Elton John May Listen ‘Satan Wears Prada’ Musical, However Couldn’t See It

Elton John made it to the hole evening of his new musical in London on Sunday evening (Dec. 1), however the pop icon admitted that he may just listen the display, however may just no longer see any of it. 

In line with the Related Press, John, 77, stated he struggled to observe the degree debut of The Satan Wears Prada as a result of, as he instructed the target market, “I haven’t been in a position to come back to guy of the previews as a result of, as you understand, I’ve misplaced my eyesight.”

John added, “So it’s exhausting for me to look it, however I like to listen to it and, boy, it sounded just right this night.” The singer wrote the ranking for the degree musical in accordance with the liked 2006 film about an keen younger journalist (Anne Hathaway) seeking to make her mark at a way mag lorded over via an imperial, not easy editor (Meryl Streep).

The London manufacturing on the Dominion Theatre stars Vanessa Williams as lacerating editor — memorably performed via Streep within the movie — Miranda Priestly, with tune via John and lyrics via Shaina Taub and Mark Sonnenblick and a ebook via Kate Wetherhead. Sunday’s gala opening evening used to be a fundraiser for the Elton John AIDS Basis and featured an A-list crowd, together with clothier Donatella Versace and previous Fashion editor Anna Wintour, the rumored inspiration for the Priestly personality. The famously exacting model figurehead gave a most often tart-tongued evaluation of the musical, regarding it as “entertaining.” 

John lately instructed Excellent Morning The united states’s Robin Roberts that he suffered a watch an infection this summer time that has changed into an entire lack of imaginative and prescient in his proper eye, which has impacted his talent to paintings on new tune.

“I sadly misplaced my eye sight in my proper eye in July as a result of I had an an infection within the South of France,” stated John. “It’s been 4 months now since I haven’t been in a position to look. And my left eye isn’t the best.” John teased a brand new album final yr, however now that undertaking is up within the air because the manages his deficient imaginative and prescient.

“There’s hope and encouragement that it’s going to be okay,” John stated. “However I’m more or less caught within the second, as a result of I will do one thing like this, however going into the studio and recording… I don’t know. As a result of I will’t see a lyric, for get started.” John’s most up-to-date album used to be 2021’s File Retailer Day reissue of a shelved past due Nineteen Sixties album Regimental Sgt. Zippo.