BAD CINDERELLA to close on June 4 — Page 16

dseaver70 said: "Nah, "not great" is a very kind assessment, but I did NOT have fun. I have lived in New York for a quarter of a century and this is the WORST Broadway musical I have ever seen (and I saw things like Glory Days, Soul Doctor, Scandalous....and PARADISE SQUARE). When it comes to expanding on this, I don't even know where to start. Design performances, writing....but DIRECTION! LAZY, AWFUL and at time HEINOUS! Is this the new standard for Broadway?"]]

Laurence Connor should simply not be hired and I don't understand why ALW or Cameron are obsessed with him other than that he just follows their orders. He is not West End standard or Broadway standard. His best work is where he has plagiarised others' direction and he isn't one I would entrust an original piece with.

nativenewyorker2 said: "Voter said: "Two questions:



1. Do we know why Ray Baynard left the show?

2. Is Jordan Dobson just on leave and do we know when he'll be returning to the show? I don't remember the last time a lead was out of a preview process like this (outside of COVID/illness)"

Probably just wasn’t fulfilling or meaningful to him. Unless there’s another story out there

This show is pretty much dreck through and through, but I think I kind of had fun? The tone of the show is definitely off and teeters between farce, pantomime, camp, and some other things, but never quite commits to one. The book is full of gaping plot holes and bad jokes. The score fares a little better than the book. There are some good songs in the show, and I enjoyed the orchestrations.

The cast does their best, but even Carolee Carmello and Grace McLean can't spin gold from nothing. Linedy Genao was alright - nothing too memorable or special about her performance, but not terrible either. Jordan Dobson's voice sounded great, especially considering he had been out sick recently.

The set and costumes looked cheap, cheap, cheap. The cutouts for the village buildings were very wobbly and looked like they might topple at any second. Cinderella's ball gown looks just like a cheap knock off of Elsa's dress from Frozen, and between that costume design, the quick change, and lighting effects, I was fully prepared for her to start singing "Let It Go" to close the first act. There were some nice moments with the lighting design.

I don't think this will be received well critically, and I can't imagine there will be very many (if any) Tony nominations for this. While I had fun, I can't really say I'd recommend this one unless you can see it for less than $50 and are fresh out of options from this other season's offerings.

I'm hoping to get some seating advice. As a general rule:

• I much prefer orchestra over mezzanine.
• For side orchestra seating, I don't like being more than one or two seats off the aisle.

For the performance I'm interested in, I can get:

• Center orchestra row M for $215.50
• Center front mezzanine row B for $145.50

I believe the mezz overhangs orchestra row H at the Imperial, which suggests that the mezz seats would be a little bit closer to the stage than the orchestra seats. However, my primary concern is whether the view from center orchestra row M view would be impeded by the mezz overhang [I hate when the overhang makes the stage appear "letterboxed"]. I looked at pics on View From My Seat and found them inconclusive in this regard. If anyone has experience with this area, I would really appreciate any insight you might be able to offer.

Updated On: 3/15/23 at 11:15 AM

TaffyDavenport said: "This is from M 2:

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Thanks Taffy. As this image includes a copyright, I'm assuming it's not yours. I looked at several similar shots on View From My Seat, and some (like this one) suggest that the mezz overhang does not intrude on the view of the stage, while others seems to show the ceiling of the overhang across the top. I'm still confused!

That pic is from Seatplan, which is the only site I use for looking at seat location photos. I’m happy it’s becoming popular in the states because it’s saved me so many times in the UK from choosing terrible seats. Also, if you sign up and upload pics of your own you can earn telecharge gift certificates. I’ve redeemed hundreds of dollars worth of them from Seatplan, so it is 100% legit and reliable.

Totally my pleasure!!!!!

Jordan Catalano said: "That pic is from Seatplan, which is the only site I use for looking at seat location photos. I’m happy it’s becoming popular in the states because it’s saved me so many times in the UK from choosing terrible seats. Also, if you sign up and upload pics of your own you can earn telecharge gift certificates. I’ve redeemed hundreds of dollars worth of them from Seatplan, so it is 100% legit and reliable."

Thank you for this!! I've been shopping for tickets for my London trip and was so confused as to why A View From My Seat barely had any pics for the West End theatres, so I've been booking blindly. This site is SO helpful! Just checked the view for the exact seats I have booked for Cabaret, Crazy For You and Pretty Woman and they're all fantastic! You've really helped me out!

And for the time being, it's great to be posting on SeatPlan because they'll give you double points since there aren't as many photos yet (which means you can collect gift cards quicker). I think the main issue is people don't know about it as much, but it's so much easier to use than View From My Seat for Broadway shows, so it's where I go first.

Interesting. NY Tix currently has COME FALL IN LOVE listed as previews starting on Nov 8th followed by an opening date of Dec 1st…… At the Imperial Theatre.

Does this mean a BAD CINDERELLA closing announcement is already in the works…?

EDSOSLO858 said: "NYTix is an unreliable source."



That definitely makes sense! It’s just funny that they would pull a preview/opening date AND a theatre out of thin air… But you’re probably right, although it’ll be interesting to see what happens!

BEGGING for BWW users to stop going on NYTIX thinking they’re coming here with a scoop.

Lot666 said: "Does anyone know the name of the song they used here (I'm assuming it's *not* from the show)?

https://twitter.com/badcinderella/status/1636879278976516098?s=20"

Please tell me you’re joking



that’s Sam smith and Kim Petras singing Unholy. It just won a Grammy a few weeks ago