Ryan Murphy has worked his magic yet again
The famous musical will be stepping off the Broadway stage to make its movie debut on Netflix and just in time for the holidays. Ryan Murphy directed the on-screen adaptation of the musical and “The Prom” promises a star-studded cast.
The cast will include triple-threat talents including James Cordon, Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman, Andrew Rannells, Kerry Washington, Keegan-Michael Key, Jo Ellen Pellman, and Ariana DeBose. The movie adaptation is promised to be a celebration of the LGBTQ+ community following the story of Emma (played by Jo Ellen Pellman) who is fighting a conservative community to take her girlfriend Alyssa (played by Ariana DeBose) to the prom.
EVERYONE DESERVES A CHANCE TO CELEBRATE. WILL YOU GO TO PROM WITH US!? 🕺✨ #TheProm drops on Netflix Dec 11! Please sound off with your RSVP 😌 pic.twitter.com/6NeOr7hAwJ
— The Prom (@promnetflix) October 22, 2020
As Emma starts to lose hope fighting against the conservative community, a group of Broadway stars (played by Meryl, Kidman, Cordon, and Andrew Rannells) decides to become the defending allies for Emma. Keegan-Michael Key plays Mr. Hawkins who is Emma’s teacher that supports his student and Kerry Washington played Mrs. Greene who is the conservative PTA president that happens to be Alyssa’s unsupportive mom.
Murphy explains that he’s loved the production level of Broadway and wants to deliver a spectacular production to celebrate the holiday season. Within a month, Ryan Murphy went to see the Broadway play and getting the film adaptation greenlit.
Shortly after Murphy reached out to the lead cast confirming Corden, Kidman, Streep, and Washington. For the casting of Emma and Alyssa, Murphy conducted a nationwide search until finding Pellman and DeBose to complete the lead cast.
Murphy along with the whole cast is excited to celebrate the LGBTQ+ community by celebrating a traditional yet modern movie rendition of the Broadway hit. Though the Broadway musical won’t reopen until summer 2021 but the Netflix movie is set to debut on December 11.
