‘The Devil Wears Prada’ Could Be Coming To Broadway
By Angie Han/May 12, 2015 10:00 am EST
In addition, McCollum has plans to bring a Mrs. Doubtfire musical to Broadway. We heard earlier this year that Alan Menken was composing the music for that project, with David Zippel writing the books and Harvey Fierstein writing the book (i.e., the script). At the time, Menken would only say that the project was “in its early stages.”
Directed by David Frankel, The Devil Wears Prada movie starred Anne Hathaway as the beleaguered assistant to a high-powered fashion magazine editor played by Meryl Streep. Emily Blunt and Stanley Tucci also starred. All four have theater experience, though only Streep and Tucci have done Broadway, and all four have movie musical experience. However, it’s unclear whether any of them will be involved in the Devil Wears Prada musical for the stage.
As far as movie-to-musical ideas go, a Devil Wears Prada show isn’t a bad one. It’s a crowdpleasing tale full of glitzy moments and song-and-dance-worthy emotions. Plus, it’ll give some Broadway grand dame a chance to sink her teeth into the same role that earned Meryl Streep her 80,000th Oscar nomination.
McCollum knows a thing or two about creative types struggling to get by in New York City, having produced Rent and Avenue Q. His other Broadway credits include High Fidelity and the West Side Story revival, and the current productions Something Rotten! and Hand to God. In all, he’s earned four Tony Awards and another several Tony nominations.
