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The Prom: Music From the Netflix Film

The Prom

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When a small-town Indiana high school cancels its prom rather than allow a lesbian student to attend with her girlfriend, a group of self-absorbed Broadway stars descend on the town seeking a cause to revive their careers. But as the narcissistic actors actually get to know Emma, the brave teenager at the center of the controversy, they discover that making a difference matters more than making headlines.

Opened
2018
Performances
309
Type
Musical
Era
Contemporary
Music: Matthew SklarLyrics: Chad BeguelinBook: Bob Martin, Chad Beguelin

Productions1 on Broadway

2018 Original Theatre not recorded. · Casey Nicholaw 309 performances

Every Broadway staging held in broadway-data, sourced to IBDB. West End runs are not yet held.

Licensing 1 entry

US Theatrical Rights Worldwide not stated by this source

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In the literature3 passages

Broadway musicals self-referentially reclaimed stereotypes about gay men and musicals in Mean Girls and The Prom (2018). There are more musicals that practice this brand of self-reflexivity than those that grapple with the AIDS crisis, and this speaks to how musicals and US culture more broadly viewed gay men: as camp… book:broadway-bodies-ryan-donovan-2023#p164

Lesbians received comic but stereotyp­ical depictions in musicals like Nick & Nora (1991) and Legally Blonde (2007). While lesbian representation has demonstrably increased, only a handful of musicals with lesbian protagonists remain, and they are all variations on coming out: The Color Purple, Fun Home (2015), It Shou… book:broadway-bodies-ryan-donovan-2023#p165

An example that may be worth keeping an eye on is The Prom, a tale about a lesbian high school girl who wants to take her girlfriend to the school prom in a small town. book:the-musical-a-concise-history-second-edition-ga-nzl-kurt-findlay-jamie-2-2022010#p486

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