Diana: The Musical

Name: Diana: The Musical
Genre: Biography, Drama, Musical
Released: October 1, 2021
Duration: 117 min
Rating: 29
Cast: André Jordan, Bruce Dow, Chris Medlin, Erin Davie, Gareth Keegan

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Netflix | Release Date (Streaming): October 1, 2021 | PG-13

Starring: André Jordan, Bruce Dow, Chris Medlin, Erin Davie, Gareth Keegan, Jeanna de Waal, Judy Kaye, Nathan Lucrezio, Roe Hartrampf, Zach Adkins

Summary: A live recording of the Broadway musical based on the life of Diana, Princess of Wales. Filmed at the Longacre Theatre in New York City during the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Director: Christopher Ashley

Genre(s): Biography, Drama, Musical

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 117 min

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Lily Janiak

Oct 1, 2021

Writers David Bryan and Joe DiPietro are somehow always generous yet trenchant with their rich source material. It’s a fairy tale with a “a pretty, pretty girl in a pretty, pretty dress,” but one with a rotten foundation — a royal marriage less built on love than strategized by cold pragmatism. Read full review

Brian Lowry

Oct 1, 2021

Diana: The Musical might make for a fine night out at the theater, but viewed on Netflix, what's billed as a "special presentation" becomes another shiny bauble that ultimately doesn't feel particularly special. Read full review

Don Aucoin

Oct 1, 2021

As biography, Diana is shallow and reductive, checking the boxes of an extremely well-known story with numbing predictability. As musical theater, Diana is a forgettable farrago of painfully on-the-nose lyrics and clashing song styles that ventures perilously close to camp. Read full review

Maureen Lee Lenker

Oct 4, 2021

If you want royal intrigue and insight, do yourself a favor and revisit Harry and Meghan's Oprah interview because Diana: The Musical is rather like the royal family itself these days, expensive and pointless. Read full review

Michael Phillips

Oct 4, 2021

It’s tolerable, I suppose, if you don’t have to listen to it. Unfortunately it’s a musical so you have to listen to it. Read full review

The Guardian Peter Bradshaw

Oct 1, 2021

This is a Rocky Horror Picture Show of cluelessness and misjudged Judy Garlandification. I can imagine masochists getting together for Diana: The Musical parties, just to sing the most nightmarish lines along with the cast. The rest of us will need a long lie down. Read full review

Richard Lawson

Oct 9, 2021

This is not a considered look at someone’s life; it’s a cash-in that just wants to get to the tragic end, hoping that the audience will convince themselves that they felt something along the way. Read full review

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Justme12

Oct 2, 2021

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I loved it on Broadway and everyone who want with us loved it too! I don't understand why these cheap British tabloid spreaded negative stories again and again, even without knowing what's it about!… Expand

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Hamptonsfl

Oct 4, 2021

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Diana the musical was one of the worst Broadway plays I have ever seen recorded. The characters will all reduce to cartoon characters and most importantly the songs were unremarkable. The only positive about the Broadway show was that I wasn't paying $200 to see this mess of a show. The quick changes with the dresses was fun to watch and and the ending just had no ending at all it looked like dventhe producers gave up. Its a shame this could have been a good musical with memorable songs and a better telling of her story. I felt like what a waste of time watching this show,avoid at all costs.… Expand

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joelgreenberg

Oct 6, 2021

Diana: The Musical is almost certain to become legend, so dimwitted and pointless is the storytelling, the songwriting and, well, just about everything else, too. Beyond the 'why' of it all, follow 'who', 'what' and, for special reinforcement, WHY????

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BeccaA

Oct 10, 2021

This is bloody awful, good God..why!!! why!!! make this. The music is awful, the acting is mediocre at best, and the writing is terrible.

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