Producer Frank Marshall explains why 'Diana: The Musical' opened on Netflix before Broadway.
Producer Frank Marshall, Director Christopher Ashley, Erin Davie, Jeanna de Waal, Judy Kaye and Roe Hartrampf having high tea at a viewing party for the Netflix production of"Diana: The Musical" at the Lotte New York Palace Hotel on October 1, 2021 in New York.. What sets it apart is not just that it tells the story of the late Princess of Wales’ life through song and dance, although that is certainly a unique approach. It’s also the way in which it is being released to the world.
“It’s the first time a play is opening on Netflix before opening on Broadway,” explained Frank Marshall, one of the producers of the show and the film, in an exclusive interview withon Friday while en route to the film’s premiere -- complete with tea -- at the Crosby Street Hotel in New York. “That’s never happened before.”was one of the dozens of Broadway projects derailed when the pandemic shuttered the Great White Way on March 12, 2020. “We were in previews,” says Marshall.
The streamer signed on, and then it was up to Marshall and his team to carry out a safe shoot. As it turned out, his work as a producer of major motion pictures helped him to prepare. “At that same time,” he says, “we were trying to getback up and running in London, so I was able to learn from that experience how to film in COVID times.”shoot took place over four days in September 2020.
“This is a way to reach a broader audience with a Broadway show,” he argues. “I don’t think it competes at all with the stage version; I think they actually help each other. We saw that with
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