Disney's Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella

[DodgerGirl]

I have never figured out why ABC and Disney debuted a remake of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella for The Wonderful World Of Disney series? But I remember hearing about it because I was a fan of both Whitney Houston and Brandy and the way Brandy was cast as Cinderella was flawless and Whitney Houston was perfect as the fairy godmother and that role was made for Whitney in my eyes. But how Bernadette Peters was cast as the stepmother i'll never figure out because she actually made the stepmother nice and that also played a role on how this movie performed on TV. But the one flaw I had with the movie is that instead of using the original songs from the original Rodgers And Hammerstein's Cinderella they put five but the other songs came from other musicals but Whitney sang the finale song. Another thing is that Disney did NOT release a soundtrack to this movie considering it was a huge hit. This movie may be well done but the original Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella is better in my eyes

 

[Mommb]

The original idea for a remake of Cinderella came from Whitney Houston in 1993 (after a successful TV production of Gypsy, starring Bette Midler). She had originally intended to play the lead, but the project took so long to develop that she no longer felt right for the role and suggested Brandy play the lead instead.

 

[elaine amj]

i absolutely love the movie version. And Paolo Estaban and Brandy were fabulous together.