Lloyd Webber was criticised for the manner in which some current and future Cinderella cast members learned of its closure in 2022 via social media and for his suggestion, in a letter read out at its final night, that opening a new musical during the pandemic “ might have been a costly mistake”. The musical is a retooled version of Cinderella, which ran for just under a year (including a Covid-related break in performances) and suffered heavy losses at London’s Gillian Lynne theatre. It will have played 33 previews and 85 performances. Ticket sales have dipped despite a low average price for a big Broadway musical ($54 for last week). The show, which did not receive any nominations at this year’s Tony awards, has announced that “ the ball must come to an end” and that it will bow out at New York’s Imperial theatre on 4 June. The country is now recording an average of 50,000 new cases a day.Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Bad Cinderella is to close on Broadway just over 10 weeks after its official opening night. Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak are currently self-isolating after exposure to Health Secretary Sajid Javid who tested positive for COVID-19. Andrew Lloyd Webber was supposed to start rehearsals for his new musical Cinderella - but the pandemic happened and it prohibited them from beginning their. In recent days, Netflix’s “Bridgerton” season 2 and “Matilda” have had to pause due to positive COVID cases as has the play “The Browning Version,” starring Kenneth Branagh, and HBO’s “ Game of Thrones” prequel “House of the Dragon.” And later the same month, Weber and other industry stalwarts sued the government to reveal the results of their pilot scheme to bring audiences back to live events. In June, he had said he was prepared to court arrest if the government’s promise of returning to capacity audiences was not met.

government’s treatment of the beleaguered theater sector. Weber has been a trenchant critic of the U.K.

17, one night before the scheduled closing of the long-running Phantom. Freedom Day has turned into closure day.”Ī statement from Andrew Lloyd Webber /a47FN1anG3 Lloyd Webber announced Monday that his next musical, Bad Cinderella, will begin performances on Feb. My sadness for our cast and crew, our loyal audience and the industry I have been fighting for is impossible to put into words. 17, 2023 (one day before Lloyd Webber’s The.

“We have been forced into a devastating decision which will affect the lives and livelihoods of hundreds of people and disappoint the thousands who have booked to see the show. Andrew Lloyd Webber's 'Cinderella' on Broadway will have a new name 'Bad Cinderella' for its run at the Imperial Theatre beginning Feb. “Despite this, the impossible conditions created by the blunt instrument that is the Government’s isolation guidance, mean that we cannot continue,” said the “Cats” composer’s statement. This morning we carried out additional tests on those due to perform tonight. Any of those who were identified as a close contact of the positive case were given additional PCR tests. As a precautionary measure, we cancelled two shows on Saturday while we carried out further tests on everyone backstage, which were negative. On Saturday, as part of this process, we identified one positive case in a member of our cast who has a cameo role in the show. “At ‘Cinderella,’ from the outset, we have employed a rigorous testing system for all the cast and backstage crew before they begin work. “Today, on this “Freedom Day”, I have been forced to take the heart-breaking decision not to open my ‘Cinderella,” tweeted Weber on Monday. Joining the actress in the musical which will begin performances Feb. reopened fully on the so-called “Freedom Day.” “Cinderella,” co-written by Oscar winner Emerald Fennell (“Promising Young Woman”) would have been Webber’s first new West End show in five years. Andrew Lloyd Webber Announces His Bad Cinderella Musical Is Coming to Broadway, Reveals Its Star. The musical theater icon announced Monday that his retooled version of 'Cinderella' will land in. Composer and producer Andrew Lloyd Webber has decided not to open his £6 million ($8.2 million) musical “ Cinderella,” one day before it was due to open at London’s West End after a cast member tested positive for COVID-19 on Saturday. Not just because the songs in Bad Cinderella, the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical that opened on Thursday at the Imperial Theater, are so crushingly loud. Andrew Lloyd Webber is bringing his musical version of Cinderella to Broadway this spring. Andrew Lloyd Webber is saying goodbye to his last remaining show on Broadway and welcoming another.

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