Thought fairy tales were all pampered princesses and happily-ever-afters? Think again. The original versions of some of our best-loved fairy tales are a far cry from their Disney-fied incarnations ...

“Tangled,” which is based on the Brothers Grimm fairy tale, “Rapunzel,” was already in active development with the director of “The Greatest Showman,” Michael Gracey, lined up to take on the project.

Familiar fairy tale characters look for happily ever after in the Stephen Sondheim-James Lapine musical, but discover consequences to their choices ...