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Ahead of The Devil Wears Prada: The Musical premiere, Sir Elton John has performed some exclusive previews of the musical numbers he has penned for the production.
In an interview with PEOPLE, the 75-year old musician revealed that he has enjoyed writing the songs, that the show will be modern, and that audiences will “walk out elated” after seeing the production. Sir Elton continued:
“All the characters [have] kind of got something to say, so it gives you great scope for writing. You can write tongue-in-cheek numbers, you can write serious numbers, you can write a very romantic song, a very frivolous song.
The lyrics are so brilliant, because it sounds like I’ve been to enough fashion shows in my life to know that it’s the excitement of when you see something new, and you see something great, and you’re there and you can feel the excitement within the crowd, and you know that something special has come. It’s like going to see a rock concert.”
The musical production is developed from the 2006 film that follows the fictional Runway magazine, which is run by tough CEO Miranda Priestly, and the new addition of inexperienced fashion writer Andy Sachs. At present the musical’s cast have been announced as:
Beth Leavel as Meryl Streep’s Miranda Priestly
Taylor Iman Jones as Anne Hathaway’s Andy Sachs
Javier Muñoz as Stanley Tucci’s Nigel Owens
Supporting roles include: Christiana Cole as Lauren Hunter; Megan Masako Haley as Emily Charlton (portrayed by Emily Blunt in the film); Tiffany Mann as Kayla Ward; Michael Tacconi as Nate Angstrom (Adrian Grenier onscreen), and actor Christian Thompson playing the fictional writer of the same name (brought to life by Simon Baker in Frankel’s version).
Last year marked the 15th anniversary of the film, and speaking to Entertainment Weekly about the legacy film, leading antagonist Streep highlighted the talking points that have made such a lasting impression:
“Because they’d given us such straitened circumstances to make the film with a smaller budget, this opened up and said that a ‘chick flick’ can be a huge hit with a broad audience. This is the first movie [where] men have come up to me and said, ‘I know how you felt; I have a company, and nobody understands me. It’s really hard.’ It’s the hardest thing in the world for a man to feel his way through to the protagonist of the film if it’s a woman.”
The Devil Wears Prada: The Musical is set to run from 19th July – 21st August at the Broadway in Chicago James M. Nederlander Theatre.
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Michelle is a musician and composer from the UK. She has performed across the UK and Europe and is passionate about arts education and opportunities for women and girls.
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