How ‘The Prom’ Got a New Grand Finale on Its Way From Stage to Screen
A version of this story about “The Prom” first appeared in the Race Begins issue of TheWrap’s awards magazine.When Ryan Murphy announced that he wanted to make a movie adaptation of the Broadway musical “The Prom,” that show’s songwriters, Matthew Sklar and Chad Beguelin, immediately began trying to figure out which of the show’s many musical numbers would be left out of the film. We were sitting around and trying to figure out, ‘Oh, that song won’t make it’ or ‘That one won’t make it,'” Sklar said. “So we were stunned when Ryan said, ‘No, we’re putting every single song in.'”Not only did Murphy want to keep every existing song – some of them, they admit, trimmed for time – he wanted Sklar and Beguelin to add a couple of new songs to boot, including a number that would serve as a grand finale and end-credits song. ...