The Devil Wears Prada announces West End cast album plans

After much teasing, The Devil Wears Prada musical has announced a West End cast album.

Featuring a score by Elton John and Shaina Taub (Suffs), a book by Kate Wetherhead (Burlesque the Musical), and direction and choreography by Jerry Mitchell (Kinky Boots), the piece is continuing its West End premiere run at the Dominion Theatre

It follows Andy as she lands a job at a fashion magazine under the demanding Miranda Priestly. As she sacrifices her personal life for success, she questions if it’s worth it.

The production features set design by Tim Hatley (Back to the Future), costume design by Gregg Barnes (Legally Blonde), lighting design by Bruno Poet (Tina – The Tina Turner Musical), sound design by Gareth Owen (& Juliet) and casting by WhatsOnStage Award winner Jill Green.

Leading the show are WhatsOnStage Award nominee Vanessa Williams as the fearsome Miranda Priestly, WhatsOnStage Award winner Matt Henry as Nigel, Georgie Buckland as Andy, WhatsOnStage Award nominee Amy Di Bartolomeo as Emily, Rhys Whitfield as Nate and James Darch (Mamma Mia!) as journalist Christian. Debbie Kurup is standby Miranda Priestly.

Casting from 18 October onwards will be confirmed in due course.

Completing the company are Maddy Ambus, Gabby Antrobus, Selena Barron, Pamela Blair, Robertina Bonano, Josh Damer-Jennings, Lloyd Davies, Elishia Edwards, Akeem Ellis-Hyman, Jinny Gould, Natasha Heyward, Samuel How, Luke Jackson, Emma Johnson, Nathan Lorainey-Dineen, Liam Marcellino, Ciro Lourencio Meulens, Theo Papoui, Christopher Parkinson, Eleanor Peach, Ethan Le Phong, Jon Reynolds, Harriet Samuel-Gray, Olivia Saunders, Brandon Lee Sears, Joshua Steel, Kayleigh Thadani, Ella Valentine, and Tara Yasmin.

The production received four nominations for the 25th Annual WhatsOnStage Awards, including Best New Musical, Best Performer in a Musical for Williams, Best Supporting Performer in a Musical for Di Bartolomeo, and Best Wigs, Hair and Make Up for Campbell Young Associates.

The original cast recording from The Devil Wears Prada: A New Musical is set to be released on CD, Digital and LP formats on 19 September via Island EMI. The first track, “Miranda Girl”, is available now. The digital release will include two previously unheard Elton John original demos,

The CD and Digital release contains all 18 songs from the musical, while the LP will include a selection of 12 tracks. The cast recording is produced and mixed by Giles Martin, with the Elton John Original demos produced by Matt Still and Kim Bullard.

John explained today: “The subject matter of The Devil Wears Prada absolutely screams out for music. It’s been one of my favourite films of the last 20 years, so when the conversation came up about me writing the music for the stage version, it was an absolute no-brainer.

“I’m always looking forward, never backwards, so it absolutely had to be a modern, contemporary score. The best musicals leave people with a joyous feeling, and that’s completely how I felt writing this. ‘It has been wonderful to see the response and success of the stage show and hearing the fantastic reactions to the songs.”

The track listing is below: 

01 I Mean Business (including Prologue)

02 House Of Miranda

03 I Only Love You For Your Body

04 How To Survive At Runway

05 Girl For The Job

06 In Or Out (Part 1)

07 Dress Your Way Up

08 In Or Out (Part 2)

09 The Devil Wears Prada

10 Miranda Girl

11 Bon Voyage

12 The Old You

13 Paris City Of Dreams

14 Who’s She

15 Seen

16 Your Twenties

17 Stay On Top

18 What’s Right For Me

19. I Mean Business (Elton John Original Demo)
20. The Devil Wears Prada (Elton John Original Demo)