Cinderella, Cinderella, Comedy-Sportz. Bucking the trend of imbuing fairy tales, especially this one, with allusions to mythic journeys and feminist psychology, this interactive matinee gets back to basics: girl mistreated, evil steps, good fairy godmother, prince, slipper–you know the drill. The improv-derived script moves the story along while allowing the performers to take some amusing liberties with the characters. Lauren Bishop’s dewy-eyed Cinderella plays straight waif to a larger-than-life stepmother (Matt Elwell, weighing in at about 270 and playing the role like a swarthy Divine), some butt-ugly stepsisters (Brendan Dowling and Joey Bland), and a vaudevillian pair of fairy godmothers: Heather Simms as poofy, bewanded Maggaline and Theresa Ryan as Frances, decked out in a practical pink running suit and silver sneakers.
