Sisterella

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|name=Sisterella

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|music=Larry Hart

|lyrics=Larry Hart

|book=Larry Hart

|basis= {{Based on|Cinderella|Charles Perrault}}

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• NAACP Theatre Awards for Best Musical
• NAACP Theatre Awards for Best Director
• NAACP Theatre Awards for Best Musical Staging and Choreography

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Sisterella is a musical, presented and produced by Michael Jackson with Miramax Films in association with Tribeca. Music, lyrics and book are by Larry Hart. The original choreographer was Ramon Del Barrio.

The musical has been described as a "spoofy Cinderella-based African-American musical." It was originally planned for a Broadway run in the fall of 1997.{{cite web|title=Jackson to Produce New Musical : Theater: Self-described King of Pop will give financial backing to 'Sisterella,' scheduled to open in Pasadena in March.|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-07-26-ca-27889-story.html|work=Los Angeles Times|date=26 July 1995 |access-date=10 March 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210310114454/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-07-26-ca-27889-story.html|archive-date=10 March 2021|url-status=live}} The show sold out its March to April 1996 original run at the Pasadena Playhouse in Pasadena, California.{{cite web|title=The Latest on Sisterella|url=https://www.playbill.com/article/the-latest-on-sisterella-com-70758|website=Playbill|access-date=9 March 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210309182409/https://www.playbill.com/article/the-latest-on-sisterella-com-70758|archive-date=9 March 2021|url-status=live}} It toured the United States, Europe and Australia.{{cite web|title=Brown Stars in 'Surround Sound' Sisterella, Melbourne Mar. 7|url=https://www.playbill.com/article/brown-stars-in-surround-sound-sisterella-melbourne-mar-7-com-73693|website=Playbill|access-date=10 March 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210310115654/https://www.playbill.com/article/brown-stars-in-surround-sound-sisterella-melbourne-mar-7-com-73693|archive-date=10 March 2021|url-status=live}} Hart created the book and the music with the reader workshops at the New York's Musical Theatre Works, which did the workshops on Disney's Beauty and the Beast.