The Devil Wears Prada - West End Creative Team

Elton John began his professional music career as a teenager performing as a pianist at the Northwood Hills Hotel. In 1962 he formed the band Bluesology, which by the mid-1960s backed touring American artists including the Isley Brothers, Major Lance and Patti LaBelle and the Bluebelles. In 1967 he answered an advertisement in New Musical Express, leading to his songwriting partnership with Bernie Taupin. The pair joined DJM Records as staff songwriters in 1968. John released his debut album, Empty Sky, in 1969. His self-titled album Elton John (1970) included the hit single “Your Song.” He followed with Tumbleweed Connection ... read more Elton John began his professional music career as a teenager performing as a pianist at the Northwood Hills Hotel. In 1962 he formed the band Bluesology, which by the mid-1960s backed touring American artists including the Isley Brothers, Major Lance and Patti LaBelle and the Bluebelles. In 1967 he answered an advertisement in New Musical Express, leading to his songwriting partnership with Bernie Taupin. The pair joined DJM Records as staff songwriters in 1968. John released his debut album, Empty Sky, in 1969. His self-titled album Elton John (1970) included the hit single “Your Song.” He followed with Tumbleweed Connection ... read more Jerry Mitchell made his Broadway and West End debuts as director of Legally Blonde, for which he also served as Choreographer, and was nominated for both the Tony and Drama Desk Awards for his choreography and the Drama Desk Award for his direction. He also recently choreographed the Broadway production of Catch Me If You Can and West End production of Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber's Love Never Dies. Mitchell received Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics' Circle Awards for choreographing the 2005 Tony Award-winning Best Revival of La Cage aux Folles, having also been nominated for the Tony as choreographer ... read more Broadway: Author/Star of Suffs (Tony Awards for Best Score, Best Book; Outer Critics Circle Awards for Best Book, Best Score, Best Musical; Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music; Frederick Loewe Award; Grammy nomination). Off-Broadway includes Twelfth Night (Composer/Lyricist/Feste), As You Like It (Composer/Lyricist/Jaques, Obie Award) at Shakespeare in the Park; Ragtime (Emma Goldman, New York City Center); Old Hats (ft. her original songs); Hadestown (Fate); Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 (Mary, Lortel nom). Solo albums: Visitors, Die Happy, and Songs of the Great Hill on Atlantic Records. Awards: 2024 Time100 Next List; Workers Circle Activism Award; ASCAP ... read more