What can you say when the Broadway version and the DVD seem to present differing plots, songs, and lines? Some of re-arranging of scenes and songs "seem" to fit but, when watching in one run, the differences are glaring. The Broadway show is tighter and flows along. The DVD seems a bit sloppy at times with some bits not even coming to a satisfying tie. The play does leave out how they discover the test, which the DVD clarifies, and if you were to present this, I recommend you try to find a way to put it in the play. I do not think you can fault the cast of the DVD because of the material they were given with which to work. As a whole the cast over comes the age, songs, and all to present a fun one-Time viewing. As to multiple viewings, once really is enough. Carol Burnett, as always, is great as well as Zooey Deschanel, the fun Tommy Smothers as King, but the rest seem to walk through a lack luster script, trying just to get to the end.
Review of Once Upon a Mattress
