A musical about Princess Diana that ended up in quarantine a year ago due to the pandemic is preparing to return to the scene on Broadway, but, in a totally new formula, it will debut first on Netflix in front of a global audience.
A year ago the curtain fell on "Diana" after just nine "previews".
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A version of the performance filmed over the course of a week last September in a completely empty "long white road" theater will be streamed starting October 1, two months before the "previews" resume at the Longacre Theater on first December. The producers have announced that the show will premiere two weeks later, on December 16, 625 days after the original date. Tickets are already on sale and the deal with Netflix should serve to generate interest in the live show: "I think people will see the film and convince themselves to come to the theater in person," he told "New. York Times "Frank Marshall, a filmmaker who is one of the show's main producers. Broadway is still closed due to Covid even if some light begins to be seen at the end of the tunnel and with caution there is talk of a possible reopening of the theaters at the end of the summer also thanks to the success of the vaccination campaigns that in recent days are be open to theater workers. "Diana", which chronicles the life and death of the Princess of Wales, is one of the first shows to put tickets on sale and to choose a specific date for the resumption of programming. "I'm optimistic for the fall, both for cinema and for Broadway," Marshall said. A spokesperson for the show did not want to say how much Neflix paid for the streaming rights. The musical sees Jeanna de Wall in the part of Diana and Roe Hartrampf in that of Prince Charles. Directed by Christopher Ashley, Tony Award for "Come From Away", with choreography by Kelly Devine, lyrics by Joe DiPietro and David Bryan (Bon Jovi's keyboardist), who created the musical "Memphis", a another Tony Award-winning Broadway hit. "We tell the story of a complicated marriage but also of personal growth. We see Diana become a mother, but the children will not be part of the show", said Marshall. "The legacy of the princess will last forever".
