By LOU HARRY I caught the first performance of The Prom, produced by Summer Stock Stage, a unique company that fuses the talents of established performers with early career actors. It’s now a resident company of the Butler Arts & Events Center, with four productions this season at the Schrott Center. This was my fourth…
By ALAN SMASON, WYES-TV Theatre Critic (“Steppin’ Out“) New Orleans audiences have long been enamored of local comedy genius Ricky Graham, but thanks to the regional premiere of The Prom, they are now becoming acquainted with the fictional character of Barry Glickman, a narcissistic Broadway leading man who Graham plays to his heart’s delight. But…
By ROY BERKO In 2010 a gay Mississippi high school student was banned from coming to her senior prom by the school’s Board of Education because she wanted to bring her girlfriend as her date. She challenged the ruling, which resulted in the cancellation of the prom. The student and the ACLU sued the district. The federal…
By ALAN SMASON, WYES-TV Theatre Crtic (“Steppin’ Out“) From the moment of its opening “Changing Lives,” there is a feeling in The Prom that the audience is in store for a good, old-fashioned throwback musical with real toe-tapping numbers and brassy orchestrations. And they would be right. Nominated for seven Tony Awards including Best Musical…
