Does anyone know anything about the storyline and run time of The Prom? My husband and I are thinking of getting tixx and are wondering if it appropriate for kids too.
My kids have seen several shows and can easily sit through and behave without bothering other people, but I just want to avoid the endless questions such as the ones we received when we brought them to see Margaritaville - which, although really fun and most of it went over their heads, promoted chuckles from the people around us when my son asked what an orgasm is... Just easier to leave them at home with a babysitter than to subject us (well really me, since my husband tells them to “ask mom” ) to a couple hours of cringing.
They have successfully seen Spongebob, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Newsies, Wicked, School of Rock and Margaritaville. Aside from the last one, which really wasn’t too bad, they were all obviously ok for kids. They will be in 3rd grade then.
Not sure on run time, but on the website it leaves a small plot which i will add here..
They used to be the toast of Broadway, now their careers are toast—and they’re desperate for a new stage. So when these four stars hear that trouble is brewing around a small-town Indiana prom—and the press is involved—they know that it’s time to put a spotlight on the issue…and themselves. The town’s parents want to keep the dance on the straight and narrow—but when one student just wants to bring her girlfriend to prom, the entire town has a date with destiny. Now, Broadway’s brassiest are coming to join the fight in this new musical comedy filled with uproarious laughs, huge heart and show-stopping dance numbers!
Trying to answer the OP's original post, rather than comment on the show's likelihood of success, this is really not a family show, although it depends on the age and sophistication of the kids you want to take. A lot of it is satirizing the egomania of Broadway stars, and the situation they're trying to help solve involves a high school lesbian who's being prevented from bringing her girlfriend to the prom, somewhere in the Midwest. I saw it in Atlanta and liked it a lot, but Spongebob it is not.
It's probably fine. People who say LGBT themes aren't for children arent correct. Not to start a debate or anything, but anyway I'm taking my 12 year old cousin to see it with me so I'd imagine it's alright. Not only that, but it's a fun show about a high school prom. Nothing here.
I saw it and really liked it a lot in Atlanta. It's hilarious, but a 3rd grader will not necessarily find it funny-- most of the jokes are at the expense of Broadway narcissists, the cast of a bus-and-truck of Godspell and a bunch of small-town, small-minded bureaucrats. All stereotypes, delivered with panache. It's all bouncy and good-natured and works a lot better than it ought to.
But if they haven't fixed the book, your 3rd grader is going to loudly ask a lot of questions like "why don't they just Google it?", "doesn't she know how to text someone?", etc etc. But I don't think there is a lot of objectionable language in it... and some nice, if heavy-handed, messages along the way about acceptance and inclusion.
In its Atlanta incarnation, The Prom seemed like it was set in the Town that Time Forgot, because even though it's supposedly 'present day', the characters (even the high schoolers) seem to understand very little about how teens share information and about how small towns really work. But that complaint aside, I think The Prom is a lot of fun....especially for Broadway fans. I hope it's fixed up a bit, that the cast stays intact from Atlanta, and that it enjoys a nice long run.
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