Chicago got the ball rolling. Then it was followed by the dismal Nine and the disastrous
Into The Woods. Marshall's next project? The live-action
The Little Mermaid.
Now Ryan Murphy, who shares Marshall's initials, as well as his taste for bombast and Meryl Streep, has entered the fray with his big screen version of the Tony-nominated 2018 musical
The Prom (Netflix). Murphy's love of musicals and theatrics can be traced back to his inexplicably popular network TV series
Glee. His Emmy-winning 2014 movie adaptation of Larry Kramer's dramatic play
The Normal Heart proved he had the talent for transferring stage to screen.