Mean Girls, Clueless, The Devil Wears Prada, Pretty Woman, 10 Things I Hate About You. No, this isn’t a list of the top-rated romantic comedies on IMDb – though add in Bridget Jones’s Diary and it might as well be. What it is, is a list (and by no means an exhaustive one) of romcoms that have been or soon will be turned into a splashy song-and-dance musical.
Every month that list grows – West End announcements that are met with whoops and hurrahs from devout fans who have been waiting all their lives to see Miranda Priestly break out into song. Certainly, it’s a small wonder that Hugh Grant’s devilish book editor is yet to hip-thrust across a stage to some noxious number titled “Is Skirt Off Sick?” – though not for lack of trying. Lily Allen reportedly took a crack at a Bridget Jones musical adaptation back in 2009. Mercifully, it never took off.
