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Although mistreated by her cruel Stepmother (Ilka Chase) and stepsisters Portia (Kaye Ballard) and Joy (Alice Ghostley), Cinderella (Dame Julie Andrews) is able to attend the royal ball through the help of a Fairy Godmother (Edie Adams).

The Best of Broadway is a 60-minute live television anthology series that aired on CBS Television on Wednesdays at 10 p.m. Eastern Standard Time from September 15, 1954, to May 4, 1955, for a total of nine episodes. Each show was broadcast live in color from New York City, was an adaptation of a famous Broadway play, and included commercials for Westinghouse featuring Betty Furness. Using a "giant new studio", plays were presented in front of a studio audience, which contributed to a Broadway-like atmosphere.

A drama critic learns on his wedding day that his beloved maiden aunts are homicidal maniacs, and that insanity runs in his family.

Hattie Maloney runs a saloon in Panama where people congregate, singing and dancing to Cole Porter numbers. An upper class gentleman arrives and sparks fly between him and Hattie. They try to overcome complications between songs.

Tonights guests are Robert Young and Gina Lollobrigida.