The Broadway musical is produced by No Guarantees (Christine Schwarzman, president Darren Johnston, executive vice president) and Lloyd Webber’s Really Useful Group, with Wagner Johnson Productions as executive producers. The musical then opened on the West End on August 18, 2021, had to close for about a month during the winter Omicron surge and ended its run in June 2022.Īt the time of closing, Lloyd Webber came under controversy for comments he wrote about the show’s end, calling the production a “costly mistake,” according to Variety, and later clarifying that he meant due to having opened the production “too early” amid government regulations on theaters, which led to the performance cancellations.īad Cinderella features lyrics by David Zippel, choreography by JoAnn M. The opening was then postponed a second time after a castmember tested positive for COVID-19, meaning performances had to be canceled due to West End protocols at the time. Andrew Lloyd Webber ’s musical adaptation of Cinderella has been forced to temporarily shutter in London’s West End due to the growing Omicron surge, one of the numerous shows that have. The musical’s August 2020 start was pushed to the summer of 2021, at which time the theater could only operate at 50 percent capacity. Originally titled Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cinderella, the musical was one of many productions on the West End to have its schedule impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Andrew Lloyd Webber has said the theatre industry is 'on its knees' due to self-isolation Covd-19 rules. It comes to Broadway just as Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera ends its 35-year run. We have been working hard on a few new songs for our Broadway opening and, with such a brilliant team, led by the spectacular Linedy, I know this is going to be really special,” Lloyd Webber said in the press release. “I am thrilled and delighted that we are bringing Bad Cinderella to the Imperial Theatre.

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