Ryan Murphy to adapt Broadway musical 'The Prom' as Netflix movie

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Ryan Murphy has announced yet another unique project for Netflix.

The producer, who signed a massive, reportedly $300 million deal with the streaming service, announced tonight that he will be adapting Broadway musical The Prom as a movie for Netflix to premiere in 2020.

The show, directed by Casey Nicholaw with a book by Bob Martin and Chad Beguelin and lyrics by Beguelin, is about a troupe of actors who decide to try to help a small town Indiana teen who’s fighting to go to her local with prom with her girlfriend.

Murphy hosted a special performance of the show Tuesday night in New York to benefit the Hetrick-Martin Institute, Trevor Project, and GLAAD, filling the audience with LGBTQ youth (also reportedly in attendance were stars like Sarah Jessica Parker, Glenn Close, and Billy Porter).

The Prom joins Murphy’s roster at Netflix which includes teen comedy The Politician with Ben Platt and Gwyneth Paltrow, as well as the Nurse Ratched origin story, Ratched, with Sarah Paulson.

THE PROM is one of the most uplifting, heartfelt and special musicals I have ever seen on Broadway. It's truly an original that celebrates the underdog and says in a loving spectacular way that LGBTQ rights are human rights. I feel a special connection to it because it's set in Indiana, and that's where I grew up, too. I'm thrilled to announce I'm turning it into a MOVIE EVENT for Netflix, and I'm bringing producers @billdamaschke and @dori.berinstein and the amazing creative team with me -- Tony Award winner Casey Nicholaw, Tony Award winner Bob Martin, Tony award nominee @sklarbar73 and Tony Award nominee @Chadbeg. See it first at the Longacre Theatre. It has a musical score that will leave you singing for days, a hilarious and moving book and some of the most showstopping direction, choreography and performances I've ever seen on Broadway. @theprommusical

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