ALW's Cinderella - Gillian Lynne / U.K. Tour (rumour)

Pretty random thing, but in Man's Man I thought the Queen said "He's Apollo's lamb" and I was scratching my head trying to figure out which Greek myth involved Apollo and a lamb until today I decided to check the lyrics and it turns out she says "He's a poor lost lamb".

Tabloid trash disguised as a Shenton editorial. He should be ashamed.

But he’s saying that journalists should be asking more questions than they are and not just copying and pasting from press releases. I’d say it’s a fair enough point. He also could have added McKellen’s Hamlet and Chichester’s The Flock into the mix, as something a bit more serious has clearly gone on behind the scenes on those shows, despite what the bland PR-speak statements issued by the shows suggest.

I'm not sure theatre reviewers are meant to be investigative journalists.

If he's got clear evidence of activity that may lead to a criminal investigation that's one thing, but labelling everything that's 'unusual' as needing the lid ripped off in an expose is too much.  For all I know there's been a staff fallout at my local branch of Sainsbury's.  It's not their duty to make a statement on why there have been tensions behind the scenes.  And if there's a notice to say the fridges are out of order, I'm not going to say "ahh, but what's REALLY behind this?  We have a right to know the ins and outs of your business". 

You mention The Flock and McKellen Hamlet as others with unquestioned Press releases. When I looked at what 'The Flock' is about I could imagine that the script might be tested by the cast, and a lot of personal stories shared about race and  identity - and that can be difficult and lead to more questioning of the work.  There's no scandal there - it's called artistic work.  If there is a scandal, anyone affected would be processing it with the management, their agent, and/or union - not Shenton.

If Shenton wants to be more questioning, and not take things at face value, he might like to ask why Frances Barber was brought in as a replacement cast member on the McKellen Hamlet. 
When someone on Twitter wondered if Jeremy Corbyn would stand down as Labour leader, she tweeted:
"Trots won't go til they're shot". 
[And this after the murder of Jo Cox!].

Not sure if Baz is hinting at they are working on it, backstage drama or what. He mentions anything goes and Hairspray as successfully opening in the West end but then says this about cinderella.

"Cinderella, meanwhile, is on an enforced hiatus, thanks (partly) to the pingdemic, and its cast will receive little in the way of wages during the shutdown."

It’s hideous. I bought it by mistake from Amazon before the album came out!

I caught it on EPOS accidentally. By far the best thing I've heard from this show so far, though I still wouldn't go any further than describing it as pleasantly bland.

Personally, I think that’s being generous and responses have been much more mixed than “could be better” - leaning towards the negative. But, as you say, this is their chance to address that. I don’t have that much faith they’ll use the time wisely though, given how long the show had already been in and out of production/rehearsals/previews.

Has anyone managed to puzzle out what Belleville actually is? We hear 'town', 'kingdom' and 'realm' in the show (possibly 'country'? not sure). Sebastian's formal title appears to be 'Prince Sebastian of Belleville', but it doesn't seem particularly impressive to be royalty of a place so small you can invite every woman living there 'post-puberty and pre-menopause' to one ball...

I get the feeling it’s best not to try to make sense of anything in this show. It’s just a shambles you are supposed to “go along with” (a bit like Love Never Dies in that respect).

It's also VERY close to HOW DOES A MOMENT LAST FOREVER from Beauty and the Beast.

Again... no surprises there.