{"id":482333,"date":"2022-08-08T06:49:23","date_gmt":"2022-08-08T03:49:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/devil-wears-prada-musical-is-a-haute-mess\/"},"modified":"2022-08-08T06:49:23","modified_gmt":"2022-08-08T03:49:23","slug":"devil-wears-prada-musical-is-a-haute-mess","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/devil-wears-prada-musical-is-a-haute-mess\/","title":{"rendered":"#&#8217;Devil Wears Prada&#8217; musical is a haute mess"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a232578b0ee9\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a232578b0ee9\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/devil-wears-prada-musical-is-a-haute-mess\/#%E2%80%9C%E2%80%98Devil_Wears_Prada_musical_is_a_haute_mess%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;&#8216;Devil Wears Prada&#8217; musical is a haute mess&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9C%E2%80%98Devil_Wears_Prada_musical_is_a_haute_mess%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;&#8216;Devil Wears Prada&#8217; musical is a haute mess&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<p>CHICAGO \u2014 \u201cYou\u2019ve got no style or sense of fashion,\u201d viciously observes the fictional magazine editor Miranda Priestly in \u201cThe Devil Wears Prada.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She\u2019s dressing down her dowdy prospective new assistant, Andy, but that same harsh criticism should be lobbed at the bargain-bin new musical adaptation of the film and Lauren Weisberger\u2019s novel that opened Sunday night in Chicago.<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-module inline-module--review alignleft\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__inner\">\n        <span class=\"inline-module--review__eyebrow widget-heading-semi__label\"><br \/>\n            Theater review      <\/span><\/p>\n<p>        2 hours and 30 minutes with one intermission. At the James L. Nederlander Theater in Chicago.\n    <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Call the Fashion Police. The alarmingly un-fun and sluggish show with a score by Elton John and Shaina Taub is a dud about duds, and the worst screen-to-stage move in recent memory.<\/p>\n<p>Considering the mind-numbing movie properties that have been cynically schlepped to Broadway the past few seasons, that\u2019s an achievement worthy of the Guinness Book.<\/p>\n<p>Every song is lousy, and there is nothing here worth fixing.<\/p>\n<p>No convincing artistic effort has been made to reinterpret the film and book into something new that makes logical and compelling sense onstage. Just about every plot point is identical to the 2006 film that was slick, sexy and satisfying and earned Meryl Streep a well-deserved Oscar nomination for Best Actress.<\/p>\n<p>But \u201cPrada\u201d should have been reworked completely. When the cinematic story is lifelessly put to music, it becomes mopey and slow; frumpy and boring; laughless and sterile. The \u201cDevil\u201d wears thin.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/The-Cast-of-The-Devil-Wears-Prada-The-Musical.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Andy (Taylor Iman Jones) goes to work at Runway magazine along with Nigel (Javier Munoz) and Miranda Priestly (Beth Leavel).\" class=\"wp-image-23367313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/The-Cast-of-The-Devil-Wears-Prada-The-Musical.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/The-Cast-of-The-Devil-Wears-Prada-The-Musical.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/The-Cast-of-The-Devil-Wears-Prada-The-Musical.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Andy (Taylor Iman Jones) goes to work at Runway magazine along with Nigel (Javier Munoz) and Miranda Priestly (Beth Leavel).<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Joan Marcus<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It\u2019s still about Andy (Taylor Iman Jones, capable and textureless), an aspiring New York journalist who unwillingly becomes the second assistant at Runway magazine, a stand-in for Vogue, led by Miranda Priestly (Beth Leavel) \u2014 a cruel but brilliant editor a la Anna Wintour who lords over the fashion industry with icy glares and put-downs.<\/p>\n<p>At first a Kmart mess, Andy learns how to navigate the treacherous waters of Runway while alienating her annoying Brooklyn friends and boyfriend and earning the ire of first assistant Emily (Megan Masako Haley).<\/p>\n<p>Composers John and Taub, book writer Kate Wetherhead and director Anna D. Shapiro have squandered beloved source material, even while borrowing heavily from it.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/Megan-Masako-Haley-and-Taylor-Iman-Jones-in-The-Devil-Wears-Prada-The-Musical.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"First assistant Emily (Megan Masako Haley) schools Andy (Taylor Iman Jones). \" class=\"wp-image-23367317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/Megan-Masako-Haley-and-Taylor-Iman-Jones-in-The-Devil-Wears-Prada-The-Musical.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/Megan-Masako-Haley-and-Taylor-Iman-Jones-in-The-Devil-Wears-Prada-The-Musical.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/Megan-Masako-Haley-and-Taylor-Iman-Jones-in-The-Devil-Wears-Prada-The-Musical.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>First assistant Emily (Megan Masako Haley) schools Andy (Taylor Iman Jones). <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Joan Marcus<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The plot\u2019s early aughts sensibilities have been cautiously and stupidly updated to 2022 mores. Andy is now a progressive Gen Z striver and Miranda is, I dunno, Nancy Reagan?<\/p>\n<p>When Andy says she thought she was going to a job interview at a Vox-like website called City Dweller, Miranda calls the publication \u201ca liberal echo chamber.\u201d Later the fearsome editor mockingly sings, \u201cWho has time for handbags when democracy\u2019s at stake?!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What the heel? No one in the fashion world would ever say that, especially now, and it\u2019s a completely wrongheaded way to define the mysterious character.<\/p>\n<p>Miranda is a major hurdle for the musical because of how little she shares. Musicals, of course, hinge on over-sharing. That\u2019s what a ballad is. To compensate early on, Leavel sings some awkward patter songs as though she\u2019s the very model of a Modern Major Editor. Later, her big number in Act 2 at a Paris luncheon is a vocally impressive \u201cCruella de Vil\u201d tune, but forgettable and oddly placed. Thus, Miranda has been turned into a supporting role.<\/p>\n<p>Leavel, a funny vocal powerhouse in \u201cThe Prom\u201d and \u201cDrowsy Chaperone,\u201d has been miscast here. In tandem with the writers, she makes Miranda come across as a mean middle-manager rather than a grand cultural icon.<\/p>\n<p>Andy and Miranda, mystifyingly, never even sing a duet, which is what we wait for all night. Instead, the climax is a dull, soft-spoken scene.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/Javier-Mun\u0303oz-and-The-Cast-of-The-Devil-Wears-Prada-The-Musical.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Javier Munoz plays Nigel, a fashion editor at Runway.  \" class=\"wp-image-23367325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/Javier-Mun\u0303oz-and-The-Cast-of-The-Devil-Wears-Prada-The-Musical.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/Javier-Mun\u0303oz-and-The-Cast-of-The-Devil-Wears-Prada-The-Musical.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/Javier-Mun\u0303oz-and-The-Cast-of-The-Devil-Wears-Prada-The-Musical.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Javier Munoz plays Nigel, a fashion editor at Runway.  <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Joan Marcus<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>There are lots of womp-womp choices like that. For example, too much stage time is given to Andy\u2019s downer roommates (Christiana Cole and Tiffany Mann) and her chef beau (Michael Tacconi), who sing a funereal dirge about losing their friend to her job.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Another weepy number is sung by Nigel, the Runway editorial director, in Paris about growing up gay in Kalamazoo. \u201cI used to hide in closets, but I curate them now,\u201d he sings. You\u2019ve Prada be kidding me.<\/p>\n<p>Regardless, the actor Javier Munoz, who plays Nigel, is the best part of the show. His material is cringey, old-fashioned \u201cQueer Eye for the Straight Guy\u201d-style jokes, but he has terrific energy.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"676\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/devil-wears-prada-1.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway starred in the film version of &quot;The Devil Wears Prada.&quot; \" class=\"wp-image-23367357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/devil-wears-prada-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/devil-wears-prada-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/devil-wears-prada-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway starred in the film version of \u201cThe Devil Wears Prada.\u201d <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">\u00a920thCentFox\/Courtesy Everett C<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Some will see \u201cPrada\u201d for John, who besides giving us \u201cTiny Dancer\u201d and \u201cGoodbye Yellow Brick Road,\u201d wrote the great Broadway musicals \u201cThe Lion King\u201d and \u201cBilly Elliot\u201d (and also the bad musicals \u201cAida\u201d and \u201cLestat\u201d).<\/p>\n<p>But \u201cDevil\u201d has overtaken the misguided vampire debacle \u201cLestat\u201d as the worst stage music of John\u2019s career. None of these songs will show up on the set list of his inevitable final, final, final farewell tour.<\/p>\n<p>What a shame. \u201cPrada\u201d was never a deep movie. Streep was sensational and elevated what she was handed. What the stage show needed to do was build an intoxicating world of New York fashion, let us inhabit that exclusive club and give us a chic good time.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, we got an ugly bore.<\/p>\n<p>Most regrettably, the clothes by Arianne Phillips are let-downs \u2014 even in Andy\u2019s dress-up number called \u201cWho\u2019s She?\u201d They\u2019re nowhere near as fabulous as Bob Mackie\u2019s spectacular looks in \u201cThe Cher Show\u201d or Amneris\u2019 outfits in \u201cMy Strongest Suit\u201d from John\u2019s \u201cAida.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What should\u2019ve been a haute couture musical is hopelessly ready-to-wear.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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