That includes Terrence Mann ("The Addams Family, " "Beauty and the Beast, " the original "Cats") as the king, and Charlotte d'Amboise ("A Chorus Line, " "Jerome Robbins' Broadway") as the sexy stepmother.

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Like that other great Florentine family, the Medicis, the Guccis produced great beauty and great soap opera.

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