Gwyneth Paltrow Ski Trial Becomes Stage Musical in London

For those who’re searching for 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 therapy!

Maintain on to your knitted hats, as a result of “Gwyneth Goes Skiing” is making its grand debut on London’s famed West Finish this December, and, sure, it facilities on the notorious 8-day court docket case that happened earlier this 12 months.

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

Keep 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 court docket, claiming she initially thought she was the victim of sexual assault through 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 through the costly getaway … as a substitute opting to go for a therapeutic massage later that day. It is a powerful life.

In additional viral accounts, each events painted contrasting footage of how the accident impacted their lives … earlier than the “Sliding Doors” 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 wish you well.” That is gonna play properly 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 superstar. He’s a retired Optometrist from Utah. In 2016, they went skiing. On the slopes of Deer Valley, their worlds collided, and so did they – literally. Ouch. Seven years later in 2023, they went to court. Double ouch. This is their story. Kind of. Not really. But also, it’s at Christmas.”

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