Roald Dahl’s THE WITCHES musical by Malloy & Kirkwood to premiere this fall — Page 2

Jay Lerner-Z said: "I'm not trying to overstate it, and maybe I'm misremembering, but I thought there was some talk about it when the Robert Zemeckis movie came out. I remember Anne Hathaway having to apologize over something.”

If I recall correctly, the apologies/controversy over the Zemeckis remake had to do with the design of their hands and feet, as they chose to go with lizard-like features that had only three fingers and toes. It was deemed as being insensitive to those afflicted with ectrodactyly, a condition where children are born with fused fingers or toes that resemble claws. Grady Stiles, who performed under the name Lobster Boy, is one of the more recent and infamous examples of someone born with this condition.

First song from Roald Dahl’s THE WITCHES with the National Theatre cast (will be available to stream Nov 3)

Wow, adorable! Curious about it's place in the story. Thanks for sharing!

I like some of the orchestrations, but overall I find that song to be quite dull.

Very reminiscent of “when I grow up,” but doesn’t have the same effect. I’m still a fan of it, so far. Curious what the rest of the score will sound like. Dave Malloy is easily one of my favorite composers/lyricists. Something I didn’t know is that he has a co-lyricist on this; So, we’re definitely not going to be getting the same style music as his previous solo works.

The boy's name will be Luke in the musical. Same as the 1990 movie.

There’s a “16” printed next to the song in the sheet music so I’m guessing it comes late in the show if that’s the song number.

First two previews canceled.

A bizarre but welcome surprise, looking forward to hearing most of this score again.

Scarywarhol said: "Now release Malloy's Moby-Dick."

Seriously. That score was tremendous. I really hope it sees another production sometime.

Kad said: "Scarywarhol said: "Now release Malloy's Moby-Dick."

Seriously. That score was tremendous. I really hope it sees another production sometime."

I talked to him at the Guggenheim when he was doing a preview of some songs for Octet right before that opened. I asked him if Moby Dick was ever going to play in NYC (I think this was before the ART premiere was announced) and he said not at first, but it would eventually. I wonder what happened

sppunk said: "I just had flashback nightmares from seeing this show in December 2023. My god was itbad imo. And I was so angry we wasted money on it instead of some better West End performance."

I so wanted to leave at intermission but at that point it was too late to do anything else, so I stayed for Act II, and it only got worse. Some shows are meh, some boring, but this one made me angry as well. Over-the-top, grating performances— never seen anything so amateurish at the National. I have loved Dave Malloy’s other scores, but this was not memorable