It's all about the image. Disney movies and fairy tales are sending young women the wrong message and they are suffering from The Princess Complex. In fact, they are feeling Disenchanted.
Led by a militant Snow White (Michelle Knight), simple Cinderella (Becky Gulsvig) and ditzy Sleeping Beauty, the princesses tell their stories of what happens after… “happily ever after.” In song, they confide how they are starving in order to keep their figures trim, over-developed because they are drawn by men, and always waiting for princes to rescue them.
In the fluffy Off-Broadway musical, six talented women play the various Disney princesses. Without using the copyrighted material, the show uses lines and references to the movies. It’s bad enough that Disney creates unrealistic expectations for girls; he doesn’t even share the royalties. The book, music and lyrics by Dennis T. Giacino are current and often clever (“whistling, Bisseling, bristling”)