'Cinderella' Director Kay Cannon's Song-by-Song Breakdown of the Jukebox Musical (Exclusive)

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as a jukebox musical was James Corden's idea. The Tony winner turned talk show host turned carpool karaokier and star of crosswalk musicals then reached out to writer and director Kay Cannon to see if she would be interested in making it a reality, no bippity boppity boo required.«I'm not a Cinderella person.

I'm not a fairy-tale person,» Cannon admits. «I was like, 'Nothing's going to come out of this, but I really am a fan of James Corden so let me take the meeting.' What was pitched to me was that we could retell the Cinderella story using contemporary songs.»Corden even had the movie's first song picked out: Dolly Parton's «9 to 5,» sung by Cinderella as she tumbles out of bed to endure another day of all taking and no giving.