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JasonC3 said: "Over on the UK site some are blaming nominators for an anti-ALW bias."

LOL!

HOT MERCH THO

It looks like the show’s YouTube channel will be going live this Tuesday (May 9) at 8:30 PM for the top of Act Two.

BCfitasafiddle said: "why are they talking about it so much and posting about it so much? It only fuels the fire. Just block out the noise like everyone does on social media. This show is not unique in its online hatred. Plus, I don't think any of the negative comments are ever in regard to the talent onstage. It's about the show itself and that alone. I digress."


Desperation seeps down from the top. The producers are taking the most desperate of all measures (firing the agency, etc to try to keep it going), and there have probably been "cheerleading" all-company meetings presided over by the producers, to make the producers look good and to attempt to offer some level of transparency to their employees.

Because actors are empowered to use their social media to promote their work, there's a belief that they can make a meaningful change. They can't, not on the level that this show needs. But if it helps them feel more involved in the show's success, that's fine. It's hard to divorce yourself from sales vs audience reaction vs social as they all relate to your job, and the reviews and nominations tell them that their work isn't being taken seriously by the industry at large.

Updated On: 5/5/23 at 03:56 PM

Saw the matinee this afternoon. The orchestra level was about 80% full. Really, really enjoyed it. Full of energy, and Carolee Carmello was fantastic - as always.

I’m kind of bummed there likely won’t be a Broadway cast album but if the creative team is planning to ultimately license the somewhat better received West End version of the show instead then they won’t really need a reference recording with the new songs.

GoldenGiggery said: "Carolee is tired of it:


I'm tired of it frankly. I wish so many good actors didn't have to defend themselves from nasty hatemongers but also, a show that's this terrible. This whole thing should've just lived and died in the West End; the only reason it was brought and given a new shellacking was ALW's hubris to maintain his show streak."

Right. Fairly sure no actors were forced to be in this and they all accepted jobs without being coerced. And they all seem genuinely very happy working in the show and also to believe in it. The vile abuse they are getting is external.

On the 2nd point, in London RUG can be a sole producer and can launch in an LW theatre so ALW “hubris” could bring a show to fruition (I don’t think it does but it could). On Broadway, due to financing models and sharing of risk, it’s pretty much impossible to be a sole producer. So several other producers clearly believed in this show enough to stage it. (And ALW can’t force a theatre his company doesn’t own to take a show). Now, they may well have been wrong. But it’s factually incorrect to state that ALW hubris can bring a show to the Broadway stage.

Saw the show for a third time this afternoon- first time without Genao and let me just say Savy Jackson should have been the leading woman this whole time. Her voice has power behind it and a beautiful tone, her Cinderella I can sympathize with and she fits what I said earlier: "Give me a reason the townspeople hate Cinderella other than the banner." Her chemistry with the actor of Sebastian was so much better in my opinion and it was the best time I've seen them this entire run. The ensemble was amazing as always, though the lyric changes from the UK to the USA are still so rough in some parts, not due to the actors. I found the audience today to be kind of weird compared to weekday nights- there was a child behind me who kept getting confused (I think the parents didn't realize this wasn't traditional Cinderella), another person walked in during intermission and thought they were at Dancin before leaving for the Music Box, and somebody seated near me just left after "I Know I have a Heart" and never came back. The whole second act was really hard to follow until this viewing, but nobody is going to view this show enough times to absorb it. It's such a fun time, and tickets are super cheap (or free if you're looking in the right places) so please give it a chance! Especially on a Sunday Matinee... You will not regret missing Genao and getting a performance that actually made me appreciate Cinderella as a character instead of feeling annoyed by her.

A younger more diversified queer group of people are free to make their own version of cinderella. White people don’t need to let them do it.

Tomorrow night's livestream of the top of Act Two will also be simulcast on the Bad Cinderella website.

https://badcinderellabroadway.com/livestream/

Updated On: 5/8/23 at 03:06 PM

Broadway Flash said: "I disagree with savy Jackson. I thought she sounded terrible and was extremely dull. No emotional connection whatsoever."

I honestly thought both Linedy Genao and Savy Jackson were both pretty bland and bad in the role in their own ways. Savy Jackson wins in my book, though, because she wasn't grating and annoying...

Meh, the London version of this number was better. I know they could not replicate the spinning seats on Broadway, but that made the ball so magical. Also, the orchestrations from London sounded better than this one.

I agree that the orchestrations sound better here. A shame they likely won’t get recorded.