Gwyneth Paltrow Ski Trial Becomes Stage Musical in London

If you happen to’re in search of one thing a bit off-piste — particularly for theater lovers — Gwyneth Paltrow‘s received ya coated … her ski crash lawsuit and trial is getting the musical remedy!

Maintain on to your knitted hats, as a result of “Gwyneth Goes Snowboarding” is making its grand debut on London’s famed West Finish this December, and, sure, it facilities on the notorious 8-day courtroom case that passed off earlier this yr.

Theater actor Linus Karp will rework into the Goop founder whereas Joseph Martin will tackle the position of 76-year-old retired optometrist Dr. Terry Sanderson.

Bear in mind, Sanderson slapped Gwyneth with the lawsuit in 2019 … claiming she collided with him whereas snowboarding at Deer Valley Resort in 2016, and leaving him with a concussion, damaged ribs, and mind injury.

Gwyneth retaliated in courtroom, claiming she initially thought she was the victim of sexual assault in the course of the downhill catastrophe, insisting he got here up from behind and his skis went in between her legs.

With social media hanging on to the opponent’s each phrase, issues took a hilariously out-of-touch flip as Gwyneth lamented dropping half a day of snowboarding in the course of the costly getaway … as an alternative opting to go for a therapeutic massage later that day. It is a robust life.

In additional viral accounts, each events painted contrasting footage of how the accident impacted their lives … earlier than the “Sliding Doorways” star emerged victorious and was awarded what she sought in her countersuit — $1.

She then calmly walked out of the courtroom … however not earlier than icily whispering to Sanderson … “I want you nicely.” That is gonna play nicely on stage!

With the case drawing huge curiosity on the time, it is solely becoming that it has been given a contemporary lease on life in musical kind.

The synopsis reads: “She’s the Goop-founding, Door-Sliding, Shakespeare-In-Loving, consciously-uncoupling Hollywood celebrity. He is a retired Optometrist from Utah. In 2016, they went snowboarding. On the slopes of Deer Valley, their worlds collided, and so did they – actually. Ouch. Seven years later in 2023, they went to courtroom. Double ouch. That is their story. Form of. Probably not. But in addition, it is at Christmas.”

The present will run from December 13 to 23 at Pleasance London Major Home Cabaret — with the manufacturing given a camp makeover with authentic music from Leland — the singer behind “RuPaul’s Drag Race” and “Cher’s Christmas”.