The Devil Wears Prada: The Musical launches on London's West End

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The Devil Wears Prada: The Musical launches on London's West End  Stars in The Devil Wears Prada: The Musical discuss the process behind the stage adaptation of the 2003 novel and 2006 film. "I think we're really living in a time where people love to be nostalgic and that's why so many of these iconic films from the early 2000s are being made," says Georgie Buckland, British theater actress who plays aspiring journalist Andy. Over the weekend, the musical held its premiere on the West End for the Elton John AIDS Foundation, with notable British celebrities in attendance.  THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA: THE MUSICAL/AFP VIDEO  Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe  Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net    Follow us:  Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook  Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram  Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter  DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion    Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital  Sign up to our newsletters: https://tmt.ph/newsletters   Check out our Podcasts:  Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify  Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts  Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic  Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer  Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein   #themanilatimes #worldnews #musical #london

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00:00Well, that's the great thing about creating a show.

00:09That's why I said I wanted to be a part of it, because I could create the role.

00:13And that means that you're informing the script, the music, the choreography, all the action.

00:21So when somebody else steps into the shoes that you've, you know, established, that's

00:26your creation.

00:27And that's the wonderful thing about getting an opportunity to do a new musical, there's

00:31lots of times.

00:32So I knew that when this opportunity came, obviously I couldn't say no to the part that

00:36literally a million girls would kill for.

00:40But I knew that, what to expect, I knew it was going to be chaos, because it always is,

00:44with a new show.

00:45There's just so many changes, your brain has to work so fast.

00:49To create these characters for the stage, we have to look at the real world.

00:52And for me, it was looking at people like Andre Leontali and, you know, Edward Enfield

00:56from British Vogue, and these are very successful black men working at the peak of fashion.

01:04And so reading their books, reading their biographies, watching YouTube clips of them

01:09speaking about their lives, that I was able to draw on the inspiration from these men

01:14and bring them closer to me and the character Nigel, to be able to portray Nigel, my version

01:19of Nigel.

01:21In Hatchdon 1, we are doing a period piece.

01:24So we are telling a story that isn't 2024.

01:28We are setting this show in 2005.

01:32That's the story we're telling.

01:33But also on the flip side, we haven't included the lines, there's just some lines we just

01:42haven't included, because we just didn't find them necessary.

01:45We found a way to...

01:47They weren't funny.

01:48They just wasn't funny.

01:49Yeah.

01:50It just was too far.

01:51It just wasn't nice.

01:52There are really nasty things that Emily still says in the show, but we've tried to find

01:57a balance, I think.

01:58Amazing.

01:59He's so supportive of what we're doing with his music, and it's been great to be able

02:06to bring not only his music to people for the first time, but also because he's got

02:10such a distinct signature on his music, as soon as anything starts, people who are fans

02:16of Elton John, which I think is basically everyone who's ever lived, will hear the music

02:21and any memory that they have associated with Elton John, I think comes flooding in.

02:24And that's such a...

02:25I mean, it's kind of great, because it means as soon as you start doing it, people go,

02:28ah, they can relax, because they know they're in capable hands, because he's a musical genius.

02:32A million girls would kill for this job.

02:38Do you read Renly?

02:39Not often.

02:40Hello?

02:41One no-foam skimmed latte with an extra shot, three drip coffees with room for milk, searing

02:45hot and I mean hot.

02:46You're one in danger.

02:47That's all.

02:48You're one in danger.

02:49That's all.

03:16You're one in danger.

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