Theater

Gwyneth Paltrow’s ski crash trial inspires new musical

Get ready for “I Wish You Well: The Musical.”

From Dec. 13 to Dec. 23, “Gwyneth Goes Skiing” — a musical based on Gwyneth Paltrow’s ski crash trial playing at London’s Pleasance Theatre — will delight British audiences with a parodied version of the real-life drama between Paltrow and Terry Sanderson, 76, a retired optometrist who claimed she injured him in a collision on the Utah slopes.

Famed dance and electronic artist Leland created the score.

The show’s description 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.”

The musical is happening in London next month.
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It concludes, “This is their story. Kind of. Not really,” the description goes on. “A story of love, betrayal, skiing, and (somehow) Christmas — where you are the jury!”

The Post has contacted Paltrow for comment.

The lawsuit stemmed from a 2016 collision between Paltrow and Sanderson when they were skiing at the Deer Valley Resort in Park City, Utah.

Sanderson claimed in the lawsuit that the “Iron Man” actress was responsible for “knocking him down hard, knocking him out, and causing a brain injury, four broken ribs and other serious injuries.”

Paltrow speaks with Sanderson following the reading of the verdict in the trial in Park City, Utah.
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The show’s limited run kicks off Dec. 13.
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He sought $300,000 in damages while Paltrow countersued for $1, claiming that it was Sanderson who actually collided with her.  

After deliberating for just over two hours, the jury in Utah’s Third District Court sided with Paltrow. 

As she left the courtroom, Paltrow infamously whispered “I wish you the best” to Sanderson.