This battle between superficial beauty and a deeper beauty is something that appears to be at the core of this show. Once you peel back the layers it seems as though this world will not be as beautiful as first perceived. ” It is only when you look at this superficial beauty that things start to go wrong. However, in a recent video released on the Cinderella youtube channel, Andrew Lloyd Webber discussed the setting of Cinderella stating that it is set in “the most beautiful village that you’ll ever find, with the most beautiful people you’ll ever see. Little is known about how this version of Cinderella will deviate. In this song Cinderella is lamenting that it is “far too late to sing a love song.” She is vulnerable, open with her feelings, yet strong and assertive. This is a new side to Cinderella and gives her character a lot more depth. The second song ‘Far Too Late’ is definitely my favourite. I hope and think there will be more of this in the production. I hope this is explored more, instead of pitting women against each other, which is archaic and should be left behind with the original Cinderella story. I also am a huge fan of the idea that Cinderella is proud of her place as an outsider and reclaims the nickname that was given to her out of cruelty. What I do appreciate about this song is that it gives Cinderella a fierce and unashamedly strong persona. I wasn’t a huge fan of the use of the ‘In My Own Little Corner’ melody from Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella, it takes me out of the newness, and edginess of the song. Whilst trying to deliver this message Cinderella also seems to judge all girls who are not like her, singing “solely concerned with / what you are wearing / gossip and shopping.” There’s nothing wrong with liking a bit of shopping. I want to love it, I really do, and I appreciate the message it’s trying to put across be yourself and don’t let anyone else change you who are. ‘Bad Cinderella’ is now available to stream on Spotify, so I have been listening to it. I am also a huge fan of R odgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella – it’s a timeless classic.Īndrew Lloyd Webber has released two songs from Cinderella (both sung by Carrie Hope Fletcher), ‘Far Too Late’ and ‘Bad Cinderella,’ which reveal a lot more about this new production. Cinderella is a story which has been adapted a lot, most recently for the stage in December 2019 with Soho Cinders.
I was (and still am) a bit skeptical of this production. Andrew Lloyd Webber has teamed up with Emerald Fennell (book) and David Zippel (lyrics) to create a production of Cinderella “like you’ve never seen her before.” Joining them is Carrie Hope Fletcher ( Les Misérables, Heathers) in the titular role of Cinderella and Victoria Hamilton-Barrit ( Murder Ballad, In the Heigts) as the Stepmother. A lot has changed since then, and the musical has been postponed to April 2021. Performances were meant to begin in September 2020. The Broadway musical is produced by No Guarantees (Christine Schwarzman, president Darren Johnston, executive vice president) and Lloyd Webber’s Really Useful Group, with Wagner Johnson Productions as executive producers.Back in January, Andrew Lloyd Webber announced his new musical Cinderella. The musical then opened on the West End on August 18, 2021, had to close for about a month during the winter Omicron surge and ended its run in June 2022.Īt the time of closing, Lloyd Webber came under controversy for comments he wrote about the show’s end, calling the production a “costly mistake,” according to Variety, and later clarifying that he meant due to having opened the production “too early” amid government regulations on theaters, which led to the performance cancellations.īad Cinderella features lyrics by David Zippel, choreography by JoAnn M. The opening was then postponed a second time after a castmember tested positive for COVID-19, meaning performances had to be canceled due to West End protocols at the time. The musical’s August 2020 start was pushed to the summer of 2021, at which time the theater could only operate at 50 percent capacity. Originally titled Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cinderella, the musical was one of many productions on the West End to have its schedule impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. It comes to Broadway just as Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera ends its 35-year run.
We have been working hard on a few new songs for our Broadway opening and, with such a brilliant team, led by the spectacular Linedy, I know this is going to be really special,” Lloyd Webber said in the press release. “I am thrilled and delighted that we are bringing Bad Cinderella to the Imperial Theatre.
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