“With its kinetic dancing, broad mugging and belty anthems, it makes you believe in musical comedy again,” he wrote. In his review for the New York Times, theater critic Jesse Green found the musical to be very entertaining. Though it was never a success at the box office, the reviews for the Broadway production were primarily positive. The show premiered in Atlanta in 2016, and then opened on Broadway in November 2018. Nicholaw tapped Bob Martin and Chad Beguelin to write the book for the musical, and Matthew Sklar to compose the music. He pitched the idea to Casey Nicholaw, who eventually served as the production’s director and choreographer. The Prom ’s barrier-breaking journey on Broadwayīroadway producer Jack Viertel came up with the concept for the Broadway show after seeing news reports about gay students not being allowed to go to their proms. McMillen’s school also changed their anti-discrimination policy as a result of the lawsuit. McMillen also appeared on The Ellen Degeneres Show and during her interview was gifted a $30,000 scholarship for college. The controversy was covered heavily on social media, and McMillen was awarded over $30,000 from her school district as part of their settlement with the ACLU. Lance Bass, members of Green Day and celebrity chef Cat Cora all helped pay for the prom, which was open to any student who wanted to attend. The controversy put McMillen in the national spotlight, and several celebrities came together to support an inclusive prom organized by the Mississippi Safe Schools Coalition. “The one that I went to had seven people there, and everyone went to the other one I wasn’t invited to.” “They had two proms and I was only invited to one of them,” she said. While the prom was canceled, parents from the school organized their own version for most of the students to attend, and, according to McMillen, she and her date were tricked into attending a separate “fake” event. “But my school would rather hurt all the students than treat everyone fairly.” While the movie’s depiction of bullying classmates may seem cartoonish, McMillen’s classmates really did blame her for ruining their fun Glamour reported in its Women of the Year write-up on McMillen that one student wore a short that read, “Thanks, Constance, for ruining prom.” “All I wanted was the same chance to enjoy my prom night like any other student,” McMillen said in an ACLU press statement. In response, the ACLU filed a lawsuit against the school district. When McMillen fought back and got the American Civil Liberties Union involved, the school board decided to cancel prom altogether. McMillen was also told she could not wear a tuxedo to the event-and that only male students were permitted to do so.
Instead, as playwright Bob Martin, who co-wrote the book for Broadway and the screenplay for the movie, told Global Citizen, it “was inspired by several incidents involving this kind of prejudice and exclusion, all revolving around the prom.” Perhaps the most notable incident took place in 2010, when the Itawamba Agricultural High School in Fulton, Miss., refused to let high school senior Constance McMillen and her girlfriend attend the prom as a couple. The Broadway production of The Prom is not based on one specific story. Here, TIME lays out everything to know about The Prom, from the real-life stories it’s based on to the barriers it broke on Broadway to Murphy’s approach to casting.
The theatrical production was based on real experiences like Emma’s, which have been documented across the country.
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The movie goes for sensory overload with glittery costumes, energetic dance numbers and beltable songs, but its messaging is rooted in the need for inclusivity. Murphy embarked on a six-month casting call for the roles of Emma and her girlfriend Alyssa, and found stars in both Jo Ellen Pellman and Ariana DeBose. The starry cast of The Prom is rounded out by Keegan-Michael Key as Emma’s high school principal and Kerry Washington as the head of the school’s PTA.
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