Once Upon a Mattress (Apollo Theater)

If you thought you knew the story of “The Princess and the Pea” you may be for a walloping surprise! Did you know, for instance, that Princess Winnifred actually swam the moat to reach Prince Dauntless the Drab? Or that, in fact, it wasn’t a pea at all that caused the princess a sleepless night? Carried on a wave of wonderful songs, this rollicking spin on the familiar classic of royal courtship provides for some side-splitting shenanigans.