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Posted: 7/23/21 at 9:44am
Cinderella will return to the West End on August 18th, and a new trailer was just released:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyp26RkmMyU
Posted: 7/23/21 at 9:57am
Plannietink08 said: "So is ALW begging the UK government for help to open Cinderella after he chose not to open Cinderella?
Is he okay?"
Wel it wasn't really a choice not to open, was it? They couldn't open because one of the cast members was tested positive. Cinderella wasn't the only show that had to cancel dates because of this. It just so happend that one of these dates was opening night.
Posted: 7/23/21 at 8:28pm
Martijn-j said: "Plannietink08 said: "So is ALW begging the UK government for help to open Cinderella after he chose not to open Cinderella?
Is he okay?"
Wel it wasn't really a choice not to open, was it? They couldn't open because one of the cast members was tested positive. Cinderella wasn't the only show that had to cancel dates because of this. It just so happend that one of these dates was opening night.
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Yes.... but (a big but) it was also a choice to release an original statement that basically read as a temper tantrum on the level of a 3 year old that was so poorly worded people thought the show as just plain closing all together until a REAL press agent scrambled to fit the mess Sir Andy caused.
All this drama for a month long postponement. What a drama queen he has been. All that needed to be done was say, "We have a positive case in the company. We regret that we much cancel performances for the safety of our cast and crew. This is not a closure but a postponement and we will be back with new dates and a new opening night." Bless his press agent. Whatever they are getting paid, I am sure it's not enough.
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Posted: 7/23/21 at 9:32pm
a petulant 3 year old who announced he was taking MY Cinderella (his words) home as if it were a pail and shovel in the sandbox.
Posted: 7/24/21 at 8:56am
HogansHero said: "a petulant 3 year old who announced he was taking MY Cinderella (his words) home as if it were a pail and shovel in the sandbox."
Thank you for the laugh, Hogan! Literally did a spit take with me tea after reading this comment. Funny, but also true!
Posted: 7/24/21 at 9:21am
HogansHero said: "a petulant 3 year old who announced he was taking MY Cinderella (his words) home as if it were a pail and shovel in the sandbox."
But hasn't he been doing this for decades. Didn't he do the same thing when equity said Sarah Brightman could not open Phantom. Didn't he threaten to take "his pail and shovel" (Phantom) and not open in NYC but instead open in Las Vegas? He really is just a spoiled, petulant, self indulgent, entitled toddler.
Posted: 7/24/21 at 3:57pm
Can anyone who as seen the show offer any comment on the set design? From everything I've been able to see online it looks a little disappointing. I'm not in need of any helicopters or falling chandeliers, I just didn't expect it to look so cheap (and I'm sure nothing is really cheap anymore).
Also, can anyone confirm that there are only 7 musicians in the orchestra? That's another issue I'm disappointed with.
Posted: 7/24/21 at 4:16pm
morosco said: "Also, can anyone confirm that there are only 7 musicians in the orchestra? That's another issue I'm disappointed with."
No first hand knowledge but 7 was reported on the other board with the notation that the big numbers were recorded at Abbey Road.
Posted: 7/24/21 at 4:36pm
No first hand knowledge but 7 was reported on the other board with the notation that the big numbers were recorded at Abbey Road.
So the musicians heard in the big numbers during an actual performance are pre-recorded? Ugh.
Posted: 7/24/21 at 5:31pm
don't shoot the messenger.
Jordan, do the 10 listed include any who were just "delivering" the recorded sound?
Posted: 7/24/21 at 5:40pm
Posted: 7/24/21 at 5:58pm
The programme can be perused here.
https://en.calameo.com/read/0067707286b32b9bf59a5
Posted: 8/18/21 at 8:43pm
A 5-star rave from The Guardian for "Cinderella"
https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2021/aug/18/cinderella-review-not-so-much-a-ball-as-a-blast
Updated On: 8/18/21 at 08:43 PM
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Posted: 8/18/21 at 9:46pm
Jordan Levinson said: "These reviews shout “Broadway transfer” in the future. Is spring 2023 rational?"
I would think it would be rational. Of course, two days ago, he was telling people he may have to "sell" the show to an American producer. Whatever that means. Maybe we should wait for the arrival of someone rational before we finalize our thoughts on what's rational. 
Posted: 8/18/21 at 9:47pm
Jordan Levinson said: "These reviews shout “Broadway transfer” in the future. Is spring 2023 rational?"
That would be amazing! I really, really hope Carrie will get to do it here, she is the primary reason I want to see this so bad.
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Posted: 8/19/21 at 3:44am
Jordan Levinson said: "These reviews shout “Broadway transfer” in the future. Is spring 2023 rational?"
On Theatreboard, people say the show won't work on Broadway because audience won't get the humor and Americans are prudes.
The four reviews don't shout Broadway transfer. Let's see what other critics have to say. The Hamilton reviews shouted transfer; these four Cinderella reviews do not. Why does the world need another Cinderella musical?
