The Devil Wears Prada: The Musical, Dominion Theatre, London, December 2024: Too much Prada, not enough Devil
January 2026
Sometimes the world craves a great-big splashy escapist musical — a production that sweeps us away from the ordinary and delivers us to musical comedy heaven: The Producers, The Book of Mormon, Jerry Springer: The Opera. At their best, such shows can uplift spirits, shift moods, and even transform perspectives.
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