Posted: 2/14/20 at 7:49pm
I've been skeptical about this new Andrew Lloyd Webber Cinderella, but I'm a little more intrigued today after hearing this one song snippet and after watching him describe the unusual take on the story. I don't know that we need another Cinderella musical, but I'm curious to see what he's come up with.
Posted: 2/14/20 at 9:06pm
Can you post a link to the snippet? I'm definitely curious as well, and I've been a fan of (some) ALW stuff in the past, so interested to see what kind of take he's doing here.
Posted: 2/14/20 at 9:36pm
I assume you mean the snippet at the end of this article?
https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Carrie-Hope-Fletcher-Will-Lead-Andrew-Lloyd-Webbers-New-Production-of-CINDERELLA-in-the-West-End-20200214
Posted: 2/14/20 at 10:28pm
Posted: 2/15/20 at 8:11pm
Regem10 said: "The whole thing seems a bit like Soho Cinders... Also am I the only one who hears "In My Own Little Corner" in the snippet??"
Nope. The first phrase is a modulation of “In My Own Little Corner”
Posted: 2/15/20 at 8:26pm
I heard “In My Own Little Corner,” too. Good to know I’m not crazy! I don’t mind a nod to a beloved adaptation in a larger score, but I do wonder if it’s wise to choose that particular bit to introduce your version of the story for the first time? Especially when the lyrics that accompany it are kind of... opaque? “Call me bad Cinderella, I will not say good-bye, I’ve been living since I met you, I’ll forget you.” Forget the context of the show, but what a strange and confusing collection of lyrics to introduce your show with...
Ah well. I love Cinderella adaptations (although I’m usually lukewarm to ones that go for a contemporary setting*) and I’ve enjoyed many ALW musicals in the past. I’ve been keeping my eye on this one and I hope I will be impressed.
* Nevermind it seems they intend to go with a fairytale aesthetic based on an interview with several members of the team. We’ll see, it definitely sounds like a fresh take on the material and I welcome that.
Updated On: 2/15/20 at 08:26 PM
Posted: 2/16/20 at 1:15am
Gorlois said: "Especially when the lyrics that accompany it are kind of... opaque? “Call me bad Cinderella, I will not say good-bye, I’ve been living since I met you, I’ll forget you.” "
I heard, "I've been leaving since I met you". Not really an original idea for a lyric; I've heard the phrase used before... like most of Lloyd-Webber's stuff. 
Posted: 2/16/20 at 5:25am
Posted: 2/16/20 at 7:10am
I’m not a huge fan of Carrie Hope Fletcher, I feel she’s a little too sugarcoated for my liking, but I will say that it’s great to see a body positive, curvy actress playing the lead in a fairytale musical.
Posted: 2/16/20 at 10:18am
Gorlois said: "Oh that would make so much more sense! It must be “leaving” not “living.” But I still only hear “living” when she sings it."
I wonder who she's singing those thoughts to? If it's Charming, I'm not really buying into her character.
Posted: 2/16/20 at 11:48am
Posted: 2/16/20 at 12:08pm
Posted: 2/16/20 at 12:58pm
Gorlois said: "Oh that would make so much more sense! It must be “leaving” not “living.” But I still only hear “living” when she sings it."
I think we should ask Man in Chair. If only we had a clearer clip where someone didnt drop a cane on the most important word....
Posted: 2/16/20 at 1:13pm
Posted: 2/16/20 at 1:14pm
So I wasn't at all interested in this but then I saw who's writing it. Hrmm. Too bad ALW hasn't written a score that I've loved in years.
Posted: 2/16/20 at 1:52pm
Plannietink08 said: "I’m not a huge fan of Carrie Hope Fletcher, I feel she’s a little too sugarcoated for my liking, but I will say that it’s great to see a body positive, curvy actress playing the lead in a fairytale musical."
I couldn’t agree more about how great it is to see someone with her body type playing this lead role. This is great.
Posted: 2/16/20 at 6:53pm
Posted: 2/17/20 at 11:21am
Don't get me wrong, Cinderella is my favorite princess, but between Disney's (excellent) live-action rendering, the 2013 Broadway Rodgers and Hammerstein show, this project, and the Camilla Cabello movie in production, I can't help but feel we're getting inundated with her. It's not like there aren't a hundred other fairytales that haven't had even one fresh adaptation yet.
Posted: 2/18/20 at 8:41am
While I would've preferred a completely new story, I am intrigued by the plot variations they've described, and that 19 seconds of piano in the clip got my attention and quickly became lodged in my brain. Haters gonna hate, but I loved it.
Posted: 3/9/20 at 5:21am
Cinderella is my favorite story, and Cinderella's my favorite literary character. I only like classic, faithful, and "once upon a time" versions, but this may have a modern story I like, and I'm glad it's still set "once upon a time". I love that the actress playing Cinderella is a big girl. The only thing from this I don't like is the music from that clip. It sounds way too modern and I just plain don't like the melody. And yes, the beginning of it sounds too much like "In My Own Little Corner"! Also, I can't tell if she's saying "living" or "leaving" when "living" is what it sounds like to me, though "leaving" does make more sense. I think she actually is talking about leaving the prince and not the stepfamily because this musical is about her deciding she doesn't need to transform for anybody. I am guessing she will decide she doesn't need to transform for the prince and goes after Sebastian the "adorable oddball" and the gay prince finally gets to be himself with the duke. Original? Yeah. But that's weird. Ok so there are two things I don't like from this, the music and that Cinderella doesn't get with a prince who loves her lol.
Posted: 4/22/20 at 1:36pm
Carrie Hope Fletcher sings a snippet of Bad Cinderella from her kitchen. That's the song title, notnecessarily a reflection on quality. Bad Cinderella
Posted: 4/22/20 at 2:38pm
Weird to hear another tune with yet ANOTHER quote from In My Own Little Corner in the second line. Is Andrew just trolling us now?
Posted: 9/8/20 at 1:43pm
I just heard a fragment of ALW's song on the radio and instinctively sang "In My Own Little Corner" to it.
Posted: 9/8/20 at 1:53pm
ggersten said: "
Carrie Hope Fletcher sings a snippet of Bad Cinderella from her kitchen. That's the song title, not necessarily a reflection on quality. Bad Cinderella"
I'd argue it's both
Posted: 9/8/20 at 2:02pm
