![]() The show’s lyrics are by Zippel, a multi-award winner for Broadway productions including City of Angels, The Goodbye Girl, The Woman in White and Liza at the Palace, as well as for work on film including Disney’s Hercules and Mulan, both of which received Oscar nominations.Ĭinderella will also star Victoria Hamilton-Barritt as the Stepmother. The production, a complete reinvention of the classic fairytale, is based on an original idea by Emerald Fennell, the Emmy Award-nominated lead scriptwriter of the second season of international smash hit Killing Eve, with a brand new score from the legendary composer and lyrics by David Zippel.Ĭinderella will reunite Webber with director Laurence Connor and choreographer JoAnn M Hunter, who previously worked on the Olivier Award-winning international hit, School of Rock and the recent sold out production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at The London Palladium, which returns to the venue in summer 2021.įennell’s new film, A Promising Young Woman, that she wrote and directed and which stars Carey Mulligan, opened this autumn. As an actress, she played Patsy Mount on the BBC’s Call the Midwife and currently depicts Camilla Parker Bowles on the Netflix hit, The Crown. She is also a bestselling author and social media personality. ![]() The album features cast from the highly anticipated new theatre production, which will open in spring 2021 at The Gillian Lynne Theatre in London, along with appearances from some surprise guest vocalists.įletcher will play Cinderella in the highly anticipated new production. She has starred in Heathers (Theatre Royal Haymarket), The Addams Family (UK Tour), Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (UK Tour), Mary Poppins (Prince Edward Theatre), and most recently played Fantine in Les Misérables at the Sondheim Theatre. I sent it on to our lyricist, and almost instantly David Zippel came back with the fantastic line, ‘I Know I Have a Heart Because You Broke it.’ ‘I Know I Have A Heart’ is Cinderella’s ‘unrequited love moment’ in the show, but I won’t tell you more than that other than what a thrill it is to have a voice like Carrie’s record it.” These things tend to come to you when you least expect them, and I wrote this melody on a plane to LA. ‘Bad Cinderella’ has now been streamed over 1.4 million times globally and performed on The One Show and Children in Need 2020.Īndrew Lloyd Webber said, “I knew we needed a big power ballad moment for Cinderella, and I am so excited for you to finally hear it. ‘I Know I Have A Heart’ is the second song by Fletcher to be released from the forthcoming soundtrack, after ‘Bad Cinderella’ came out to high acclaim in October. It follows the release late last year of ‘Only You, Lonely You’ sung by Ivano Turco. ‘I Know I Have A Heart’ is sung by Carrie Hope Fletcher. Cinderella is now playing at 100 percent capacity.Polydor Records has released the video clip of the third piece of music from the forthcoming album of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cinderella. The show began performances at 50 percent capacity, despite Lloyd Webber's protestations, before opening night in July was canceled due to a positive COVID-19 test from a member of the production. ![]() Rounding out the cast are Michael Afemaré, Lydia Bannister, Michelle Bishop, William Bozier, Lauren Byrne, Sophie Camble, Tobias Charles, Vinny Coyle, Nicole Deon, Jonathan David Dudley, Dominic Adam Griffin, Michael Hamway, James Lee Harris, Leah Harris, Kate Ivory Jordan, Kelsie-Rae Marshall, Georgina Onuorah (who will play the role of Cinderella at certain performances), Andy Rees, Alexandra Waite Roberts, Sam Robinson, Giovanni Spano, Lauren Stroud, Georgia Tapp, and Matthieu Vinetot. The creative team also includes director Laurence Connor, choreographer JoAnn Hunter, set and costume designer Gabriela Tylesova, sound designer Gareth Owen, lighting designer Bruno Poet, and co-musical supervisor John Rigby. Laura Baldwin, Carrie Hope Fletcher, and Georgina Castle in Cinderella Tristram Kenton Playbill will continue to update this article as more reviews come in. The musical, which began previews June 25 at the Gillian Lynne Theatre, features an updated story and book by Oscar-winning screenwriter Emerald Fennell, with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by David Zippel.Ĭarrie Hope Fletcher stars in the title role opposite Victoria Hamilton-Barritt as the Stepmother, Ivano Turco as Prince Sebastian, Rebecca Trehearn as The Queen, Georgina Castle and Laura Baldwin as Cinderella’s stepsisters, and Gloria Onitiri as The Godmother. Does the new glass slipper fit in the West End? After a few fits and starts, Cinderella finally opened in London's West End August 18, bringing a new version of the fairy tale to life on stage.
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