The Importance of The Prom Musical
When you think of mainstream LGBTQ cinema, what films come to mind? I’m talking about movies your every day person has probably heard of. So let’s think. Brokeback Mountain . Milk . Moonlight . Love, Simon . The Birdcage . Rocketman . Dallas Buyers Club . Carol . Of all those movies, only one is about lesbians. While all LGBTQ individuals are underrepresented in media, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender individuals have significantly lower representation than gay men. Oftentimes, it seems like the film industry only focuses on the G in LGBTQ. That’s one of the many reasons I was excited for the movie adaptation of Broadway musical, The Prom . When I was in NYC in the summer of 2019, I asked friends what shows I should see. Obviously I was going to see Laura Benanti in My Fair Lady because she’s Laura F***ing Benanti, but I was torn about what else to see. I’d heard great things about Beetlejuice and Be More Chill . I didn’t know much about The Prom , except that it was