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Shakespeare Theatre Company to host Britney Spears musical

Once Upon a One More Time will debut on 30 November at company’s flagship theater in Washington DC

Broadway producers and Washington DC’s Shakespeare Theatre Company are teaming up to host the world premiere of Britney Spears Once Upon a One More Time, a musical wrought from the pop star’s songbook, the Washington Post reported on Thursday.

This Tony award-winning theater is hosting the “pre-Broadway tryout of a commercial musical inspired by a pop phenom” which, the Post notes, is “the first such event in the company’s 35-year history”.

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