Greg Williams
Ariana DeBose will be the first to tell you she’s been waiting a long time for this. The Tony nominee worked steadily on Broadway in shows like
Hamilton and
Summer: The Donna Summer Musical for almost a decade. But this? A feature film directed by Ryan Murphy? Opposite Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman, and Kerry Washington? This is way different. Because with
The Prom, DeBose is becoming the movie star she wished she could watch growing up.
The musical was an anomaly when it premiered on Broadway in 2018. It s not based on an existing story, like the life of a pop diva or a movie instead, its premise revolves around Indiana teen Emma, who wants to take her girlfriend to prom. When this scandal leads to the event being canceled, four New York stage actors take up the cause in the name of positive PR.
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