LONDON (AP) — Elton John says he struggled to look at his new musical as a result of he has misplaced his eyesight after contracting an an infection.
The singer-songwriter attended the opening night time of “The Devil Wears Prada” in London on Sunday and informed the viewers that “I haven’t been able to come to many of the previews because, as you know, I have lost my eyesight.”
“So it’s hard for me to see it, but I love to hear it and, boy, it sounded good tonight,” he stated.
John, 77, disclosed in September that an an infection had left him “with only limited vision in one eye.” He wrote on Instagram that “I am healing, but it’s an extremely slow process and it will take some time before sight returns to the impacted eye.”
John wrote the rating for “The Devil Wears Prada,” a stage musical primarily based on the 2006 film a couple of younger journalist navigating the glamour and egos of a shiny trend journal.
The manufacturing at London’s Dominion Theatre stars Vanessa Williams because the fearsome editor Miranda Priestly, performed by Meryl Streep within the movie.
Sunday’s gala, a fundraiser for the Elton John AIDS Basis, was attended by celebrities and fashion-industry figures together with designer Donatella Versace and former Vogue editor Anna Wintour, the rumored inspiration for the Priestly character.
Wintour described the musical as “entertaining.”
