The director of the show, Laurence Connor, found out in a similar manner ALW told Connor through a voicemail while he was in Australia. The email arrived not only past 6 p.m., but during a long weekend. Half an hour before the message from the friend came, Strallen’s agent had an email telling them about the closing. She stated that she first learned of the closing through a text message from a friend. Summer Strallen, who was supposed to take the role of the Queen, wrote an article in the Guardian detailing how she found out. The replacement cast for the 2023 run found out in similar ways.ĭaisy Blanche Twells, who was going to be a member of the replacement cast, found out through social media even though she had already signed a contract. Instead, in a tweet she has since deleted, she stated other cast members told her and that was how she found out. Carrie Hope Fletcher, the star of the show and the actress playing Cinderella, was not there to find out on May 1. The cast performing on May 1 found out that day following the matinee. On May 1, 2022, the Cinderella Twitter page announced the final performance to be June 12. Tickets went on sale for productions up until this time. In February of 2022, it was announced that the show would continue into February of 2023. He said that he doesn’t “have a right to have musicals in the theatre,” even though he currently has his shows playing in 21 different places around the world, including tours, and his net worth is a cozy £820 million.Ĭinderella came to a close in June of 2022, but it wasn’t always supposed to have closed then. In addition, ALW said during that interview that the performers worked in a “service industry.” By that standard, wouldn’t ALW also work in the service industry? Yet, he never included himself in that statement. Performers at the time were doing everything possible to keep the show going with constant closures because of COVID. Instead, he said in an interview that “nobody has a right to be on the stage,” and that younger members of the cast did not know that.ĭespite what ALW said after the fact, reports said that his words over the phone left many cast members in tears. ALW did not deny this incident but said that it hadn’t happened previously. Over the loudspeakers of the Gillian Lynne Theatre where the show is performed, a phone call from ALW scolded the cast. According to these claims, ALW was concerned about the musical being able to go to Broadway. Following a poor review written by a journalist from the New York Post, claims have been made that ALW just screamed at the cast of Cinderella. By November of 2021, problems arose again for Cinderella. ALW was willing and ready to do anything to make sure the show opened on July 14, but it didn’t.Įventually, the show did open, but that doesn’t mean ALW was happy.
He went as far as to say that the cast had “no chance of infection being passed” so long as they followed protective measures. Prior to this, ALW stated that the show would “open, come hell or high water.” He was willing to be arrested, so long as it meant Cinderella would open. In a statement, ALW said he was devastated that the show could not go on. The show was supposed to open August 2020 but had to be cancelled due to COVID, and was rescheduled for July 14, 2021. The story gets a little complicated, but the couple ends up together in the finale. Cinderella and the Prince are friends before the ball, but he doesn’t recognize her at the ball. It has a more modern feel instead of having magic, the Godmother is a plastic surgeon. It portrays Cinderella as a more outspoken and rebellious character, prone to vandalism and considered to be “Bad Cinderella” according to a song. Most recently, ALW has written his own version of Cinderella.ĪLW’s Cinderella opened in August 2021. On average, each performer sustained three injuries. His show ‘ Starlight Express’ was found to be the most dangerous production on the West End in the 90s because the performers were on roller skates. These are people like Rodgers and Hammerstein, Stephen Sondheim, and the man of the hour, Andrew Lloyd Webber.Īndrew Lloyd Webber (ALW) has written 21 musicals, including Phantom of the Opera, Jesus Christ Superstar, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, and Cats (yes, the musical that inspired the 2019 film).
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There has probably been a movie or two made based on their shows. They will always have a show on the West End and Broadway. The musical theater community has several composers who are household names. The tales of woe and mistreatment of performers in this telling of Cinderella
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