If you finished The Prom without ‘one thing’s universal, life’s no dress rehearsal’ ringing in your head, did you even see Ryan Murphy’s Netflix musical?
The musical is a plot within a plot as Broadway stars decide they need a “cause” to counteract bad publicity . Being semi-committed , they chose to protest the cancellation of a Prom iat an Indiana high due to a young Lesbian lady’s request to take her girlfriend. W...
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where a high school has cancelled that year’s prom because one of its seniors, Emma, planned to attend with her girlfriend. Hilarity, such as a misguided attempt to entertain at a monster-truck rally ensues.
(Clive Campbell), an 18-year-old immigrant who introduced the huge sound systems of his nativeJamaicato inner-city parties. Using two turntables, he melded percussive fragments from older records with popular dance songs to create a continuous flow of music. Kool Herc and other pioneering hip-...
“The Prom” extends beyond its progressive characters. Supposedly, we’re entering a time of national healing, of coming together — we’ll see how that works. In any case, consider it a mildly encouraging sign that what might have been a smug, smarty-pants musical turns out t...
Prince and I did some songs together, things together too. I don't remember exactly what the titles were, but I know that he did one CD with me whenArif Mardinwas my producer. We asked him to please come on and play on a couple of numbers, and he wanted ...
Over the years, you had heard both of them sing your songs:Cynthia sang "Thank Goodness"in a PBS special in 2021 andAriana sang "The Wizard and I"for the 15th anniversary of the musical on NBC.There’s this storyof how Jon M. Chu first got both of them in the room togethe...
There haven’t been many reasons to smile this year — and I’m just referring to the alarming dearth of delightful movie comedies. (Sorry, the re-release ofHocus Pocusdoesn’t count.) Everything changes right now thanks toThe Prom, a wondrously entertaining and big-hearted musical comedy ...
It was those two songs that they performed onSaturday Night Livein March 1995, at the behest of their friend—and fellow Kingstonian—Dan Aykroyd, who had insisted that the Tragically Hip be the musical guest for an episode on which he was a guest. Both songs are mid-tempo,enigmatic, and...