NEW YORKNEW YORK — You’re handed an LED wristband as you enter “Once Upon a One More Time,” a musical on Broadway stuffed with Britney Spears songs. But the gift is strangely inert for the whole show, ...

While it is debatable that the life of the newly emancipated Britney Spears is a fairy tale at present, the singer’s catalog of hits surely has the feel of a fable with feminist-forward empowerment.

Once upon a time, Britney Spears was a fledgling theater kid. “She really is a Broadway baby,” says Jennifer Simard, who plays the wicked Stepmother in the fairy tale-inspired show. “It’s kind of ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by The Britney Spears jukebox musical, about fairy tale princesses fighting for their emancipation, comes up short as a narrative of feminist awakening.

To use the Britney Spears catalog as the material for a musical preaching feminist enlightenment is, to put it mildly, a stretch. The now reclusive pop star’s heavily sexualized and self-objectifying ...

This image released by Vivacity Media Group shows the company during a performance of the musical “Once Upon a One More Time.” NEW YORK — You’re handed an LED wristband as you enter “Once Upon a One ...

NEW YORK (AP) — You're handed an LED wristband as you enter “Once Upon a One More Time,” a musical on Broadway stuffed with Britney Spears songs. But the gift is strangely inert for the whole show, ...