burnett)
Biggest Hit:
Shy
Honorable Mentions:
Happily Ever After
Song of Love
Musical Numbers:
- Overture
- Many Moons Ago
- An Opening for a Princess
- In a Little While
- Shy
- Sensitivity
- The Swamps of Home
- Normandy
- Song of Love
- Spanish Panic
- Happily Ever After
- Man to Man Talk
- Very Soft Shoes
- Yesterday I Loved You
- Finale