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

I wonder what happened when ALW met his “wonderful new girl” 🙄 for the first time for a sing a long at his piano and thrust the music for Bad Cinderella into her hand.
Carrie goes 🤚🏻 in his face and says “actually no, I don’t do that, just hum me through it and I’ll pick it up from that”
“I’ll play it to you on my wonderful grand piano girl, sit down and listen”
“No, actually I can only do it if you hum it. That is how I work. It is my method”
“We’ll arrange some music lessons for you! All of my wonderful new girls get them, it will do you a world of good”
“Check your privilege. I didn’t need music lessons for Addams Family and I don’t need them for this. Now hum..I’m waiting”.

Alternatively...

"Knowing what the words are won't help you on day one of the rehearsal when you've just been handed the script for the very first time and you can't instantly say the words off the page. That's why every rehearsal process often starts with "rehearsals"!

Secondly, literally no one cares how you learn the script as long as you learn it. Ultimately, that script isn't going on stage with you on opening night.

Thirdly, a musical theatre performer's job is to sing and act. Not read scripts. Sure it might help some but everyone learns in different ways which is why, no, it's not part of the job and it's not required.

Finally, shaming people who could well end up being your peers for not having the same knowledge, education and training as you is going to disappoint your cast and creatives far more than your ability to read a script is going to impress them."

Her later tweet in the thread. To paraphrase “Your future employers are watching your Twitter and you’re WRONG so shut up”. Needless to say he deleted his tweet.
Wow.

Pretty sure she should take her own advice on this one 🙄

Just taking the conversation somewhere else for a hot minute - wasn't there talk of this going to Broadway, or off Broadway?

Because Christina Bennington (Heathers) announced on TikTok she has a green card now, and I added two and two, and I'm probably making five, but I found that interesting.

She’d be great
But I think Andrew Polec is there and not sure if they still date but maybe if they’re still together that’s why?

Unless they are in a plural relationship they are no longer together as Andrew posted pictures of his new partner recently.

How many of the top songwriters in recent memory can read music or write it I wonder?

George Michael could play multi instruments but I never knew him to play them live in concerts?

Lennon and McCartney could they read music?

I assume Elton can but he might be in a minority.

Songs were just written and compused possibly on a tape recorder and in which key but are probably transcribed to sheet music by somene else. Does even ALW sit there with a pad jotting down every note he plays when looking for a melody?


Being a working musician in a theatre orchestra/band or a concert orchestra I agree you really need to be able to read music to be able to move from roles. I don't know how easy it is to play a piece as you read it - is it almost like narrating a book or more difficult . I'd go for the later myself.

Everyone quoting these elderly or dead musicians and performers who couldn’t/can’t read music .
We have the internet now where you can pretty much watch a YouTube video for how to strip down an entire car to how to read music
No excuse in the modern day.
The opportunity is there...
If it is wanted /needed.
But performers can’t say there is no access to it and for those who have learnt to ‘check their privilege’

You mean CHF is still generating sales off of her “name recognition”?

Surely all of the “Hopefuls” have seen it by now. 

I didn't realise that the Gillian Lynne was so sought after but I guess there's limited options for midsized theatres. 

That’s so interesting.
As BB said surely all her fans have seen it by now?
Her engagement on social media doesn’t suggest anyone other than die hard fans would go.
I think basing casting decisions on social media following is a very dangerous route. Followers can be manipulated and bought.
And after all the ‘you pay to see Cinderella you get Cinderella’ why are they even asking that question? Surely it shouldn’t matter if you heard about it from CHF or not the likelihood is based on current appearances you’ll get Georgina or Lauren