Diana : The Musical Roasted by Critics

The Netflix pre-Broadway opening of Diana: The Musical is being roasted by critics. The musical was closed prior to opening in 2020 and is finally opening this November - but producers released a filmed version of the musical on October 1.

“A right royal debacle so bad you’ll hyperventilate,” wrote The Guardian

"Despite a few musical bright spots, you’ll leave humming the costumes," said Christy Lemire

"Expensive and pointless," wrote Explore Entertainment.

"It turns the royals into panto villains who act as cold symbols rather than humans, but then turns Diana into a symbol herself," said the Evening Standard.

As theatrical agent and producer Les Solomon wrote on social media "to open a musical on netflix BEFORE its season on Broadway is about as risky as you can get and judging by the reviews DIANA is getting I wonder how it is even going to open. Reviewers have gone feral over the lyrics, the sameness of the songs and just about every other aspect of the production  For the show now to open to NY critics makes it one of the great sitting ducks of all time."

"Very trite. I liked it when it ventured into the surreal and ridiculous. “The Thriller in Manila when Diana fights Camilla” and the “Fuck You Dress”. The serious stuff was cringey and pretentious," added writer David Mitchell.

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