


The New York production is to star Linedy Genao, in her first leading role on Broadway. “It adds up to not so much a ball as a blast,” Chris Wiegand wrote in a five-star review for The Guardian, adding that it was “silly but warm and inclusive, with relatable, down-to-earth heroes and pertinent points about our quest for perfection and our expectations of each other and ourselves.” “Bad Cinderella,” which had a previous run with a sparer title, “Cinderella,” in London, is a contemporary adaptation of the classic fairy tale, now with a consideration of beauty standards and body-shaming, plus bawdy language and same-sex relationships. 17, one night before the scheduled closing of the long-running “Phantom.” Lloyd Webber announced Monday that his next musical, “Bad Cinderella,” will begin performances on Feb. The famed composer Andrew Lloyd Webber’s unbroken streak on Broadway - at least one of his musicals has been onstage since 1979 - will not end with the closing of “The Phantom of the Opera” next year.
