Ethan Miller/Getty Images via ABCThe Cher Show, the musical based on the life of the legendary diva, is currently in previews in Chicago, and after sneaking into the theater to check it out for the first time, the woman herself has some thoughts.
Cher told the Chicago Sun-Times, “Some parts of it are really fabulous. We’re going to work on the other parts. In many parts, it was much, much better than I thought it would be. And there were no parts where I wanted to gouge my eyes out.”
“It needs work. I’m not supposed to say that but I don’t care,” she added, admitting that at some points, her mind started “wandering.”
She also told the paper she’s been giving notes to the director, explaining, “There are lines in the show that sound like quotes but aren’t quite right. I’ve been telling him the real quotes. I have a lot to say….I am actually pushing them to be more truthful about me.”
Cher says she’d also like to see the production add, “three dance songs in a concert-style way at the end, a bit like they do in Mamma Mia. I think the audience would like that.”
Asked what she saw when she watched The Cher Show, the Oscar-winner notes, “I think it’s a story of struggle. I was resilient. There were no other options for me. There was nothing else for me to do. I had to put my big-girl G-string on and go for it.”
“I think in some places it’s really good, and I am the most critical person who ever drew breath,” Cher adds. “If they can impress me, they’re doing good.”
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