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I'm a vulture? 

No personal judgment on this show because I haven't seen it, but it has the feel of a show that is going to get shut out on Tony nominations morning.

Matt Rogers said: "Funny how the usual vultures are in the edge of their seats looking to pounce and gloat over every bad review."

No one here is a vulture. Reviews are recapped and discussed like this for every opening night, and contributors are just acknowledging that everything predicted since the announcement of this show’s transfer has come true. Calling people names for discussing this inevitable outcome seems like an excuse to shake your finger at everyone and fill up some personal, inner void to feel morally superior. Grow up.

Andrew has enough going on as it is, he wanted to give himself an excuse to be up at 4am London time?!

Kad said: "Matt Rogers said: "songanddanceman2 said: "I'm a vulture?"

Did anyone name you? In any case, his son is in hospice tonight, about to pass away, so maybe you people can keep your usual gloating about bad reviews to a minimum. But I won't hold my breath."

Jesus Christ.

Hilarious, I am sure he is sitting there refreshing this thread to see what everyone is saying.  Give me a break.

 

Kad said: "Matt Rogers said: "songanddanceman2 said: "I'm a vulture?"

Did anyone name you? In any case, his son is in hospice tonight, about to pass away, so maybe you people can keep your usual gloating about bad reviews to a minimum. But I won't hold my breath."

Jesus Christ.

"

Do you have a point to make or do you just want to say Jesus Christ? 

Deadline is mixed:

"What Bad Cinderella does have is an amusing enough premise, an appealing score of songs that please in the moment, a gorgeous set design, performers that give it their all, and just enough rousing, good-natured moments to hold onto hopes that Bad Cinderella will arrive somewhere transformative before Dorothy has to return to Kansas."

"By the time it reaches its happily-ever-after ending – the musical doesn’t pretend for a moment it won’t get there – Bad Cinderella leaves us both more or less satisfied and more or less disappointed (you’ll think of the loose ends before you hit the exit door; whatever did happen to that we coulda been friends alliance between the good-bad heroine and her bad-bad stepsister?). It’s certainly not the worst Andrew Lloyd Webber musical (Aspects of Love is safe), nor as remotely problematic (or distinctive) as Evita. Put it somewhere between School of Rock and The Woman in White, enjoy it, and hope for a happier ending next time around."

songanddanceman2 said: "Matt Rogers.

What an earth are you talking about? This is not about Andrews son, that situation is just awful.

This is about a show, a show that is opening tonight, and people have posted reviews for years on here for years. I'm not seeing gloating, I'm seeing people sharing opinions. I'm Interested in seeing the reviews as I watched it in London and thought it was awful. I wanted to see if anything had changed and how this would play to American audiences.

Stop bringing up the poor man's son when others are not."

I'm not the first one who has brought up the situation with his son, but considering what is going on, the gloating, catty comments could take a f*cking pause. But with the ghouls on this board, I guess not. 

Two stars from Time Out NY:

https://www.timeout.com/newyork/theater/bad-cinderella-broadway-review-musical-andrew-lloyd-webber

"The score, by Lloyd Webber and lyricist David Zippel, goes in one ear and comes out the other without troubling anything in between. You are unlikely to remember much of it, except the oft-repeated title-song motif—which has an advantage coming in, since it shamelessly evokes “In My Own Little Corner,” from Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella—and perhaps “Only You, Lonely You,” a ballad that Dobson delivers with suitable ardor. Directed sleekly by Lloyd Webber loyalist Laurence Connor, Bad Cinderella is the kind of show that seems destined to be left behind. It’s a shiny glass slip-up. "

Matt Rogers said: "Opening night is at Chelsea Piers. Great atmosphere. Lots of fun."

Shame Lloyd Webber can't be there at the party. Would have brought down the house with another DJ set, like when Phantom reopened on Broadway. 

Gotta be there for your son though when he's seriously ill. Wishing everyone the best. 

NYTimes “Bad Cinderella - The Title Warned Us”

Didn't catch that they changed the book credit sometime after the start of previews. There are now 4 authors on the line together:

Original Story & Book by Emerald Fennell, Book Adaptation by Alexis Scheer

(Scheer was originally announced as "additional book material)