Review: Performances help prevent ‘Cinderella’ from sinking
This new musical retelling of Cinderella was allegedly James Corden’s idea, and I mean allegedly in the legal sense, because someone has to answer for this. It’s unclear why the…
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This new musical retelling of Cinderella was allegedly James Corden’s idea, and I mean allegedly in the legal sense, because someone has to answer for this. It’s unclear why the…
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