The Prom, the gutsy little show that won Broadway’s heart, gave the nation something to talk about over Thanksgiving turkey and is heading for the road and Netflix, will play its last Broadwa…
Producers Bill Damaschke, Dori Berinstein and Jack Lane announced the production’s closing date today. The closing is the most recent of several in the wake of the Tony Awards – or, rather, in the wake of a lack of Tony Awards.recently posted their closing notices after failing to land a trophy and the audiences that go with it.will have played 23 preview and 310 regular performances.
“It has been an honor and a privilege to bring this original musical comedy, full of heart and humor, to Broadway with this dream cast and creative team,” said producers Damaschke, Berinstein and Lane. “Since the earliest days in the journey of, we have known this story was something special. We are beyond thrilled that our story will continue beyond Broadway with not only a national tour, but a film, a novel and in schools and theatres all over the world.
The musical about two high school girls who want to attend prom together as a couple – and the brassy Broadway vets who take it upon themselves to help the girls live their dream by taking on small-town bigots and causing no small amount of chaos along the way – has become a sentimental favorite among New York’sStill, the original musical, without a movie-tie-in or big brand name to rival the
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