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

He had a very positive experience workshopping and opening School of Rock in New York, and he was treated like sh*t in this country for much of the past decade...you can’t blame him.

He’s also collaborating with an American lyricist.

ALW just said on good morning Britain that this is opening on Broadway next year - guess that makes sense seeing as new shows tend to get much more of a financial backing and a more extensive development process on Broadway than over here in London. No doubt it will come back here if it’s even remotely successful on Broadway.

Well i hope so in a way. I think it's a cheek to workshop it over here, use British actors, then just go ahead and open it in America and use an American cast.

Producers just won’t put up the same amount of money here as they will in New York. Even for something which seems quite reliable (an ALW show, or a production of Cinderella would be quite a reliable investment so combining the two could be very appealing to some investors).

School of Rock was ALW's first new show in a very long time to recoup its investment so I'm not too surprised he's decided to open on Broadway first again with Cinderella.

I mean if you get offered Broadway why turn it down? It opens countless doors, compared to what gets opened here sadly. Look at Cynthia Erivo...

I don't mind the girl; I try to ignore what goes on with her online, but she does have a good voice, Will be interested to see how this all pans out!

There are many reasons that would make him open it in NY. Follow the money. His investors are probably in America, from America. I wouldn't be surprised if his investors are also theatre owners and would want to get their theatres occupied. You saw that there was over ten shows that closed on Broadway in a span of six weeks. Theatres need to have their next show lined up. Just because he wrote the music, it doesn't mean he's putting much money behind it. The reason why he flew in so many people from the US to see it at The Other Palace was probably to showcase it more for investors and producers so he can option it or license it a producer. This way he'd make his cut upfront without having to be burdened with producing or financing it.

Serious question, isn’t Brittney Spears Cinderella coming next season as well? I don’t think there is a market for those two shows in the same season.

Just an update - NY Post is reporting today that ALW"s Cinderella is heading to Broadway not this Spring - but a year from now in the Fall. The delay, it seems, is because of Theatre shortages. Cinderella is slated to go into the Shubert theatre. Which will involve transferring "To Kill A Mockingbird" to another theatre. (They pointed out that Aaron Sorkin is the producer of Mockingbird and is producing with ALW for the first time ever on Cinderella... they snarked "...they're getting along, but some of us on the sidelines are waiting for Andrew to pull his score and Scott to throw his cellphone."

Surprised nobody's picked up on this (though I guess we are all distracted by the dreadful election hoo-hah).

Anyway ALW has Cinderella ready to go; looks like London 2020 now (phew!), needs a theatre. (Surely the Gillian Lynne makes sense?)

CHF +/- cupcakes to star!

Lawrence Connor directing (obviously).