ALW’s Bad Cinderella - Broadway Imperial Theater

The cast and crew knew what they were getting into. They had to have been aware of how it was received in London and everything else that happened.

Yes, they were clearly promised rewrites and a better version. But there is always a limit to what rewrites can achieve.

No one wants a show to fail, but this has to be one of the least unexpected fails

I have been a huge ALW fan since my childhood. He in my opinion has written some of the best musicals ever and indeed has written some of the best songs. Even some of the songs in Bad Cinderella are excellent but the whole idea, book, look and message of the show was a mess from the beginning. I don’t know why they didn’t see that from the workshop at The Other Palace in 2019/20 when they staged the industry performance.

I hated the London production but inside, somewhere, with a completely written story, half a new score, and a new BOOK - Bad Cinderella could and should be a good show. Without half the score being thrown out, it will always sadly be BAD. That and a weak story that actually makes no sense.

This belongs to fly into the memories of musicals like Stephen Ward.

Now what is Andrew’s next show?!!

Stephen Ward was flawed but I still listen to the CD from time to time.

I have yet to manage to listen to the Cinderella recording all the way through

Feeling so sad for all involved, I simply adore this show!

Seems I have a fairy godmother though as I fly in to NYC in the morning of 3 June & I’m now booked to go on the Saturday night!!

I’m going to the ball!

Me too.

My favourite new musical since the Coronavirus (by a mile!)

Also hoping to get over to NYC in the next three weeks for one final hurrah 👌🏻🤩😍✌🏻!

It's no big surprise. Would love a cast recording, if only to hear if the score sounds better with an actual orchestra playing it. Not going to happen now.

Am I right in thinking that, after this closes, it'll be the first time since Evita's Broadway opening in 1979 that ALW will have nothing playing on Broadway? If so, that truly is the end of a very long era. Feels quite sad in a way, although 'he's had a good run, I'm sure he enjoyed it.'

Why would you inform the press before you tell the company? Even if they asked them not to publish immediately, it's not like it was any kind of positive news. There was absolutely no need to tell the press anything until all those involved were informed. Shocking misstep but it's been one thing after another with this show.

Excellent point. He's not that young anymore and perhaps he needs trusted collaborators who can help him bring his talents to bear on works that will have strong appeal for current audiences.

Oh dear....

Thanks for posting. I’ll really miss this show! Great fun and an amazing score IMHO

After the bashing it’s had do wonder if it will ever come back in any form ever again…. Certainly not with the Broadway version’s production values and 20 odd piece orchestra I expect.

I'm starting to wonder if I'm losing it, because - I can't be the only one who can hear this? That 'everything wrong seems right' was a mess...and this is an official clip, which someone listened to and thought 'yeah, let's make that public' - and it's Broadway?