The Prom (2020) (original) (raw)

A troupe of hilariously self-obsessed theater stars swarm into a small conservative Indiana town in support of a high school girl who wants to take her girlfriend to the prom.

A troupe of hilariously self-obsessed theater stars swarm into a small conservative Indiana town in support of a high school girl who wants to take her girlfriend to the prom. (less)

Director: Ryan Murphy
Writers: Bob Martin, Chad Beguelin, Matthew Sklar
Starring: Meryl Streep, James Corden, Nicole Kidman, Kerry Washington, Keegan-Michael Key, Andrew Rannells
Producer: Ryan Murphy

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Review by Brian Orndorf, December 9, 2020

3 / 10

�The Prom� is an adaptation of a 2016 musical, which worked its way from Atlanta to a 2018 shot at Broadway, welcomed by audiences and winning a Drama Desk Award along the way. It tells the tale of four musical theater players from New York City who descend on a small Indiana town currently working to prevent a gay teenager from attending prom with her girlfriend. With broad antics and big tunes, the material seems like a proper fit for Broadway audiences, playing huge to fill the theater space. Director Ryan Murphy doesn�t fully understand how to translate that specialized energy to the scree ...read more...

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