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The Prom On Broadway. Now She s Its Film Lead The actress tells MTV News about her journey working with Meryl Streep and other icons for the LGBTQ+ story adaptation
By Alex Gonzalez
The Prom is ostensibly the story of 17-year-old Emma Nolan, played by newcomer Jo Ellen Pellman, a friendly, outspoken girl who is banned from attending her schoolâs dance with her girlfriend in the fictional, conservative Edgewater, Indiana. But it also relies on what happens next, when a troupe of struggling Broadway actors â played by marquee icons Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman, James Corden, and Andrew Rannells â see Emmaâs story on social media and visit her town in an attempt to resurrect their public images.