Your first thought after seeing Bad Cinderella, the latest musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber, is, well, she isn’t that bad. For better and worse. The musical, energetically directed by Laurence …
has a little of each. A little. Just enough, in fact, to place it somewhere in the middle of the Lloyd Webber catalogue. It doesn’t have the satisfying weirdness ofJesus Christ Superstarthere’s not a step-relative who can make us forget Norma Desmond.
Genao is a terrific singer, a real, modern Broadway belter with a voice that has no trouble putting across the Lloyd Webber-Zippel power ballads. Less nuanced in the acting department, Genao is given little help by book writer Fennell in creating an interesting, or even particularly likable, protagonist.we’re told by the singing, dancing ensemble in a big, fun opening number , is a hated, feared and rebellious resident of the otherwise picture-perfect storyland village of Belleville.
If only. With a musical here-she-comes intro reminiscent of “You’re a Mean One, Mister Grinch,” the eagerly awaited arrival of this rumored hellion is a disappointment. Cinderella isn’t so much bad as peevish, a vaguely punky teen who’s alternately pouty and crabby, sporting leather-esque tunics and studded purple tights that suggest the local Belleville mall has a Hot Topic.
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