Elton John performs onstage on the “Elton John: By no means Too Late” screening through the 62nd New York Movie Pageant at Alice Tully Corridor, Lincoln Middle on October 01, 2024 in New York Metropolis. | Jamie McCarthy/Getty Photographs for FLC/AFP
LONDON — Elton John says he struggled to look at his new musical as a result of he has misplaced his eyesight after contracting an an infection.
The singer-songwriter attended the opening evening of “The Satan Wears Prada” in London on Sunday and advised the viewers that “I haven’t been capable of come to lots of the previews as a result of, as you realize, I’ve misplaced my eyesight.”
“So it’s laborious for me to see it, however I really like to listen to it and, boy, it sounded good tonight,” he mentioned.
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John wrote the rating for “The Satan Wears Prada,” a stage musical primarily based on the 2006 film a couple of younger journalist navigating the glamour and egos of a shiny vogue journal.
The manufacturing at London’s Dominion Theatre stars Vanessa Williams because the fearsome editor Miranda Priestly, performed by Meryl Streep within the movie.
Sunday’s gala, a fundraiser for the Elton John AIDS Basis, was attended by celebrities and fashion-industry figures together with designer Donatella Versace and former Vogue editor Anna Wintour, the rumored inspiration for the Priestly character.
Wintour described the musical as “entertaining.”