The Devil Wears Prada has been ripped from the vault of Things We Don’t Fuck With and transformed into a brand new Broadway-bound musical. Now I know what you’re thinking; Why???? My answer is, I really don’t know. However, the musical opened last night in Chicago and with help from Broadway star Beth Leavel and some guy who plays the piano named Elton John.
Prior to the show’s opening in Chicago, Entertainment Weekly shared a few photos from the musical that follows the storyline of the original film but with music from Elton and lyrics from Shaina Taub. Shaina discussed how exciting working with Elton was, which I’m sure he wrote on a piece of paper and handed to her prior to the interview.
“Elton John’s songs were foundational to my childhood, so getting to work with him has been a wild dream come true,” Taub tells EW. “To watch him set my lyrics to music in real time in the studio has been exhilarating. I’ve been most moved by his deep well of joy for songwriting, and for how warmly he welcomed me into our collaboration. My favorite song we’ve written is called SEEN. It’s Nigel’s Act II solo about how fashion changed his life growing up, and what it means to feel seen. Elton’s melody on that one always makes me emotional.”
There was also a first look at the cast giving Big Budget, Low Hopes realness onstage including Beth Leavel as Miranda Priestly, Taylor Iman Jones as Andy Sachs, Javier Muñoz as Nigel Owens, and Megan Masako Haley as Emily Charlton.
First look at ‘THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA’ musical.
The musical opens on August 7 at Broadway
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— DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) August 5, 2022
People who attended the opening at James M. Nederlander theater in Chicago immediately ran to Twitter to give their impressions of what their eyeballs had just witnessed. And unfortunately, it seems like this may need to go deep into the bargain bin next to Andy’s ugly cerulean sweater.
The Devil Wears Prada the Musical wasn’t amazing. It’s the material not the cast. The music was meh and overall underwhelming. Best part was the set change from New York to Paris (the set change had a round of applause lol). Almost made me nauseous, but still fun. pic.twitter.com/8jIt2GNGz7
— 𝑴𝑨𝑵𝑰𝑪 𝑯𝑰𝑮𝑯 (@manichigh) August 7, 2022
The Devil Wears Prada musical got horrible reviews so obviously I’m going to be obsessed with it. Can’t wait!
— Macon Prickett (@MrMaconPrickett) August 8, 2022
absolutely livid to hear the devil wears prada musical is bad. you had the hype, you had the funding, you had elton john, you had beth leavel, you had an extra 2 years to stay home & make it less bad… modern day travesty
— the artist currently known as morgan (@manateedad) August 5, 2022
The New York Post called it a “haute mess,” so yeah…
I don’t even need to see this to know I wouldn’t like it, because what situation in the movie actually needed to be set to music? The betrayal? The backstabbing? At its base it’s a film about a frumpy young girl who gets transformed into the Belle of the Ball by her stylish, yet satanic employer. I think they should have rebooted it into a horror film instead. But judging by the reviews, it may already be a horrific experience.
Need proof? Check out the curtain call.
the devil wears prada the musical opening night curtain call via chgochin on instagram pic.twitter.com/rerCcyg4Ov
— ًً (@MULTlMEDIA) August 8, 2022
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