The Prom (musical)
The Prom is a musical with music by Matthew Sklar, lyrics by Chad Beguelin, and a book by Bob Martin. The musical made its world premiere at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia in 2016 and premiered on Broadway at the Longacre Theatre in October 2018. The production closed on August 11, 2019, having played 23 previews and 309 regular performances. A film adaptation, produced and directed by Ryan Murphy, is set to be released on December 11, 2020.
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The Prom is a musical with music by Matthew Sklar, lyrics by Chad Beguelin, and a book by Bob Martin. The musical made its world premiere at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia in 2016 and premiered on Broadway at the Longacre Theatre in October 2018. A film adaptation, produced and directed by Ryan Murphy, is set to be released on December 11, 2020. In 2010, Constance McMillen was a senior at Itawamba Agricultural High School in Fulton, Mississippi. She had plans to bring her girlfriend to their senior prom and wear a tuxedo. In response, the board decided to entirely cancel that year’s senior prom. Celebrities such as Green Day, Cat Cora, and Lance Bass agreed to help sponsor a Second-Chance prom, where McMilen and her girlfriend could attend without homophobic backlash. The production closed on August 11, 2019, having played 23 previews and 309 regular performances. The show cost USD 13. 5 million to stage and did not recoup its investment. A national tour of The Prom is expected to begin February 2021 in Providence, Rhode Island. In the musical, four Broadway actors lamenting their days of fame, as they travel to the conservative town of Edgewater, Indiana to help a lesbian student banned from bringing her girlfriend. They team up with two other actors—Trent Oliver, a Juilliard School graduate down on his luck but who has just been cast in the non-Equity tour of Godspell, and Angie Dickinson, a life-long chorus girl who just quit her job of 20 years in the musical Chicago after the producers never let her go on for the role of Roxie Hart.
After searching on Twitter for a cause, they find Emma, a teenager from Indiana whose prom was cancelled by the Parent-Teacher Association. Back in Indiana, Emma faces severe bullying, but she reminds herself to breathe and that not everyone is this cruel. Mr. Hawkins, the school principal and Emma’s ally, informs her that he has spoken to the state attorney and that he believes they have a chance to reinstate the prom. It is later learned that Alyssa, a popular student Emma wants to take to prom is a closeted student. The actors attempt to hold a rally to inspire Emma but can only book at a monster rally at halftime. With the prom back on this year, Emma thanks the actors and Mr. Hawkins and Dee Dee and Barry and asks each other to officially hold a prom for each other. The two argue for all the publicity around the prom but Emma reassures her that she didn’t want this and that she just wants to be with her girlfriend for the night. The New York Times bashed the musical because Dee Dee. and Barry do not understand their characters since they are too self-involved, resulting in the show closing on opening night.
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