This is Goldilocks like you've never seen her. Bathed in a golden light, she looks out from a photo resembling a fashion magazine spread with a commanding stare, surrounded by massive teddy bears.

“This incarnation of Cinderella delivers a message which reverberates across our season. Two young women contend with their own sense of place and identity, and wow, are they competitive,” Ivers said.

It is often thought that fairy tales live on because they express unchanging truths about the human condition. Cultural historians might question this. These stories shift and evolve, refracted ...

The show is a contemporary riff on the classic fairy tale, and deals with contemporary experiences, like immigration, language barriers in schools, and the expectations put on well-performing children ...