Prom Queen: the Musical
Prom Queen: the Musical
Boston Friend
Understudy Joined: 10/7/16
#1Prom Queen: the Musical
Posted: 10/29/16 at 11:59pm
Saw this in previews tonight in Montreal. Very early but it seems to have real potential. Some decent songs and one really beautiful one. A strong male lead performance from a young guy who at times evokes Ben Platt.
Cfried
Broadway Star Joined: 9/15/16
#2Prom Queen: the Musical
Posted: 10/30/16 at 2:23am
With THE PROM being Broadway bound (and PROM QUEEN having a similar plot), I'm curious about the future of this show.
Updated On: 10/30/16 at 02:23 AM
#3Prom Queen: the Musical
Posted: 10/22/17 at 10:00am
So it was just announced that The Prom will be heading to Broadway next year while Prom Queen was recently presented at the NAMT Festival with Chris McCarrell and Chilina Kennedy.
Tag
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/19/05
#4Prom Queen: the Musical
Posted: 10/22/17 at 7:46pm
The Prom announcement seems to be an intentional "steal the thunder" announcement from Prom Queen. I mean why else announce a year in advance in the same week?!
It's quite interesting that there are 2 musicals with relatively the same plot.
MrsSallyAdams
Broadway Star Joined: 11/12/13
#5Prom Queen: the Musical
Posted: 1/20/18 at 6:10pm
A school production of Prom Queen the Musical has upset a school board in Ontario. They cut their funding from the production. The money was made up by an online fundraising campaign. The link below contains an audio interview where a squirming school board member tries to explain that the show had "mature themes" that weren't present in previously produced musicals like Grease, Les Mis and West Side Story.
This kind of nonsense has been going on for years. It helps the show sell tickets and makes the school board look bad. I'm hoping the writers of Prom Queen use this incident to leverage some publicity for their show and score some more productions.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/london-ontario-school-boards-prom-queen-grand-theatre-high-school-project-1.4491600
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#6Prom Queen: the Musical
Posted: 1/20/18 at 7:42pmA high school production has a budget of $250k?
"Broadway...I'll lick you yet!"
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Broadway Legend Joined: 11/19/05
#7Prom Queen: the Musical
Posted: 1/20/18 at 7:50pm
It's a high school age production/program that is a fully mounted production at a large regional theatre. (so it's not a "high school production" per se) It's only partially funded by local school boards.
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#8Prom Queen: the Musical
Posted: 1/20/18 at 9:07pm
Well, obviously, but that is an obnoxious amount of money for a hs production.
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
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Broadway Legend Joined: 11/19/05
#9Prom Queen: the Musical
Posted: 1/20/18 at 9:41pm
^I believe it's 250k (Canadian!) annually for the whole program. Which includes mentorships/coachings and opportunities all year. And the big show is the culmination of that.
Anyway 250k for any fully mounted production at a regional theatre isn't a whole lot these days (high school kids or not).
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