Irreverent is director Jeremy Paul Kagan and writer Jeffrey Fiskin's "Sleeping Beauty", using the familiar tale to mock the conventions of the "Once Upon a Time..." format. Led by George Dzundza as the storyteller, cast delights in dual roles mixing verbal anachronisms with authentic fantasy material. Beverly D'Angelo is terrific as the wicked fairy, Bernadette Peters well-cast (having replaced an earlier set Jessica Lange here) as the beauty who even gets to sing a pleasant numbe, Chris Reeve suitably overbearing as tghe prince and Carol Kane a memorably cute good fairy with a squeaky voice. Support from Rene Auberjonois, Sally Kellerman, Richard Libertini, Ron Rifkin and Carol Smith is exemplary.
Review of Sleeping Beauty
