It’s Possible, as they say in Rodgers and Hammerstein’s musical version of this beloved fairy tale. It’s also possible that the show still has the magic to bring young girls to the audience in glittery ball dresses and tiaras. And it’s even possible that this CYT production will be the last for its two stars Meagan Flint and Michael Sanchez – two people who met a lot more than Ten Minutes Ago, becoming friends in Kindergarten and having appeared in almost 40 CYT shows between the two of them, including last year when they played Aladdin and Princess Jasmine. This year their roles have been reversed, with Michael as the rich child of royalty feeling trapped in the role, and Meagan as the riff-raff who dreams about what royal life might be like. Michael and Meagan head off to their post-CYT happily ever after (a.k.a. college) in grand style, with terrific singing and charm as Prince Christopher and Cinderella.

Brittany Hopkins, Jenna Wille, and Ashley Melton try their best to ruin the happy ending as Cinderella’s less-than-charming but very amusingly wicked stepmother and stepsisters. Brittany’s Stepmother has a fantastic voice, a jaded, arrogant personality, and is not too proud to flirt embarrassingly with the unlucky royal steward (Sean Cabuchola). Ditzy stepsister Joy (Jenna Wille) and disdainful stepsister Portia (Ashley Melton) are a hit with their Stepsisters’ Lament. While the prince’s family includes Patrick Gates as the king sporting royally red-and-white polka dot boxers and Sara Wright as the queen who puts up with her slightly goofy husband, the two sharing the cute, wistfully performed duet Boys and Girls Like You and Me.

Performed May 1 - 10, 2009.

Rob Hopper
National Youth Theatre