In the seemingly idyllic kingdom of Belleville, Prince Charming is dead, the Fairy Godmother is a terrifying plastic surgeon hellbent on upholding the town’s impossibly high beauty standards, and Cinderella is a rebellious spray-painting outcast who dreams of running away and creating her destiny.
“I hope all the theaters, when they reopen, will be in an incredible state to go forward and try and make something of a virtue out of this whole COVID situation,” he said.At Bad Cinderella, forget everything you knew about the glass slipper-wearing princess. That has meant such things as new bathrooms and state-of-the-art ventilations systems. We’re going to actually do essential work and improvements to the buildings,” Lloyd Webber said. “I decided that we’re not shutting down, actually. He owns or co-owns seven West End theaters including the Gillian Lynne Theatre, Her Majesty’s Theatre, Theatre Royal Drury Lane and the London Palladium. He also has been readying his London theaters for a post-pandemic reopening.
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He’s already teased it with a social media video of the song “Far Too Late.”ĭuring the shutdown, Lloyd Webber has been busy on social media - dancing on TikTok, sharing videos on Twitter and making Spotify playlists - as well as permitting the free streaming of his shows to benefit The Actors Fund and other international organizations Lloyd Webber hopes it will open next spring in the West End at the Gillian Lynne Theatre. The new stage musical “Cinderella” features a brand new score from Lloyd Webber with lyrics by David Zippel. “The irony of 50 years later my having to do another concept album because I’m not able to get my show on stage has suddenly not been lost on me.” “The reason it came out first is because nobody in the world wanted to produce it because they thought it was such a terrible idea,” he said.
That led to interest and set Lloyd Webber on a steady course to musical and theatrical superstardom, with such shows as “Cats,” “Phantom of the Opera” and “Evita.” “It’s the only way I could get my music out and present the score.”įifty years ago this month, Lloyd Webber and lyricist Tim Rice, unable to get any theaters to put on a production of “Jesus Christ Superstar,” switched the regular order and released a cast album first. “We couldn’t find any other way to getting it out,” said the composer Thursday from the bar in the London Palladium as he waited for a listening party for the upcoming clutch of songs.
Waiting has been frustrating and he and the cast recorded the cast album in their homes during lockdown. Lloyd Webber and his cast were ready to start rehearsals in the spring in London when they - and many theaters across the globe - were stopped by the virus pandemic. “Every fairytale for sure can use one/Sorry I’m so rude/Sorry you’re so lame/I won’t play your game.” The single is a portrait of a fearsome woman standing apart from society’s rules: “They call me a wretch/A witch/Well, choose one,” the heroine sings. The rollicking song is called “Bad Cinderella” and it’s sung by Carrie Hope Fletcher, who will play the title character in what is being billed as a “complete reinvention of the classic fairytale.” NEW YORK - Andrew Lloyd Webber is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the release of his “Jesus Christ Superstar” album with the first single from his latest musical, “Cinderella.”
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