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Re: Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cinderella
Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2020 8:14 pm
by Sotiris
Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cinderella Musical Pushes Back Start Date in London
https://www.broadway.com/buzz/198691/an ... in-london/
Re: Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cinderella
Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2020 11:01 pm
by Disney Duster
DisneyFan97, I would see Frozen since you are more of a Disney fan and we already know that show is fairly good.
Re: Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cinderella
Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2020 10:33 pm
by Disney Duster
Catherine Hope Fletcher is Cinderella, and here is what she looks like, from a photoshoot for the show:
I love that she is a bigger, full-figured woman! I hope she wears a more fairytale costume in the show though! lol
Here she is presenting herself:
Carrie Hope Fletcher is Cinderella | Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cinderella
Here is Sir Webber talking about the show:
Andrew, Emerald & Carrie in Conversation | Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cinderella
I love that it will be set in a beautiful fairytale kingdom! But I am sad that this Cinderella doesn't want to transform into a princess.
Here is a preview of the musical with some of a song:
Meet Cinderella | Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cinderella
I hate the song. I hate it. Not the lyrics, but the melody, the music. It sounds too modern, and the beginning sounds like "In My Own Little Corner"! It's bad it's reminiscent of another song, and that is my least favorite Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella song, too. Plus I don't know if she's singing "I've been
living since I met you", or "I've been
leaving since I met you", as it sounds like "living" to me, but "leaving" makes more sense with the other lyrics. I predict she is singing she is leaving the prince, because in this show she doesn't want to transform for someone, and so she leaves him to be with the "adorable oddball Sebastian" and the prince is free to be with gay with the duke. That is what I predict for the show. And I don't like that.
Here's the logo:

Re: Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cinderella
Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2020 4:49 am
by DisneyFan97
Re: Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cinderella
Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2020 10:31 pm
by Disney Duster
Ok good choice DisneyFan97! I really hope you enjoy it!
Re: Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cinderella
Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2020 1:11 pm
by Sotiris
Victoria Hamilton-Barritt to Play Stepmother in New Cinderella Musical from Andrew Lloyd Webber
https://www.broadway.com/buzz/198894/ol ... yd-webber/
Re: Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cinderella
Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2020 10:29 pm
by Disney Duster
How is this still happening in October when everyone but those in dealing with essential matters is supposed to be quarantined?
Re: Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cinderella
Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2020 12:19 pm
by DisneyFan97
Re: Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cinderella
Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2020 10:31 pm
by Disney Duster
In this musical Sebastian is actually the name of the man Cinderella falls in love with instead of the Prince.
Neither the name Sebastian nor the name Marie appears in the original Charles Perrault Cinderella. As far as I know, neither name has been in any version of Cinderella before.
Re: Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cinderella
Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2020 2:48 am
by DisneyFan97
Disney Duster wrote:In this musical Sebastian is actually the name of the man Cinderella falls in love with instead of the Prince.
Neither the name Sebastian nor the name Marie appears in the original Charles Perrault Cinderella. As far as I know, neither name has been in any version of Cinderella before.
Sorry:oops:
Re: Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cinderella
Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2020 2:50 am
by DisneyFan97
Disney Duster wrote:In this musical Sebastian is actually the name of the man Cinderella falls in love with instead of the Prince.
Neither the name Sebastian nor the name Marie appears in the original Charles Perrault Cinderella. As far as I know, neither name has been in any version of Cinderella before.
The Rodgers and Hammerstein musical also called the godmother Marie.
It’s in the cast recording during the dialog parts of ” Impossible”
Re: Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cinderella
Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2020 2:55 am
by DisneyFan97
Re: Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cinderella
Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2020 5:19 am
by DisneyFan97
I think i misread. The servant character wasn't named Sebastian, his name was Jean in this version and Sebastian in the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical; i think
At least there is an older male character in this show called Jeam, that much i KNOW !

Re: Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cinderella
Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2020 11:13 pm
by Disney Duster
You don't sound stupid!
Sebastian is the evil minister in Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella, and Marie is the Fairy Godmother in Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella. So you are right about that.
However, no other famous version of the fairy tale had the name Sebastian or Marie before the Broadway version of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella.
Re: Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cinderella
Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2020 2:07 pm
by DisneyFan97
Re: Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cinderella
Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2020 5:56 pm
by blackcauldron85
Um, this is kind of the most relevant Andrew Lloyd Webber thread so:
Andrew Lloyd Webber Musicals Will Stream Online Free; Catch JOSEPH... This Friday, April 3
https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/A ... 3-20200402
This is amazing!
Re: Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cinderella
Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2020 12:20 pm
by blackcauldron85
“My newest is ‘Cinderella.’ No conventional Cinderella — but fun. Ready for rehearsal, orchestral arrangements done, we hoped for a workshop in three weeks. But nobody’s even making scenery. I’m hoping for maybe October on Broadway.”
https://pagesix.com/2020/04/08/andrew-l ... rella/amp/
Re: Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cinderella
Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2020 4:41 pm
by UmbrellaFish
I’m glad he’s committed to Phantom reopening. I can’t believe he’s thinking about Cinderella for Broadway in October— was that in the cards before? Is he shooting for Broadway now just because he expects a lot of theatres will be vacant after this?
Re: Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cinderella
Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2020 5:26 pm
by Sotiris
UmbrellaFish wrote:I can’t believe he’s thinking about Cinderella for Broadway in October— was that in the cards before?
Yes, he's been eying Broadway from the start.
Re: Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cinderella
Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2020 5:42 pm
by UmbrellaFish
But everything announced so far has been about the West End... I’m sure it would have reached Broadway eventually, assuming its wasn’t an outright flop in the UK, maybe a year or two later— but aiming for Broadway this October is news, no?