Well, news of the day appears to be from Amanda Holden with the 'shocking' news that she is currently six months pregnant, but wasn't able to announce it until now. It does make one wonder to why this was, although the fact that tickets for Shrek the Musical went on sale four months ago with her name selling them may have something to do with it. Producers were probably worried with loss of revenue if people knew that Amanda would be giving birth about the time rehearsals for the show would be starting meaning that there is a slight chance that we could see a repeat of what happened with Wicked at cast change, with the understudy opening the show and leading until Lee Mead was able to take over.
Though it does make you wonder what the world is coming too when major news in the UK is a star being pregnant and keeping it from the public for it to take no more then 12 minutes for it to be 'trending' in the Twitter charts.
Having listened to some of the songs from Shrek I have to say that I have low hopes for the show making its mark on the WestEnd following such smash hits as Wicked and Legally Blonde. With poor composition and weak lyrical content... high hopes? More giant flop!!
Perhaps I should take a spin at being a Theatre Critic... would you all read my blogs if I did?
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