The stage adaptation of “The Devil Wears Prada” had a lot of steam propelling it forward in 2019 — songs by an esteemed songwriting team, a heralded director, a Tony Award winner as a co-lead, stunning high-fashion costumes, as well as a built-in audience of diehard fans of the popular movie and the novel it’s based on.
But like much in the world of theater over the past three years, the debut of the highly anticipated musical, receiving its world premiere in Chicago (starting Tuesday in previews), was repeatedly put on hold due to the pandemic. Yet through the height of it all, the work never stopped, says the show’s book writer Kate Wetherhead.
