In a conversation with her, she said that Simone is very grateful to her close friends for that The telegraph. “If I had to deal with that on my own… I couldn’t take it,” she says. She was a good friend of the couple for forty years. “They were always there. Once a week we have intense contact, eat something or at least connect with it. I’m so grateful to them for that, what would I have done without them?”

Meanwhile, Simone does not want to think about her retirement. She works with much love and passion on two Van Den Ende shows that will premiere this year. Joop reveals that they’ve put together a five-year plan, so there’s no question of stopping just yet.

the musical Sweeney Todd It’s a birthday present, says Goop. “I asked her, ‘What would you like for your birthday?’ Then Simon called Sweeney Todd. I can imagine something about that, because there is a role you can play at 30, which is very unique, but also at 60.”

He continues: “We’re only going to do it for a few weeks in April and May, but she wanted so badly to do this real classic on Broadway again. I’m employed by my daughter Iris. I produced the show, I recommend. It’s going to be a real tour de force. And indeed, a gift from Janine and me to Simon “.