Tiny Dancer, On Repeat
Buckle up: “Rocketman” has officially launched. After premiering at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this month, the Elton John biopic headed to Alice Tully Hall Wednesday night for the film’s New York premiere. The evening went like this: 5:18: Walking by the Mandarin Oriental, I notice a lineup of black SUVs and a small crowd gathered behind metal barricades on the sidewalk. “What, is Richard Madden staying here or something?” I wonder, and then notice that the burly security guys are all wearing “Big Little Lies” lanyards. Yes: the show’s season two premiere is just next door, at Jazz at Lincoln Center. This is tough competition: “Rocketman” is big, but “BLL” has Meryl. And Nicole Kidman. 5:28: Inside the hall, a crowd of fans is installed in the carpet’s backdrop. They are all dressed to impress: colorful tinsel wigs, bedazzled star-shaped sunglasses, feather boas. Some are wearing Elton John Ts. Most are holding cutouts of star Taron Egerton’s head on a stick, and one woman is holding a fake microphone. Further down the carpet, another woman is holding an inflatable saxophone. If only there were inflatable chairs, too. 5:29: The fans are all singing along to John’s top hits, blasting from the soundFollow WWD on Twitter or become a fan on Facebook.
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