New musical version of ‘The Devil Wears Prada’ trips on the runway
This musical adaptation, with direction by Anna D. Shapiro and costumes by Arianne Phillips that look as if Miranda shops at a discount Saks Off 5th, at this point radiates none of the style or the outrageous entitlement that made the movie such a guilty pleasure. With Streep in charge, the looks were killer and looks could kill. Perhaps to make Miranda more palatable for a musical, book writer Kate Wetherhead and the rest of the creative team have dialed down the bullying of Andrea “Andy” Sachs, the idealistic journalism major played by the charming Taylor Iman Jones, who is hired as Miranda’s second assistant.
