The new Broadway musical about Princes Diana hits Netflix before it returns to the Broadway stage

Record ID: 1639178

  • Title: The new Broadway musical about Princes Diana hits Netflix before it returns to the Broadway stage
  • Date: 29th September 2021
  • Summary: NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (SEPTEMBER 27, 2021) (REUTERS) (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACTRESS PORTRAYING DIANA, JEANNA DE WAAL, SAYING: (ON HOW HARD IT WAS) "Well, first of all, we had no audience, and second of all, they wanted the cleanest sound from our microphones as possible. So, we had no band and the and the MD, the musical director was playing the minimum amount possible to keep us in tune. And we basically had no playback. So, if you start and you feel so underwhelming, like this truly can't be exciting or impressive, I'm like a mouse on this tiny stage. So, it was like this brain exercise where you have to just trust and be like it will be exciting once this closes up and once it's amplified, don't push, right?"
  • Embargoed: 13th October 2021 15:54
  • Keywords: broadway diana the musical film live movie netflix princess diana stage theater
  • Location: NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK + NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE + WINDSOR, COLORADO, UNITED STATES
  • City: NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK + NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE + WINDSOR, COLORADO, UNITED STATES
  • Country: USA
  • Topics: Arts/Culture/Entertainment,Film,United States
  • Reuters ID: LVA006EWRUIJ1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: A taping of the Broadway musical about Britain's Princess Diana will premiere on Netflix on October 1 before it debuts on the big stage.
    "This really is more of a film, a proper film of this story. The camera angles we were able to get because there were no audience numbers are really stunning. And we're excited to sort of pushing the form here to try and do sort of a Broadway-film hybrid," said Roe Hartrampf, who portrays Prince Charles.
    It's the latest big Broadway show to hit streaming services due to the global health crisis. Disney+ began streaming the hit musical Hamilton in 2020. And Tony award-winning musical Come From Away streamed on Apple TV in September.
    "Diana the Musical" was filmed without an audience, with nine cameras over the course of 4 days, which was both thrilling and scary for the cast.
    "I've never been and I've been doing this for 52 years. I've never seen anything like this in my life. It was an extraordinary experience," said Judy Kaye, who will play Queen Elizabeth.
    "They wanted the cleanest sound from our microphones as possible. So, we had no band and the and the MD, the musical director was playing the minimum amount possible to keep us in tune," explained Jeanna De Waal, the actress who plays Princess Diana.
    "So, it was like this brain exercise where you have to just trust and be like it will be exciting once this closes up and once it's amplified, don't push, right?" she added.
    The production chronicles Diana's courtship and marriage to Prince Charles -- all the way through to their eventual divorce.
    Actress Erin Davie, who plays Camilla Parker Bowles, describes the musical as a hero's journey: "she started off as this innocent, naive girl. And, you know, she ends up coming into her own power."
    While De Waal labeled it juicy: "I mean the story is about a three-person marriage in a very public setting."
    "Diana the Musical" is now scheduled to open on Broadway on November 2, 2021.
    (Production: Alicia Powell)
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